Strategic Finance Special Projects ManagerActive

The opportunity

At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community.

What you'll do

  • Own high-impact, ambiguous projects end-to-end: from opportunity sizing and financial modeling to scenario analysis and executive recommendation

  • Build and maintain complex forecasting and scenario models that inform: strategic decisions across pricing, monetization, resourcing, and investment allocation

  • Translate financial analysis into clear, executive-ready narratives,: dashboards, and KPI scorecards that drive C-suite action

  • Define the right metrics, then dig into them: surfacing the insights and frameworks that move the needle on business performance

  • Partner with the team on high priority projects across the Strategic Finance: organization, leaning into high-priority work spanning Consolidation, Operating Costs, Commercial, and Marketing Finance

  • + years of experience in strategic finance, corporate finance, investment: banking, private equity, or management consulting with a focus on commercial deals or partnerships.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience
  • Advanced financial modeling skills in Excel or Google Sheets, including: multi-scenario and sensitivity analyses for complex, multi-year agreements.
  • Proven track record owning the finance workstream end-to-end for complex: commercial agreements—from initial scoping and pricing through signature and post-close performance tracking.
  • Hands-on experience partnering with Sales/Business Development and Legal to: structure and negotiate contract terms that balance growth and unit economics.