Associate Principal, Strategic Finance & Analytics, Supply Ops

Summary

Join Airbnb as an Associate Principal, Strategic Finance & Analytics, Supply Ops and partner with the business on all aspects of 10 Star hosting, focusing on growth, analytics, and strategy within the CBO Finance organization. Collaborate with supply, quality, product, and finance leadership teams, providing actionable insights and financial guidance to senior leadership. This role centers on understanding Airbnb's quality through review flow signals, strategic segmentation, and enforcement frameworks. The ideal candidate will possess strong financial acumen, marketplace experience, and presentation skills to influence key business decisions. A typical day involves annual and quarterly planning, optimizing operating processes, defining KPIs, leading strategic initiatives, providing financial insights, analyzing business trends, and presenting to senior leadership.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in financial planning, analysis, and business strategy
• B.A. or B.S. in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field (MBA or CPA is a plus)
• Proven experience in P&L management, revenue forecasting, and financial modeling
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and financial reporting tools
• Advanced level of SQL expertise required to be self sufficient in extracting, analyzing and reporting out on summarized data structures
• Strong strategic and critical thinking skills with the ability to synthesize financial data and make recommendations that drive business outcomes
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex financial data to non-financial stakeholders and senior leadership
• Strong leadership abilities and the capacity to influence decision-making across the organization
• Proactive and comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative, and innovative environment, with the ability to lead cross-functional teams
• A successful candidate will model our core values, demonstrating sound judgment and thoughtfulness in all decision-making

Responsibilities

• Annual & Quarterly Planning: Collaborate with business partners to manage the annual and quarterly planning process, ensuring alignment on both financial and strategic goals and performance
• Optimize Operating Processes: Partner with key stakeholders to define, lead, and improve operating processes such as business reviews, financial reporting, and strategic forecasting
• KPIs & Performance Metrics: Define and communicate key performance indicators (KPIs) and performance metrics, explaining variances from forecasts to business leaders and providing actionable insights
• Strategic Initiatives: Lead or support strategic projects to improve financial outcomes, optimize operational efficiency, and ensure long-term growth. Ensure strategic and product initiatives ladder up to the overall business P&L to ensure initiatives align with business objectives
• Insights & Analytics: Provide actionable financial insights through detailed reporting and analytics. Partner with Data Science teams to enhance data accessibility, automation, and conduct in-depth financial investigations
• Business Trends & Variance Analysis: Analyze business trends and drivers of variance, synthesizing complex data into actionable insights for senior leadership
• Presentations to Leadership: Regularly present financial reports, performance updates, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership and other key stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

A mix of management consulting, business operations, and financial roles is preferred

Benefits

This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits