Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Instacart is transforming the grocery industry and is seeking a Corporate Finance Manager to join their Strategic Finance team focused on G&A OpEx. This role involves partnering with various corporate functions to drive financial planning, forecasting, and performance management, ensuring that the business is effectively managed and aligned with company-wide priorities.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

• 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
• 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

Benefits

• Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work.
• This role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants.
• Please read more about our benefits offerings here (https://instacart.careers/taste-of-instacart/).
• Please review our Flex First remote work policy here (https://instacart.careers/flex-first/).

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