Remote Associate, Finance & Strategy Job in United States DoorDash

Who you are

• 2+ years of strategic finance, corporate finance, or investment banking experience at a high-growth technology startup or well-established company
• Cross-functional collaboration experience
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills
• Ability to build robust financial models used by teams throughout the company
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to influence cross-functional partners at all levels
• Basic SQL proficiency or willingness to learn
• Able to manipulate large data sets, uncover hidden insights in data, and improve business understanding

Desirables

• Strategic thinkers
• Experience building financial models
• Effective communicator
• Ability to influence partners
• Basic SQL skills
• Proficient in Excel

What the job involves

• Partner with teams across the business to support financial decisions by evaluating effectiveness and developing creative ways to grow the product
• Drive strategic decision making in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop new processes and investment decision making frameworks
• Optimize the approach to balancing growth versus profitability
• Automate operational aspects of the financial planning & analysis process
• Develop reports to track budget versus actuals and provide visibility to business partners around areas that are over or under-performing
• Identify and quantify key risks & opportunities in the business
• Support special projects to improve, automate, and scale forecasting and reporting tools, processes, and methodologies
• Track and analyze key business/financial KPIs, uncover trends and assess current/future business risks and opportunities

Application process

• Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
• Uses Covey as part of evaluation process