Sr. Associate, Strategic Finance LinkedIn Talent Solutions

This role will be based in Sunnyvale CA San Francisco CA or New York NY.

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.

We are looking for a Strategic Finance Sr Associate who will partner closely with LTS R&D leaders to define product strategy inform initiative prioritization set business metrics targets monitor metrics performance proactively identify trends and synthesize and communicate insights. The role is focused on our Enterprise Jobs product and is highly cross-functional indexing heavily on operational rigor and execution against strategic priorities.
 

Responsibilities: 

Strategic Thinking 

• Learns to identify new opportunities for growth within a limited scope and supports strategy development with business partners.  

• Validates and executes pressure testing of growth opportunities.  

• Operationalizes ideas and develops plans for execution with some support from more senior team members.  

• Builds collaborative relationships with other teams and seeks input and feedback to develop an understanding of their priorities and constraints. 

Stakeholder Influence 

• Communicates implications of work (e.g. forecasts analyses trends) to management and cross-functional stakeholders to drive action.  

• Leverages insights and data to develop narratives to influence stakeholders with limited guidance.  

• Synthesizes problems and communicates point of view to support decision-making on issues related to individual work in smaller group discussions. 

Execution & Organization 

• Partners with cross-functional stakeholders to support the growth of initiatives by providing a metrics- oriented perspective with minimal supervision.  

• Communicates with stakeholders to answer a wide variety of complex questions.  

• Exercises judgment within defined procedures to develop workstreams and operational processes.  

• Proactively identifies obstacles and works to unblock them with minimal support. 

Performance Management 

• Supports performance management by creating maintaining and updating complex models and forecasts for assigned metrics.  

• Access transform and synthesize data from cross-platform data sources and analyze to assess signals trends and risks. 

• Leverages advanced knowledge to develop hypotheses using identified signals trends and risks.  

• Executes ad hoc analyses to prove/disprove hypotheses and address ambiguous or complex business questions deriving actionable insights from results.  

• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to design experiments to close deviations from targets. 

Culture & Values 

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

• Proactively seeks out feedback and provides constructive feedback to colleagues.  

• Seeks out new opportunities for career growth and skill development. 

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications 

• Bachelors Degree in Business Business Analytics Finance 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 

• Background in management consulting investment banking private equity strategy or growth role within a technology company  

• Natural problem-solver: Experience decomposing and solving real-world business problems ideally using advanced Excel / SQL skills; able to both delve into the details and engage meaningfully on higher level strategy  

• 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 

• Cross-functional partnership: Ability to partner with cross-functional stakeholders to define and deliver our product strategies 

Suggested Skills 

• Communication 

• Cross-Team Collaboration 

• Data Analysis  

• Decision Making 

• Financial Acumen  

• Forecasting  

• Influencing for Impact 

• Innovation 

• Problem Solving  

• Project Management  

• Stakeholder Management 

• Strategic Thinking 

• Trusted Advisor 

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.  

The pay range for this role is $98000 to $158000. 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  Information :

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