Senior Associate - Strategic Finance

About the Role

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This Senior Associate position within Corporate Strategic Finance is based in our Mountain View and Sunnyvale offices, combining remote and in-office work arrangements tailored to meet team needs. The role supports enterprise-wide financial planning, performance oversight, and strategic decision-making, with an emphasis on headcount and personnel expenses alongside broader finance initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to financial planning and strategic analyses involving critical business and cost drivers.
• Interpret financial data to produce actionable insights, identify risks and opportunities, and formulate recommendations.
• Collaborate with Strategic Finance teams and cross-functional partners to collect inputs, harmonize assumptions, and uphold consistent planning and reporting standards across the company.
• Present financial data through clear narratives, outlining pivotal factors, trade-offs, and decision points.
• Manage recurring Corporate Strategic Finance cycles such as annual planning, forecasting, monthly close activities, and management reporting, ensuring precision and timely delivery.
• Oversee headcount planning governance, including maintaining calendars, stipulating input requirements, tracking dependencies, and ensuring assumption documentation consistency.
• Enhance financial models, reporting tools, and operating processes; utilize automation and approved AI tools to boost efficiency, speed analysis, reinforce controls, and elevate insight quality and consistency.
• Compile, transform, reconcile, and synthesize information from varied systems to assess performance, trends, and forecasting accuracy.
• Work with finance systems and data stakeholders to refine data definitions, reporting processes, quality, and reconciliation protocols.
• Conduct scenario and sensitivity analyses to gauge financial risk, forecast uncertainties, and identify mitigation strategies related to headcount, personnel costs, and strategic finance priorities.
• Promote an inclusive and cooperative team environment, cultivating trusted relationships across finance and other departments.
• Exhibit curiosity, sound judgment, accountability, and openness to mastering new challenges.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Business Analytics, Finance, or a related discipline, with a minimum of three years’ experience in finance, accounting, consulting, investment banking, or equivalent sectors.
• Proficiency in financial planning, forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting within corporate or business finance contexts preferred.
• Experienced in developing financial models and quantitative analyses to support planning, forecasting, and decision-making.
• Adept at analyzing extensive datasets and reconciling data across multiple sources.
• Familiarity with financial systems, advanced Excel, and data manipulation tools such as SQL.
• Experience leveraging AI tools or automation to streamline workflows, enhance operational productivity, generate insights, or improve reporting accuracy.
• Proven ability to maintain accuracy when handling complex financial information and managing concurrent priorities in dynamic settings.
• Strong communication skills, capable of articulating financial concepts and recommendations effectively to diverse stakeholders.

Compensation

The salary range for this position is $107,000 to $172,000 annually, complimented by potential performance bonuses, stock options, benefits, and other incentive compensation elements, with exact packages varying by individual qualifications, expertise, certifications, and location.

Additional Information

LinkedIn is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace, welcoming applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We provide reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process upon request to ensure accessibility and fairness for all candidates. Our commitment extends to pay transparency as a federal contractor and adherence to fair chance hiring policies.