Principal, Strategic Finance & Analytics, Airbnb
Experiences & Guest Service
$164-199k
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
Be an early applicant
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$164-199k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- The Principal is expected to be an experienced cross-functional financial business partner who has a combination of hands-on analytical skills, financial modeling expertise, business savviness, the ability to package their insights into strong narratives appropriate for senior executive consumption, and demonstrated leadership experience in leading diverse global teams in service to executive business partners
- The ideal candidate relishes the opportunity to roll-up their sleeves to drive meaningful impact, possess strong stakeholder management skills, and is a self-starter that is comfortable with ambiguity in a fast paced work environment
- Minimum 8+ years of demonstrated relevant experience in an analytical role such as strategic finance, strategy consulting, biz ops, investment banking, data science, or business intelligence
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, mathematics, accounting, engineering, statistics or other relevant field that demonstrates quantitative orientation. MBA or advanced degree a plus
- Strong knowledge of SQL or some other querying language and using those tools to help synthesize complex information is a must. You must be comfortable manipulating large datasets, creating new analytical frameworks, and extracting actionable insights from that data
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to craft clear, compelling narratives that are appropriate for consumption by the C-Suite and senior executives
- Superb financial modeling skills and extensive experience conducting quantitative and qualitative financial analysis
- Demonstrated ability to work and influence cross-functionally. You are proactive, great at communicating with different audiences and can bring stakeholders on-board. You seek out and have a track record for driving change and impact in a fluid, unstructured working environment
- Experience in helping scale marketplace businesses from zero to one is a plus
What the job involves
- Airbnb is looking for an experienced strategic finance & analytics professional to support our emerging Experiences and Guest Services category
- This team is responsible for identifying and pursuing opportunities to grow beyond our core stays business by conceiving, developing, and incubating new services for our guests
- The Principal will be highly visible to senior leadership and will be a key day to day finance partner to the business leads for Experiences and Guest Services
- This role will partner with business leaders in driving business outcomes and growth through influencing skills and strategic analyses, informing commercial considerations, prioritization of initiatives, efficient allocation of resources, and overall provide actionable insights that drive business impact
- Develop insightful recommendations based on hands-on analytics, financial modeling, and strategic analyses
- Synthesize insights and data from across the company into a single, contextualized view that provides clear, compelling recommendations that drive business impact
- Drive operational rigor and performance management, including development and ongoing analysis of KPIs, dashboards, creating goals/OKRs, and holding the business accountable to those goals
- Create new frameworks to proactively manage the marketplace health of our nascent Experiences and Services business
- Assess supply / demand balance and the performance of our new supply, with an eye towards informing our supply acquisition and retention strategy
- Partner in the development of rigorous business plans and go-to-market strategy
- Develop a deep understanding of what drives growth and efficiency for Airbnb’s business, and partner with the leadership team to translate insights into action
- In partnership with key stakeholders, Identify step-change opportunities in areas of outsized impact through quantitative analysis, industry benchmarks, and competitive research
- Be a role model of Airbnb’s Core Values
Our take
When Airbnb was originally founded, the product helped customers book air mattresses on people's apartment floors. Since then, Airbnb has had over a billion customers hosted through its platform. With more than 4 million registered hosts worldwide, it has grown into a major player in the hospitality sector.
Airbnb has been successful in disrupting the traditional holiday lettings sector. Before it existed accommodation was limited to hotels and bed and breakfasts, but Airbnb has mainstreamed the idea of renting out spare rooms or even entire homes. It has created a new sector of hosts purchasing properties to rent out on the platform and provides a level of flexibility and a range of offerings not previously possible for travelers.
Perhaps a victim of its own success, by 2022 supply of Airbnb-listed properties began to outstrip demand in some markets, as hosts overestimated the appetite for domestic travel. However, the company is still posting strong financials and has unveiled new tools to support its hosts in a tougher rental market. With a healthy bottom line and a huge user base, Airbnb is very likely to overcome the current market turbulence and continue its growth.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Apr 2020
$500m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Mar 2017
$447.8m
SERIES F
Total funding: $3.8bn
Company benefits
- Paid volunteer time
- Health food and snacks
- Generous parental and family leave
- Learning and development
- Annual travel and experiences credit
Company values
- Champion the Mission: We’re united with our community to create a world where anyone can belong anywhere
- Be a Host: We're caring, open, and encouraging to everyone we work with
- Embrace the Adventure: We’re driven by curiosity, optimism, and the belief that every person can grow
- Be a Cereal Entrepreneur: We’re determined and creative in transforming our bold ambitions into reality
Company HQ
Showplace Square, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Brian Chesky
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously an Industrial Designer, studying at Rhode Island School of Design.
Nathan Blecharczyk
(Co-Founder & CSO)Studied Computer Science at Harvard, and had around 4 years of professional Software Engineering experience before founding Airbnb, including interning at Microsoft.
Joe Gebbia
(Co-Founder)Also studied Industrial Design at Rhode Island, and previously founded various design-related startups
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