Senior Financial Analyst - Instacart Business

Overview

A Strategic Finance team is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to support the Business & Health divisions focused on empowering businesses and improving health outcomes through food access. This role involves leveraging data-driven insights to provide strategic guidance, identify new opportunities, and enhance decision-making to impact growth strategy and accelerate technology adoption across the food and beverage supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary strategic finance business partner for Business and Health divisions, gaining deep understanding of growth drivers and user problem-solving.
• Collaborate with leadership across Product/Engineering, Data Science, Sales/Commercial teams, and C-suite to develop strategy, business plans, pricing, and evaluate resource allocation and profitability trade-offs.
• Address business problems involving uncertainty by bringing structure, data, and sound judgment to propose clear, executable plans.
• Prepare executive-ready narratives and materials for business reviews, planning cycles, and leadership updates, communicating complex analyses clearly.
• Facilitate strategic planning with cross-functional partners, including opportunity sizing, initiative prioritization, and performance measurement implementation.
• Identify opportunities to automate and improve reporting and planning processes, exploring AI-enabled workflows to increase speed and accuracy.

Requirements

• Minimum 4 years of experience in strategic finance, corporate finance, business operations, investment banking, management consulting, or private equity.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.
• Advanced financial modeling skills in Excel or Google Sheets with ability to build models and reporting from scratch.
• Proficiency in SQL and BI tools (e.g., Looker, Tableau) for self-service analysis and reporting automation; experience leveraging AI or scripting to streamline workflows.
• Self-starter capable of independently addressing problems and managing conflicting stakeholder requirements to reach creative compromises.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience producing executive-ready materials.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment managing multiple priorities and tight deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in business or quantitative discipline (e.g., economics, statistics).
• Experience in marketplace or early-stage companies.
• Preferred location: San Francisco Bay Area or New York City; remote candidates within the United States and Canada are also considered.

Compensation & Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation and benefits based on permanent work location.
• Base pay ranges for U.S. candidates (annual, USD):
  • CA, NY, CT, NJ: $152,000–$160,500
  • WA: $146,000–$154,000
  • OR, DE, ME, MA, MD, NH, RI, VT, DC, PA, VA, CO, TX, IL, HI: $140,000–$147,500
  • All other states: $127,000–$134,000
• Eligible for new hire equity grants and annual refresh grants.

Location

This is a remote role with flexibility to work from home, office, or other preferred locations, with a preference for candidates in the San Francisco Bay Area or New York City.