Sr. Associate, Strategic Finance

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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. 

About the Team 

Our Strategic Finance team empowers the APAC region to achieve growth, efficiency, and sustainability by collaborating with key stakeholders. We are trusted advisors, strategic thinkers, and influencers, excelling in project management, problem-solving, and innovation. Our foundation lies in data analysis, financial acumen, and communication. Our culture is built on trust, care, inclusivity, and a commitment to creating a transformational experience for our team members and the global workforce. 

About the Role 

This Senior Associate will work as part of the Strategic Finance team dedicated to LinkedIn’s largest business – LinkedIn Talent Solutions (LTS). This person will play a pivotal role on the team by identifying, evaluating, and executing against opportunities to grow LTS. Already excelling in data analysis, any candidate for this role should be looking to further flex their strategic thinking skills, as outlined below.  

The role is highly cross-functional, blending data analysis, strategy & execution, creating clarity and speed to execution of needle-moving corporate priorities. The ideal candidate will be passionate about solving highly complex ambiguous operational questions within the LTS team and has exceptional business acumen and the skills to operate autonomously to identify, prioritize, partner, influence and implement high-impact change. 

Responsibilities: 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

Basic Qualifications 

• 5+ years of experience in finance, finance accounting, management consulting, investment banking, or related field OR equivalent experience 
• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Business Analytics, Finance, or related field 

Preferred Qualifications 

• 1+ year of experience in the technology industry 
• Experience with SQL 
• Experience with PowerBI  

Suggested Skills 

• Financial Acumen  
• Forecasting  
• Data Analysis  
• Problem Solving  
• Project Management 

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