Financial Analyst II

As a Financial Analyst focused on Technology Infrastructure, you will have financial and strategic oversight for managing and optimizing the significant investments Pinterest makes in its technology infrastructure (primarily AWS, our cloud-based computational and storage provider). This is a critical role that sits at the center of how Pinterest executes its technology and innovation strategy. You will play a key role - in partnership with technology infrastructure leadership - in governing our infrastructure investments, managing key vendor relationships (especially AWS) and ensuring we can cost effectively serve Pinners and Advertisers while also enabling future technological innovation … while also being able to allocate and track costs at the appropriate level within the company. These teams and technology service providers are the foundation of our online service as well as how our Engineering, Product and Design teams execute their work.

What you’ll do:

• Partner with Engineering, Infrastructure and Technical Program Management teams to develop annual, monthly, and weekly operational investments and related infrastructure demand and financial forecasts.
• Partner with Engineering leadership to plan, forecast, and performance manage OPEX and headcount expenses across the Infrastructure Engineering teams. 
• Compile monthly, quarterly, and annual variance analysis.
• Identify and drive initiatives to continuously improve, automate, and grow OPEX and infrastructure forecasting, and reporting tools and processes.
• Design usage prediction models for short and long-term resource capacity needs.
• Proactively identify risks and opportunities.
• Perform strategic, time-sensitive analysis and communicate key takeaways.

What we’re looking for:

• Experience with forecasting expenses, with a strong preference for prior experience managing technology infrastructure spending on public infrastructure cloud platforms and product offerings.
• Experience in managing multiple work-streams end-to-end along with working across multiple functions and teams.
• Expertise in building high-level and detailed financial models.
• Strong business partnership skills and verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task and deliver against timelines.
• Entrepreneurial, flexible, and collaborative mindset.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, such as Accounting or Finance and 3+ years of finance or business operational experience in a fast-paced industry.
• Experience with SQL or Tableau is a plus.

Relocation Statement:

•  This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

In-Office Requirement Statement:

• We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.

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