Manager, Strategic Finance - Ads

Summary

Join Instacart as a Strategic Finance Manager of Ads and focus on the Go-To-Market strategy of Instacart’s Ads business. Partner cross-functionally on forecast models, generate financial reviews and presentations, and serve as a business partner to the head of brand partnerships. Conduct financial modeling and analysis, contribute to P&L planning, and design financial processes. Leverage data for business impact and communicate complex topics clearly. This role is remote, offering flexibility and competitive compensation and benefits, including equity grants.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, CS, Math, Economics, Finance, Business or other related field
• 6-8 years work experience in a relevant field with demonstrated financial acumen and a track record of leveraging data for business impact
• Demonstrated experience thinking strategically about complex business problems, developing frameworks, and making decisions in areas involving judgment and ambiguity
• Highly proficient in advanced modeling in Google Sheets with strong attention to detail
• Highly proficient in communicating complex topics through decks in Google Slides
• Highly analytical and a clear, confident communicator
• A self-starter with a positive attitude and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Partner cross-functionally on forecast models that drive strategic decision making, quota setting, and sales performance for Instacart Ads
• Generate monthly and quarterly forecast reviews, board meeting and investor presentations, and other financial review presentations for leadership teams
• Serve as the direct business partner to the head of brand partnerships
• Conduct ad hoc financial modeling and analysis, such as analyzing performance of pricing and incentive programs
• Contribute to short and long range P&L planning, including seller efficiency performance
• Design and implement financial processes that use internal data and KPI’s to monitor and forecast financial performance of advertising business

Preferred Qualifications

• Work experience in consulting, investment banking, or Strategic Finance at a high-growth technology company preferred
• Work experience in advertising or SaaS preferred but not required
• Intermediate SQL knowledge is preferred

Benefits

• Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work
• This role is remote
• This role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants