Associate Principal of Strategic Finance & Analytics, Airbnb
Community Support
$145-170k
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$145-170k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree (B.A. or B.S.) from an accredited four-year college or university
- 8+ years of relevant experience in FP&A, Strategic Finance, Investment Banking, Consulting, or related fields
- Demonstrated high performance, eagerness to learn and grow, and a collaborative, positive team mindset
- Advanced financial modeling skills in Google Sheets or Excel, with extensive experience in quantitative and qualitative financial analysis
- Strong cross-functional influence and communication skills, with a proactive approach to stakeholder management
- Proven ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines in a dynamic, unstructured environment
- Comfort with manipulating datasets, building analytical frameworks, and developing actionable insights; SQL experience a plus
- Experience with financial forecasting systems preferred
- Prior experience working with Operations teams highly valued
What the job involves
- You’ll be part of the Community Support (CS) Finance team, reporting to the Senior Finance Manager and working closely with a passionate group of professionals who thrive on collaboration and innovation
- Our team partners across Capacity Planning, Business Operations, Talent, Recruiting, Procurement, Accounting, BizOps, and Data Engineering to drive data-informed decisions and organizational growth
- You’ll join a fast-paced, supportive environment that values proactive communication and cross-functional teamwork
- As an Associate Principal of Strategic Finance & Analytics, you’ll play a pivotal role in building a robust data foundation for Community Support, analyzing data to provide actionable insights, and driving high-impact recommendations
- Success in this role means delivering concise reporting, improving forecasting and resource planning processes, and enabling data-driven decision-making that directly supports the growth and operational rigor of our CS organization
- Partner with Capacity Planning and Business Operations to develop and optimize headcount capacity and resource planning
- Collaborate with Talent, Recruiting, and cross-functional leaders to manage headcount approvals, proactively surfacing opportunities or risks
- Work with Procurement, Accounting, BizOps, and Finance on vendor renewals, purchase orders, budget management, and annual planning
- Produce clear, meaningful reporting packages for CS and Finance leadership, streamlining forecasting and consolidation
- Conduct quantitative analysis and external research to size opportunities, create investment cases, and support prioritization of new initiatives
- Build consensus and drive alignment across cross-functional teams (including international partners) to translate financial results into operational recommendations
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
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 HQ
Showplace Square, San Francisco, CA
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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