Sr. Associate Strategic Finance

This role will be based in LinkedIns Mountain View and Sunnyvale offices.

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 seeking a Senior Associate Corporate Strategic Finance to support company-wide financial planning performance management and decision support. This role will focus on headcount and people-related expenses while contributing to broader Corporate Strategic Finance priorities as business needs evolve. Successful candidates will be able to translate financial data into actionable insights risks opportunities and recommendations. 

The Senior Associate will support annual planning forecasting monthly close management reporting and strategic analyses in partnership with Strategic Finance Accounting Compensation & Benefits Talent Acquisition and other cross-functional teams. This role offers broad exposure to LinkedIns financial model and enterprise planning processes with flexibility to support evolving priorities across the Corporate Strategic Finance team.

Responsibilities

This role is expected to connect financial analysis to business implications identify trade-offs and help stakeholders make informed decisions. 

Strategic Thinking

• Support company-wide financial planning and strategic analysis across key business and cost drivers.
• Develop an understanding of business and financial drivers and translate data into insights risks opportunities and recommendations.

Stakeholder Influence

• Partner with Strategic Finance teams and cross-functional stakeholders to gather inputs align assumptions evaluate key drivers and support consistent company-wide planning and reporting.
• Translate financial data into clear narratives and concise recommendations that highlight key drivers trade-offs and decision points.

Execution & Organization

• Support recurring Corporate Strategic Finance processes across annual planning forecasting monthly close and management reporting with responsibility for accuracy timeliness stakeholder readiness and documentation.
• Support headcount planning governance including maintaining planning calendars defining input requirements tracking dependencies and ensuring assumptions are documented consistently across teams.
• Maintain and improve financial models reporting tools and operating processes; leverage automation and approved AI-enabled tools where appropriate to improve efficiency accelerate analysis strengthen controls and enhance the quality and consistency of financial insights.

Performance Management

• Access transform reconcile and synthesize data from multiple systems to evaluate performance trends and forecast accuracy.
• Partner with Finance systems and data owners to improve source-of-truth definitions reporting logic data quality and reconciliation processes.
• Develop scenario analyses and sensitivity assessments to evaluate financial risk forecast uncertainty and potential mitigation actions across headcount people costs and Corporate Strategic Finance priorities.

Culture & Values

• Contribute to an inclusive and collaborative team environment and build trusted partnerships across Finance and the broader organization.
• Demonstrate curiosity sound judgment ownership and a willingness to learn and take on new responsibilities.

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with financial planning forecasting variance analysis or management reporting in a corporate or business finance environment.
• Experience building financial models and conducting quantitative analysis to support planning forecasting and business decision-making.
• Experience analyzing large datasets and reconciling information across multiple sources.
• Experience with financial systems Excel and data tools such as SQL.
• Experience using AI tools or automation to improve work processes operational efficiency insight generation or reporting quality.
• Demonstrated experience maintaining accuracy while working with complex financial data and managing multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Experience communicating financial concepts and recommendations to a variety of stakeholders.

Suggested Skills

• Financial Planning & Analysis
• Headcount & People-Cost Analysis
• Forecasting & Financial Modeling
• Data Analysis & Problem Solving
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Process Improvement

Compensation

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is $107000 to $172000.

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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