Sr. Associate, Strategic Finance - Data Center Infrastructure

LinkedIn•Sunnyvale, CA

12h•Hybrid

About The Position

LinkedIn’s R&D Finance Team is seeking a Strategic Finance Sr. Associate, Data Center Infrastructure to support our Infrastructure team, driving efficient and effective planning and forecasting processes and providing clear visibility into the R&D spend and investments. Areas of focus will include driving the long range forecasting, reporting and deeper development of infrastructure metrics; and working with horizontal and product engineering teams on R&D investments and ROI tracking.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Business Analytics, Finance, or related field AND minimum 5 years of experience in finance, finance accounting, management consulting, investment banking, or related field OR Equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

3+ years of experience in the technology industry.
Advanced Excel Modeling skills and demonstration of critical thinking—ability to question the output of a financial model and consider options for improvement.
Direct experience working with both on-premise datacenter forecasting (capex and operating expense) as well as cloud hosting expenses.
Strong, independent voice to push teams’ thinking, influence leaders on direction, while able to build trust-based relationships across the company to drive alignment.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain long range modeling of infrastructure costs, provide key decision support on investment decisions.
Partner closely with engineering leaders to support and manage infrastructure growth and investments.
Oversee the completion of complex financial modeling development / improvement / maintenance.
Drive the development and implementation of new processes to support the successful completion of timely and accurate forecasts, financial planning consolidations, and tracking of key investments and performance metrics.
Drive data-driven analysis, size opportunities, develop understanding of key performance drivers to identify areas of improvement and prioritize strategic opportunities.
Structure and analyze problems effectively to develop the team’s thinking, facilitate alignment on key strategic decisions among various stakeholders, and identify 80/20 opportunities to reach insightful, implementable, and impactful answers.
Act as the connective tissue across multiple R&D teams to shape the vision, influence decisions, bridge different points of views, see-around-the-corner for any LinkedIn implications.
Define actionable deliverables, create workstreams, define RAPIDs, track and monitor progress, diagnose and resolve issues, proactively manage risks and address misalignment between teams.
Communicate and present succinctly and effectively in exec-ready formats.