Senior Strategic Financial Analyst – Growth

ABOUT THE ROLE We're transforming the grocery industry at Instacart, where we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Our team is building the future of grocery shopping, and we're looking for a Senior Strategic Financial Analyst to join our Growth pillar. This role offers meaningful scope and visibility, and you'll have the opportunity to shape strategy with executive stakeholders. WHAT YOU'LL DO As a Senior Strategic Financial Analyst, you'll own topline forecasting for Instacart's Core grocery business, building and maintaining driver-based models that clearly tie to business performance and operational levers. You'll lead proactive deep dives on revenue and unit economics to identify growth opportunities, surface risks, and recommend experiments that improve forecast accuracy and business outcomes. You'll partner cross-functionally with Product, Marketing, Business Development, and Data Science to align assumptions, improve data quality, instrument new metrics, and operationalize insights into roadmaps. You'll develop executive-ready materials for leadership, including narrative memos, dashboards, and scenario/sensitivity analyses that inform strategic priorities, resource allocation, and trade-off decisions. You'll own initiative reporting across marketing, product, and enterprise programs; standardize measurement, track incremental impact, and ensure clear readouts for weekly growth reviews, monthly business reviews, and ad hoc deep dives. You'll collaborate with other Strategic Finance teams to assess the impact of retailer, supply, and marketing initiatives on Core business performance; support investor relations, Board materials, and company-wide Planning. WHAT YOU'LL NEED To be successful in this role, you'll need 3+ years of experience in strategic finance/FP&A, investment banking, or management consulting. You'll have a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field. You'll need advanced proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets, including building driver-based financial models, revenue forecasts, and scenario/sensitivity analyses. You'll also need experience preparing and presenting executive-ready materials to VP/C-suite stakeholders, with the ability to distill complex data into clear business narratives. WHY REMOTE Instacart is a Flex First team, and we offer the flexibility to choose where you do your best work. Whether it's from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop, you'll have the freedom to work in a way that suits you. This role is open to candidates across the U.S. and Canada, and we welcome applicants from a variety of backgrounds and experiences. BENEFITS Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote, and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location.