Senior Strategic Finance Manager leading Instacart’s retailer deal economics, pricing, and partnership negotiations. Building models, P&Ls, dashboards, and investment frameworks for grocery-platform growth.
Responsibilities
Serve as the finance lead for retailer deal flow across the full lifecycle of retailer partnerships
Set financial strategy and shape pricing philosophy for retailer partnerships
Drive portfolio-level decision-making and develop decision frameworks
Build robust financial models and advise senior leaders during high-stakes negotiations
Define and operationalize pricing guardrails, pricing architecture, rate cards, and deal desk processes
Build partner- and portfolio-level P&Ls, forecasts, KPIs, and cash-flow analyses
Create self-serve dashboards to quantify tradeoffs, surface risks, and accelerate investment decisions
Develop portfolio-level investment evaluation frameworks and measurement plans
Collaborate with Partnerships, Legal, Revenue Operations, Accounting, Product, Deal Desk, Data Science, and Analytics
Elevate modeling rigor, business judgment, and executive storytelling across analysts and managers
Report to the Director of Retailer Finance
Requirements
8 or more years of recent experience in strategic finance, corporate finance, investment banking, private equity, or management consulting
Significant experience directly supporting deal flow, business development, or commercial partnerships
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience
Track record of owning finance workstreams for complex commercial agreements from scoping and pricing through negotiation, signature, and post-close tracking
Experience serving as senior finance partner in C-suite and VP-level negotiations
Experience structuring contract terms balancing growth and unit economics
Advanced financial modeling skills in Excel or Google Sheets, including multi-scenario and sensitivity analyses
Strong accounting fundamentals and unit economics knowledge
Ability to build, reconcile, and present partner- and portfolio-level P&Ls and cash-flow impacts
Ability to communicate complex analyses and recommendations clearly to senior executives
Preferred: MBA or relevant advanced degree
Preferred: Marketplace, platform, gig economy, grocery delivery, or consumer internet experience
Preferred: 2 or more years of direct people management experience
Preferred: SQL, BI tools, and AI workflow proficiency
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