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Senior Strategic Financial Analyst – Growth

Financial Planning and AnalysisFinancial Planning and AnalysisFull TimeRemoteSeniorTeam 1,001-5,000Since 2012H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

California + 18 moreAll locations: California | Colorado | Connecticut | District Of Columbia | Hawaii | Illinois | Maine | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New York | Oregon | Maryland | Massachusetts | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | Texas | Vermont | Virginia | Washington

Posted

32 days ago

Salary

$127K - $160.5K / year

Seniority

Senior

Bachelor Degree3 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

Senior Strategic Financial Analyst – Growth

Instacart

• Own topline forecasting for Instacart’s Core grocery business, building and maintaining driver-based models that clearly tie to business performance and operational levers. • Lead proactive deep dives on revenue and unit economics (e.g., LTV, CAC, conversion, AOV, contribution margin) to identify growth opportunities, surface risks, and recommend experiments that improve forecast accuracy and business outcomes. • Partner cross-functionally with Product, Marketing, Business Development, and Data Science to align assumptions, improve data quality, instrument new metrics, and operationalize insights into roadmaps. • Develop executive-ready materials for leadership, including narrative memos, dashboards, and scenario/sensitivity analyses that inform strategic priorities, resource allocation, and trade-off decisions. • Own initiative reporting across marketing, product, and enterprise programs; standardize measurement, track incremental impact, and ensure clear readouts for weekly growth reviews, monthly business reviews, and ad hoc deep dives. • Collaborate with other Strategic Finance teams to assess the impact of retailer, supply, and marketing initiatives on Core business performance; support investor relations, Board materials, and company-wide Planning. • Continuously refine and automate models and reporting to improve speed, accuracy, and decision-making, balancing near-term deliverables with long-term scalability.

Job 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 building driver-based financial models, revenue forecasts, and scenario/sensitivity analyses.
  • Experience preparing and presenting executive-ready materials to VP/C-suite stakeholders, with the ability to distill complex data into clear business narratives.
  • Track record of owning end-to-end forecasting and performance reporting for a product line, business segment, or revenue stream.

Benefits

  • highly market-competitive compensation and benefits
  • equity grant
  • annual refresh grants

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