Overview

Strategic Finance is a vital partner to Instacart’s executive team, providing insights that guide critical decisions and capital allocation. We lead forecasting, performance tracking, budgeting, and long‑term financial planning across the company.

We are seeking a Manager to join our Strategic Finance team focused on G&A OpEx. This high-visibility role is the center of Instacart’s corporate functions – partnering closely with People, Finance, Legal, and Tax to ensure the business is planned, measured, and managed with rigor. You’ll operate in a fast-paced environment where financial clarity directly shapes how G&A leaders prioritize and invest.

About the Job

• Serve as the primary finance partner to G&A cost center owners – including People, Finance, Legal, Tax – driving end-to-end financial planning, forecasting, and performance management with a focus on accountability and business outcomes.
• Own the monthly and quarterly Actuals vs Forecast (AvF) process for G&A OpEx; deliver timely variance analysis and executive-ready commentary that connects financial results to operational drivers and informs forward-looking forecast adjustments.
• Lead the annual budget process and monthly forecast cycles for G&A, partnering cross-functionally to align headcount plans, vendor spend, and discretionary budgets with company-wide priorities.
• Build and maintain dynamic financial models and dashboards that support scenario planning and investment trade-off analysis; leverage AI tools to automate data workflows and surface insights faster, enabling G&A leaders to make fast, data-informed decisions in an evolving operating environment.
• Partner with the Accounting team on month-end close activities, ensuring accuracy of G&A actuals through timely accruals, reclassifications, and variance analysis.
• Operate effectively in ambiguous situations and able to establish structure where it’s lacking, challenge existing processes, and adapt quickly as organizational priorities and business needs shift.

About You

You combine rigorous financial modeling with crisp communication and executive presence. You’re a self-starter who’s energized by ambiguity, moves quickly without sacrificing quality, and knows how to build the relationships that get to the right answer.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, Data Science, or a related field.
• 6+ years of experience in Strategic/Corporate Finance, FP&A, or a related analytical field at a high-growth public technology company.
• Advanced financial modeling and forecasting skills with a track record of supporting data-driven decision-making at the executive level.
• Strong communicator with experience preparing and presenting executive-ready materials to VP and C-suite stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities, work cross-functionally, and deliver in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in FP&A, Corporate or Strategic Finance, consulting, equity research, or data science/analytics.
• Prior experience working in consumer marketplace or SaaS businesses.
• Experience operating in a public company environment.
• Interest in leveraging AI and automation tools to improve workflows, efficiency, and insights.

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