Strategic Finance Associate - Revenue

Company Description

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

Job Description

This role will be based in Mountain View, CA. 

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team. 

This entry-level Finance Analyst role is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic team that sits at the intersection of our respective Lines of Business (LOBs) and Marketplaces. You will work on developing and driving consolidated financial reporting across these areas and support our forecasting and planning processes. This role blends strategy and finance, helping identify and solve business challenges with data-driven solutions. 

You will work closely with cross-functional teams and senior leadership to drive key financial insights and support business decision-making. If you're passionate about finance, data, and the tech industry, this is a great opportunity to start your career with a leading global technology company. 

Responsibilities: 

• Financial Analysis: Prepare and analyze weekly, quarterly, and annual financial performance reports across multiple LOBs. Identify trends, variances, and opportunities for performance improvements. 
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Assist in the budgeting and forecasting processes by collecting and consolidating data from various departments. Support the development and monitoring of financial forecasts and budget-to-actual analysis. 
• Data Management: Gather, clean, and organize financial data from multiple sources, ensuring data accuracy and integrity to support decision-making. 
• Financial Modeling: Contribute to the creation of financial models that evaluate different business scenarios, providing insights to senior leadership for strategic decision-making. 
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with various teams across operations, sales, marketing, and other departments to collect data, share financial insights, and support strategic initiatives.
• Ad-Hoc Reporting & Analysis: Prepare and deliver financial analysis for ad-hoc requests from senior management and other teams.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications:  

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Business Analytics, Finance, or related field AND minimum 1 years of experience in management consulting, finance, finance accounting, investment banking, or related field OR equivalent experience. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Previous experience in finance or related fields. Experience working with SaaS-based business models a plus 
• Strong systems skills with a preference toward Excel, SQL, PowerBI, Tableau 
• Effective communication: Excellent communication skills to distill complex thoughts and strategies into simple, actionable recommendations; ability to credibly and compellingly present and debate recommendations with senior leadership 
• Problem-Solving: Strong critical thinking skills with the ability to propose data-driven solutions. 

Suggested Skills: 

• Communication
• Cross Team Collaboration
• Data Analysis
• Problem Solving

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.     

The pay range for this role is $78,000 to $126,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.     

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.  

Additional Information

Equal Opportunity Statement 

We seek candidates with a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds