Senior Associate, Finance & Strategy - Deal Desk

DoorDash, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 105,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

401(k) with employer matching

Parental leave (16 weeks)

Wellness benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

DoorDash, Inc. is seeking a Senior Associate in Finance & Strategy to build financial models from scratch and partner with Sales (Enterprise/Mid-Market and SMB) for GTM support on restaurant merchant deals and commercial negotiations.

You will collaborate across Business Development, Sales, Strategy & Operations, Product, and Accounting to inform strategic and financial decisions. The role emphasizes modeling, portfolio performance, pricing policy, and cross-functional process improvements in a

Qualifications

• 4+ years of strategic finance, corporate finance, or investment banking experience in a high-growth technology sector.
• Ability to influence cross-functional partners at all levels.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills.
• Able to build robust financial models used by F&S teams throughout the company.
• Experience with leveraging AI tooling to improve processes.
• Basic SQL proficiency (or strong willingness to learn).

Responsibilities

• Build financial models from scratch to support GTM and deal desk partnerships.
• Analyze operational/financial data, identify trends and assess risks/opportunities.
• Develop analyses to balance growth and profitability across marketplace and platforms.
• Collaborate with Business Development, Sales, Strategy & Operations, and Product teams to inform commercial decisions.

Skills

Strategic finance

Advanced Excel

Financial modeling

AI tooling experience

SQL basics

Tools

Excel

SQL

Job description

About the Team

About the Team The Finance & Strategy team accelerates the growth of our business by implementing new opportunities and solutions. We partner with teams across the company to improve the profitability, scalability and defensibility of our business model. We're looking for those who can model the future and collaborate to help carry projects from conception through execution. On a typical day, you may extract insights from data, build business cases for new products, and work to design and launch pilots. You'll help support some of the most impactful programs we undertake as a company.

About the Role

This role provides a unique opportunity to build finance business partnership and strategy at a hyper-growth company. We are looking for a Senior Associate who can build financial models from scratch and is eager to join a fast paced team, supporting our Deal Desk team's partnership with Sales (Enterprise/Mid-Market and SMB) on Go-To-Market (GTM) support for new restaurant merchant deals, renegotiations and other commercial agreements across Marketplace, Commerce Platform and emerging lines of business. You will partner with teams across the business including Business Development, Sales, Account Managers, Strategy & Operations, Product GMs, Accounting and Finance to support strategic business and financial decisions. You will build and maintain financial models and help inform commercial recommendations. You will also support initiatives spanning pipeline and portfolio performance improvement, pricing, policy, and Go-To-Market (GTM) focused analyses.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Help support and scale our restaurant vertical
• Analyze operational/financial data, uncover trends and assess current/future business risks and opportunities
• Build and maintain models and analyses to balance growth vs. profitability
• Work with cross-functional partners to support new processes and policies

We’re excited about you because…

• 4+ years of strategic finance, corporate finance, or investment banking experience in a high-growth technology sector
• Ability to influence cross-functional partners at all levels
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills.
• Able to build robust financial models used by F&S teams throughout the company
• Experience with leveraging AI tooling to improve processes
• Basic SQL proficiency (or strong willingness to learn)

Compensation

The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Base salary is localized according to an employee’s work location. Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future.

In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants.

The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.

$104,700 - $154,000 USD

DoorDash benefits

DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes:

• 401(k) plan with employer matching
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• wellness benefits
• commuter benefits match
• paid time off
• paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act)
• medical
• dental
• vision benefits
• 11 paid holidays
• disability and basic life insurance
• family-forming assistance
• mental health program
• among others

See below for paid time off details:

For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year.

For hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week).

About DoorDash

At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started by enabling door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known as the place you order food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.

DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.

Statement of Non-Discrimination

Statement of Non-Discrimination: In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash. We value a diverse workforce – people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation. If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.