Instacart is a grocery technology and delivery company focused on making it easier for people to shop for groceries and household essentials. Its platform connects customers with personal shoppers, supports delivery in as little as 30 minutes, and helps households find relevant coupons and deals. Instacart also develops tools for managing complex delivery conditions, including rerouting orders during severe weather. The company describes its broader ambition as building the operating system for the grocery industry, while fostering a flexible, diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment for its teams.
Senior Financial Insights Analyst
Help Instacart reduce P&L leakage and resolve retailer invoicing issues across its grocery marketplace. Use SQL, Python, and AI-enabled automation to turn financial data into actionable insights.
Description
- Analyze financial and transaction data to identify and reduce P&L leakage
- Resolve retailer invoice issues and support accurate invoicing
- Build and maintain real-time alerts using AI and automation
- Learn the marketplace data, reporting tools, and invoicing processes
- Investigate invoice issues and work with retailer partners on resolutions
- Combine and analyze data from multiple systems using SQL, Excel or Google Sheets, and Python
- Turn analysis into clear, compelling narratives
- Present findings to internal and external stakeholders using Google Slides or PowerPoint
- Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Focus on high-impact problems and turn ambiguous challenges into effective, high-quality solutions
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience in Strategic Finance, FP&A, Investment Banking, Private Equity, or Management Consulting, supporting commercial deals or growth initiatives in technology, e-commerce, marketplaces, logistics, or retail
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience
- Strong analytical and technical capabilities
- Ability to develop compelling narratives and uncover meaningful insights
- Ability to create persuasive visual presentations that encourage retailers to act
- Ability to integrate large datasets from multiple systems and establish real-time alerting
- Experience with PowerPoint or Google Slides
- Experience writing advanced SQL queries
- Ability to work through ambiguity and devise efficient, high-quality solutions
- Preferred: At least 2 years of experience applying AI solutions in a business domain
- Preferred: Experience with marketplaces or retailer/CPG partnerships, multi-sided platform economics, or merchant POS data analysis
- Preferred: Experience working directly with Sales or Account Management on deal terms and partner economics
- Preferred: Investment Banking or Consulting experience
Benefits
- Choice of work location, including home, office, or coffee shop
- Regular in-person events
- Equity grant for new hires
- Annual equity refresh grants
- Compensation and benefits that are competitive with the market and based on work location