Financial Analyst, Pinterest
$93-163k
+ Equity
More information about location
Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas
Job no longer available
Visual bookmarking tool for saving & discovering creative ideas
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$93-163k
+ Equity
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, such as Accounting or Finance, or 3+ years of experience in corporate finance, FP&A, investment banking, or other related fields
- Exceptional spreadsheet skills (Excel and Google Sheets) with experience creating financial dashboards and models
- Excellent communication and presentation skills (Google Slides)
- Business partnering experience working directly with the teams to drive the business forward and assist in making key decisions
What the job involves
- As a Financial Analyst II on the G&A Finance team, you will work with our People organization, Strategy team, and finance leaders to monitor business health, identify underlying trends and make strategic business decisions
- In this role, you will have full oversight into the OPEX forecasting & planning process at Pinterest, as well as the remit to manage & optimize the full book of investments within the People organization and Strategy team
- This is a critical role that sits at the center of how Pinterest executes on its strategy
- You will work closely with multiple teams across Pinterest (HR Oversight & HRBP, Talent Management and Total Rewards, Talent Enablement, People Technology, People Experience, Talent Acquisition, Inclusion & Diversity, Ombuds, Strategy, and User Services & Customer Support) as well as key executives (CPO, CSO, CFO, VP Finance) to help drive clarity in our business performance and manage our investments to ensure we are delivering on key strategic & financial objectives
- This role will report into the Sr. Manager, G&A Finance leader
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of our core OPEX forecasting & consolidation workstreams for the People organization and Strategy team
- Work in partnership with the People and Strategy Team Leaders and the People S&O team to optimize the allocation of resources across the People organization
- Own the delivery of all monthly / quarterly financial reporting to Pinterest executives (e.g. CPO, CSO, and their direct reports)
- Create dashboards to scale monitoring of key performance indicators and tools to drive business growth
- Leverage superior financial modeling skills in order to deliver bespoke analyses for top-line growth & margin expansion initiatives
Our take
Inspiration and ideas can pop into your head at any time, and with the growth of social media and networking, sharing these interests and gaining exposure has never been easier. Pinterest exists to display these moments visually, as a kind of digital pinboard allowing users to save and share digital images which have inspired them.
Pinterest's emphasis on visual discovery has differentiated it from competitors and created a more positive and fulfilling experience for its users. Pinterest in many ways provides a respite from the ceaseless negativity that plagues social media such as Facebook and X, and this is perhaps responsible for its userbase expanding to 600M by late 2025.
With this type of success, Pinterest's future feels full of possibility. Recent industry chatter suggests that OpenAI may be eyeing the platform, which has sparked exciement for some and concern for others. While nothing is confirmed, the discussion highlights just how valuable Pinterest has become. Whether through potential partnerships or continues independent growth, Pinterest is very much going to keep on innovation and growing.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Bill Ready
(CEO)Prior to joining Pinterest in 2022, Bill was the President of Commerce, Payments & Emerging Markets at Google.
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