Senior Associate, Strategic Finance - Strategy & Reporting

LinkedIn • San Francisco, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed. Join us to transform the way the world works. This role will be based in San Francisco or Sunnyvale. At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team. This role is part of a team that sits at the intersection of our respective LOBs and Marketplaces, where you will work on developing cross line of business Monetization strategy, driving consolidated reporting, and delivering clear, crisp, and concise materials that go to LinkedIn’s Executive Team and the Microsoft Senior Leadership Team. In this role, you will be part or a team that will: Work across the Marketplace Strategic Finance team – partnering across lines-of-businesses, functions, and segments – to develop Monetization growth strategies and unlock GTM operational efficiencies for LinkedIn Partner with the Infrastructure and Central Strategic Finance teams to communicate insights, analyses, reporting, and broader Monetization recommendations to the LinkedIn Executive Team Build and deliver consolidated Monetization reporting views for the LinkedIn Executive Team and Microsoft Senior Leadership Team and Board of Directors This is a matrixed role, with business partners and stakeholders across the Finance, Sales, HR, Marketing, and R&D organizations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Business Analytics, Finance, or related field AND minimum 3 years of experience in finance, finance accounting, management consulting, investment banking, or related field OR equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

• 1 year of experience in the technology industry.
• Experience leveraging advanced data analytics and visualization tools (e.g., SQL, Python, Tableau, or Power BI) to translate financial data into clear insights and compelling narratives for executive decision-making. This skill supports consolidating and communicating complex monetization performance trends effectively.
• Proven track record of navigating and driving projects in a matrixed organization, with strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Familiarity with collaborating across diverse teams (such as Sales, Marketing, HR, and R&D) and coordinating with partners who can influence executive leadership and drive actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Thinking Learns to identify new opportunities for growth within a limited scope and supports strategy development with business partners. Validates and executes pressure testing of growth opportunities. Operationalizes ideas and develops plans for execution with some support from more senior team members.
• Stakeholder Influence Communicates implications of work (e.g., forecasts, analyses, trends) to management and cross-functional stakeholders to drive action. Leverages insights and data to develop narratives to influence stakeholders with limited guidance.
• Execution & Organization Partners with cross-functional stakeholders to support the growth of initiatives by providing a metrics-oriented perspective, with minimal supervision. Communicates with stakeholders to answer a wide variety of complex questions. Proactively identifies obstacles and works to unblock them with minimal support.
• Performance Management Executes ad hoc analyses to prove/disprove hypotheses and address ambiguous or complex business questions, deriving actionable insights from results.
• Culture & Values Contributes to the culture and values of the organization including diversity, inclusion, and belonging, through organization-wide events and initiatives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level