Senior Financial Analyst, Instacart

• You have 4-6+ years of experience in strategy and operations, product analytics, financial analysis, or management consulting with a proven track record of leading successful initiatives
• You are a strategic thinker that can also dive deep into business problems and convey complex ideas to a wide range of audiences with clarity and structure
• You are a self-starter with the ability to quickly respond to problems independently and proactively address conflicting stakeholder requirements to achieve creative compromise. You have a proven track record of designing and implementing process improvement projects and improving business metrics in resource-constrained environments
• You think with data and are proficient with SQL and dashboarding/BI tools
• You have a basic understanding of statistics and experimentation methodologies

Desirable

• We are seeking an experienced Sr Financial Analyst to join our Strategic Finance org supporting Instacart Business
• Instacart Business is a new way for businesses to shop on Instacart to give them more flexibility to get the last-minute– and often, unexpected– items they need to keep things running
• Instacart Business tailors the customer experience specifically for business needs
• In this role, you will leverage data-driven insights to provide strategic guidance, identify new opportunities, and enhance decision-making within the Instacart Business team
• Your work will directly impact our growth strategy and contribute to Instacart Business’s long-term vision of accelerating technology adoption across the entire food and beverage supply chain
• The Strategic Finance team is an integral thought partner to Instacart's core functional leaders, providing essential support for strategic, financial, and product decision-making
• We serve as a point of connection between teams, facilitating collaboration, idea sharing, and alignment, helping Instacart develop holistic solutions to serve our customers
• Becoming an expert on current and future customers of Instacart Business, gaining a deep understanding of how we drive growth and solve user problems
• Develop robust analyses around business performance, user behavior, and competitive environment to inform business decisions
• Partner with and influence Instacart leadership (product, data science, design, sales / commercial teams and c-suite) to develop high-level strategy, formulate business plans, and evaluate resourcing and profitability trade-offs
• Work on business problems that involve uncertainty, bringing structure, data, and sound judgment to propose a path forward
• Facilitate strategic planning in collaboration with cross-functional partners, sizing new opportunities, prioritizing initiatives, and implementing performance measurement processes