Senior Strategic Financial Analyst – Growth

5 days, 19 hours ago
Full-time
Mid Level
Marketing and Growth
instacart.careers

instacart.careers

Instacart is a leading grocery technology company in North America that works with grocers and retailers to transform how people shop. They partner with over 1,000 national, regional, and local retail banners to facilitate online shopping, delivery, an...

Internet Software & Services
1K-5K

Description

  • Own topline forecasting for Instacart’s Core grocery business using driver-based financial models tied to business performance and operational levers.
  • Lead deep dives on revenue and unit economics such as LTV, CAC, conversion, AOV, and contribution margin to identify growth opportunities and risks.
  • Partner cross-functionally with Product, Marketing, Business Development, and Data Science to align assumptions, improve data quality, and operationalize insights.
  • Develop executive-ready materials, including narrative memos, dashboards, and scenario and sensitivity analyses, for senior leadership.
  • Own initiative reporting across marketing, product, and enterprise programs and standardize measurement and impact tracking.
  • Support weekly growth reviews, monthly business reviews, ad hoc deep dives, investor relations, Board materials, and company-wide planning.
  • Collaborate with other Strategic Finance teams to assess the impact of retailer, supply, and marketing initiatives on Core business performance.
  • Continuously refine and automate models and reporting to improve speed, accuracy, scalability, and decision-making.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in strategic finance/FP&A, investment banking, or management consulting.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets, including driver-based financial models, revenue forecasts, and scenario and sensitivity analyses.
  • Experience preparing and presenting executive-ready materials to VP/C-suite stakeholders.
  • Track record of owning end-to-end forecasting and performance reporting for a product line, business segment, or revenue stream.
  • Experience in a two-sided marketplace or consumer internet business such as on-demand, e-commerce, advertising, or subscription models (preferred).
  • Proficiency with SQL for self-serve analysis and familiarity with BI tools such as Looker or Tableau (preferred).
  • Experience partnering cross-functionally to define metrics, align on assumptions, evaluate experiments, and operationalize insights (preferred).
  • Background creating materials for Board meetings, investor relations, and quarterly or monthly business reviews in a high-growth environment (preferred).
  • MBA, CFA, or other relevant advanced credential (preferred).
  • Ability to collaborate effectively across time zones; West Coast hours alignment is a plus.

Benefits

  • Flexible remote work through Instacart’s Flex First policy, with the option to work from home, an office, or another location.
  • Base salary range of $127,000 to $160,500 USD depending on permanent work location.
  • Eligible for a new hire equity grant.
  • Eligible for annual equity refresh grants.
  • Highly market-competitive compensation and benefits.
  • U.S. location-based pay structure with transparent ranges for specific states.

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