Sr. Associate Strategic Finance COE

This role will be based in Bengaluru India. 

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 role will support global Finance stakeholders and may require periodic overlap with PT working hours for key meetings stakeholder touchpoints transition activities and close or forecast-related support. The expectation is not to work PT hours continuously but the candidate should be comfortable flexing selectively when business needs require cross-time-zone coordination. 

The Strategic Finance Center of Excellence (COE) is a team focused on centralizing standardizing and modernizing key financial operations to unlock scale accuracy and strategic capacity across LinkedIn. The team acts as business process owners driving design and continuous improvement across high-impact financial workflows including accruals position management headcount forecasting and reporting. This role will support all of LinkedIn Finance across these core operational workstreams delivering through a blend of in-house execution process optimization and automation and agentic tooling. Additional scope may come over time. 

We are seeking a detail-oriented and process-minded Senior Associate to join the COE. This individual will take ownership of end-to-end workstreams working to identify inefficiencies implement scalable solutions and embed best practices across finance. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in complexity enjoys solving operational challenges and is skilled at transforming fragmented and siloed processes into structured scalable solutions through thoughtful design and cross-functional collaboration. 

Responsibilities 

Strategic Thinking 

• Serves as process owner for designated financial workstreams (e.g. accruals position management headcount forecasting) with a focus on consistency scalability and operational excellence. Leads the design and continuous improvement of processes to reduce manual effort strengthen controls and improve end-to-end efficiency across financial operations. 
• Identifies opportunities to simplify standardize and automate financial processes within assigned workstreams. Partners with Finance stakeholders to design prioritize and implement process enhancements that improve efficiency scalability and user experience. 

Stakeholder Influence 

• Collaborates with functional finance partners and systems teams to define processes and best practices and drive change management across time zones. 
• Synthesizes data and operational insights into clear recommendations that influence stakeholders. Delivers clear data-informed narratives and presentations to support decision-making. 

Execution & Organization 

• Oversees quality assurance of outputs and execution against defined timelines and SLAs including validating accuracy completeness and adherence to agreed standards prior to delivery. 
• Uses sound judgment within defined workstreams to evaluate processes challenges. Gathers stakeholder requirements and translates feedback into data-driven recommendations. 
• Designs and documents scalable operating procedures controls and workflows while identifying opportunities to leverage automation AI and new technologies to improve productivity and accuracy. 

Performance Management 

• Accesses transforms and synthesizes data from cross-platform data sources and analyzes it to assess signals trends and risks. 
• Develops deep domain expertise in defined areas (e.g. position management and expense accruals) and apply critical thinking to evaluate business challenges pressure test assumptions and design practical scalable solutions that improve financial operations and business outcomes. 

Culture & Values 

• Contributes to the culture and values of the organization including diversity inclusion and belonging through organization-wide events and initiatives. 

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications 

• Bachelors degree in Finance Business Analytics Business or related field AND minimum 3 years of experience in finance finance accounting management consulting investment banking or related field OR equivalent experience. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• 1 years of experience in the technology industry. 
• 5 years of relevant experience (FP&A Finance Operations or related) with demonstrated success leading process improvement process transformation or operational excellence initiatives ideally supporting financial operations such as headcount forecasting position management accruals month-end close or related reporting processes. 
• Analytical skills with proficiency in Excel and experience with SQL and data tools (e.g. PowerBI Tableau). 
• Experience in program management and owning projects end-to-end (including effective communication and stakeholder management) with the ability to drive alignment across functions and complex stakeholder maps. 
• A record of proactive problem solving and a strong sense of ownership when tackling complex organizational issues. 
• Comfort operating in a global delivery model partnering with counterparts across US and India time zones. 

Suggested Skills 

• Financial Acumen 
• Stakeholder Management 
• Process Redesign 
• Data Analysis 
• Experience with Oracle ERP 
• Project & Change Management 

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