Senior Financial Analyst

Overview

The Instacart Strategic Finance team partners across the company to drive profitable growth and smart investment in our 4-sided marketplace. This role will support our Fulfillment, Order Quality, and Payments areas, turning complex operational trends into clear financial insights that inform decisions at scale.

You’ll join a small, high-impact team with significant visibility and the ability to influence approximately $1B in annual spend. You will work closely with Product, Engineering, Data Science, and Partnerships to shape forecasts, evaluate initiatives, and guide resource allocation. The current team size is 2; you will be the third team member, owning meaningful scope from day one.

We’re seeking a highly analytical, detail-oriented finance professional who also sees the big picture. If you thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, enjoy rolling up your sleeves in SQL and Excel, and are energized by presenting insights to senior leaders, this role is for you.

About the Job

• 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.

About You

Minimum Qualifications

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in consulting, investment banking, or Strategic Finance at a high-growth technology company.
• Background with marketplace or gig economy businesses and/or exposure to payments, fraud, and order quality domains.
• Comfort presenting complex analyses to senior leadership and partnering effectively with Product, Engineering, Data Science, and Operations stakeholders.