Senior Financial Insights Analyst

Instacart is hiring a Senior Financial Insights Analyst to identify and close P&L leakage through analysis of financial and transactional data. The role also develops automated alerts, diagnoses retailer invoice challenges, and communicates insights to improve financial outcomes.

Responsibilities

P&L leakage is identified and closed through rigorous analysis of Instacart's financial and transactional data

AI and automation tools are used to build and maintain alerting capabilities that surface issues in real time

An expert-level understanding of Instacart's marketplace data, reporting capabilities, and invoicing processes is developed and applied. Invoice challenges are diagnosed, retailer partnerships are leveraged to resolve them, and financial outcomes improve as a result

Complex datasets from multiple systems are connected and analyzed using advanced SQL, Excel or Google Sheets, and Python. Findings are synthesized into clear, visually compelling narratives and presented to internal and external stakeholders via Google Slides or PowerPoint

Strong stakeholder relationships are maintained internally and externally. Time is continuously prioritized toward the highest-impact problems, with ambiguous challenges deconstructed into efficient, high-quality approaches to resolution

Preferred

2+ years of experience applying AI solutions to a specific business vertical such as e-commerce, FinTech, or two- or three-sided marketplaces

Experience with marketplace or retailer/CPG partnerships, multi-sided platform economics, and/or merchant POS data analysis

Hands-on collaboration with Sales or Account Management on deal terms and partner economics

Experience in Investment Banking or Consulting

AI Solutions Application

E-Commerce Expertise

FinTech Expertise

Marketplace Expertise

Marketplace Partnerships

Retailer Partnerships

CPG Partnerships

Multi-Sided Platform Economics

Merchant POS Data Analysis

Account Management Collaboration

Deal Terms

Partner Economics

Consulting

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Benefits

Flex First: employees can choose where they work—at home, in an office, or at a coffee shop—with regular in-person events.

Eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants.

Company

Online grocery delivery and pickup platform for retailers and consumers

San Francisco, California, USA

https://www.instacart.com/

Founded in 2012

1001-5000 employees

Qualifications

5+ years of experience in Strategic Finance, FP&A, Investment Banking, Private Equity, or Management Consulting supporting commercial deals or growth initiatives in technology, e-commerce, marketplace, logistics, or retail

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business, or a related quantitative field (or equivalent practical experience)

Strong analytical and technical skills; a strong understanding of data and how to structure it to get at the answers we need efficiently

Ability to craft compelling narratives and identify the insights that are most impactful in answering the key questions

Ability to combine insights into an easy to understand, visually appealing story that helps convince retailers to take action

Ability to connect large data sets from multiple systems and establish real-time alerting capabilities

Experience with Powerpoint / Google Sides

Experience writing advanced SQL queries

Ability to deal with ambiguity; the ability to quickly deconstruct a problem into its most important components, have a good sense of where digging deeper will likely yield results, and coming up with an efficient and high quality approach to solving the problem

2+ years of experience applying AI solutions to a specific business vertical such as e-commerce, FinTech, or two- or three-sided marketplaces

Experience with marketplace or retailer/CPG partnerships, multi-sided platform economics, and/or merchant POS data analysis

Hands-on collaboration with Sales or Account Management on deal terms and partner economics

Experience in Investment Banking or Consulting

Required skills

Strategic Finance, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Investment Banking, Private Equity, Management Consulting, Advanced SQL, PowerPoint, Google Slides, Data Analysis, Data Integration, Real-Time Alerting, AI Solutions, Marketplace Economics, Merchant POS Data Analysis

Preferred skills

Experience in Investment Banking or Consulting

Experience

5+ years