Instacart

Senior Financial Analyst

Instacart

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $127,000 - $160,500 per year

Job Level

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About the role

  • Partner cross-functionally to design and maintain driver-based financial models that power forecasting, strategic decision making, and initiative prioritization for the Fulfillment organization.
  • Own short- and long-range P&L planning for Order Quality and Payments line items; build scenarios and quantify trade-offs to guide investment decisions.
  • Conduct ad hoc financial modeling and KPI-based analyses; self-serve data using SQL; build dashboards that translate operational trends into financial impact.
  • Lead monthly and quarterly performance and forecast reviews; synthesize insights for leadership; support materials for board and investor relations presentations.
  • Improve forecast accuracy and speed through scalable reporting, variance analyses, and automation; proactively identify risks and opportunities that move key results.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Finance, Business, or a related field.
  • 4–6 years of experience in a relevant field (e.g., Strategic Finance, FP&A, consulting, or investment banking) with a track record of leveraging data for business impact.
  • Advanced Excel financial modeling skills, including scenario/sensitivity analysis and KPI-driven forecasting.
  • Proficiency in SQL for self-serve analytics (e.g., complex joins, window functions, aggregations).
  • Experience with data visualization and dashboarding (e.g., Looker, Tableau, or similar) to communicate insights to stakeholders.
Benefits
  • Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work.
  • This role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants.
  • Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role.
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Hard Skills & Tools
financial modelingP&L planningKPI analysisscenario analysissensitivity analysisforecastingdata analysisSQLExcelautomation
Soft Skills
cross-functional collaborationleadershipcommunicationanalytical thinkingproblem-solving