Sr. Associate, Strategic Finance

LinkedIn • Mountain View, CA

331d • $96,000 - $156,000

About The Position

This role will support LinkedIn's advertising business, LinkedIn Marketing Solutions (LMS), as part of the LMS Strategic Finance team, with a focus on Corporate Finance. Sitting at the intersection of product and sales, the team plays a critical role in ensuring leadership has a clear understanding of business performance through the P&L, enabling informed strategic decision-making. The individual in this role will analyze internal and external data to drive strategic insights, with a particular emphasis on headcount planning, expense management, and revenue optimization. They will also play an active role in key financial processes, including annual planning, quarterly business reviews, and month-end close. Success in this role requires strong financial modeling skills, analytical expertise, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.

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.

Responsibilities

• Operationalizes ideas and develops plans for execution with some support from more senior team members.
• Builds collaborative relationships with other teams and seeks input and feedback to develop an understanding of their priorities and constraints.
• Leverages insights and data to develop narratives to influence stakeholders with limited guidance.
• Synthesizes problems and communicates point of view to support decision-making on issues related to individual work in smaller group discussions.
• Partners with cross-functional stakeholders to support the growth of initiatives by providing a metrics-oriented perspective, with minimal supervision.
• Exercises judgment within defined procedures to develop workstreams and operational processes.
• Proactively identifies obstacles and works to unblock them with minimal support.
• Supports performance management by creating, maintaining, and updating complex models and forecasts for assigned metrics.
• Executes ad hoc analyses to prove/disprove hypotheses and address ambiguous or complex business questions, deriving actionable insights from results.

Benefits

• Annual performance bonus
• Stock options
• Comprehensive benefits package

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Administrative and Support Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees