Sr. Associate, Strategic Finance - Data Center Infrastructure

Linkedin3; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

LinkedIn in the United States is seeking a Finance/Investment Analyst to build long-range infrastructure cost models and provide decision support for investments in a hybrid work environment. The role can be based in San Francisco or Mountain View, with a mix of remote and office days.

You will partner with engineering leaders, oversee complex financial modeling, and drive forecasting, budgeting, and KPI tracking.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Business Analytics, Finance, or related field
• Minimum 5 years of experience in finance, finance accounting, management consulting, investment banking, or related field OR Equivalent experience
• Advanced Excel Modeling skills and demonstration of critical thinking-ability to question the output of a financial model and consider options for improvement

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain long-range modeling of infrastructure costs and provide decision support on investment decisions
• Partner with engineering leaders to support and manage infrastructure growth and investments
• Oversee the completion of complex financial modeling development/improvement/maintenance
• Drive forecasting processes, budgeting consolidations, and tracking of key investments and performance metrics
• Drive data-driven analysis, identify opportunities, and communicate insights to stakeholders

Job description

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. This role can be based in our San Francisco, CA or Mountain View, CA office.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain long range modeling of infrastructure costs, provide key decision support on investment decisions.
• Partner closely with engineering leaders to support and manage infrastructure growth and investments.
• Oversee the completion of complex financial modeling development / improvement / maintenance.
• Drive the development and implementation of new processes to support the successful completion of timely and accurate forecasts, financial planning consolidations, and tracking of key investments and performance metrics.
• Drive data-driven analysis, size opportunities, develop understanding of key performance drivers to identify areas of improvement and prioritize strategic opportunities.
• Structure and analyze problems effectively to develop the team's thinking, facilitate alignment on key strategic decisions among various stakeholders, and identify 80/20 opportunities to reach insightful, implementable, and impactful answers.
• Act as the connective tissue across multiple R&D teams to shape the vision, influence decisions, bridge different points of views, see-around-the-corner for any LinkedIn implications.
• Define actionable deliverables, create workstreams, define RAPIDs, track and monitor progress, diagnose and resolve issues, proactively manage risks and address misalignment between teams.
• Communicate and present succinctly and effectively in exec-ready formats.

Basic Qualifications:

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

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in the technology industry.
• Advanced Excel Modeling skills and demonstration of critical thinking-ability to question the output of a financial model and consider options for improvement.
• Direct experience working with both on-premise datacenter forecasting (capex and operating expense) as well as cloud hosting expenses.
• Strong, independent voice to push teams' thinking, influence leaders on direction, while able to build trust-based relationships across the company to drive alignment.

Suggested Skills:

• Strategic thinking
• Data-driven decision making
• Ability to structure ambiguous problems
• Executive level communications
• Influencing for Impact

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

The pay range for this role is $107,000 to $172,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans.

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