About The Role We are seeking a highly skilled and intellectually curious analyst to shape the future of financial data at Instacart, driving innovation at the intersection of systems, analytics, and business strategy. In this role, you will architect and deliver data models, pipelines, and reporting infrastructure that empower Finance and Accounting with trusted insights at scale. Youll collaborate across technical and business teams to ensure financial data is accurate, reliable, and compliant, while also advancing largescale systems initiatives, accelerating the monthend close, and optimizing cloud spend in our AWS environment. Key Responsibilities Bridge Data & Business Needs Translate business requirements into scalable data models by asking the right questions, digging into details, and mining insights that create measurable impact. Own Data Initiatives End-to-End Take ambiguous ideas and transform them into welldefined, highimpact projects with clear deliverables. Build DecisionMaking Tools Design and automate dashboards, models, and reporting systems that surface clear insights and guide longterm growth strategies. Support Revenue Accounting Build and maintain data products (dashboards, reports, analyses) that underpin the Revenue Accounting organization, including embedding revenue recognition logic into robust financial data models. Ensure Compliance & Governance Apply compliancefirst design principles to support SOX, audit readiness, and enforce data governance standards. Maintain Data Integrity Implement validation, monitoring, and reconciliation frameworks to ensure accuracy, consistency, and reliability across financial datasets. Drive Continuous Improvement Proactively identify opportunities for process optimization, automation, and system enhancement, unlocking efficiency across Finance and Accounting. Leverage AI & NextGeneration Analytics Harness cuttingedge AI technologies (e.g., Claude, Cursor, Python ML libraries, Copilot) to reimagine how financial data is modeled, automated, and deliveredaccelerating insights, scaling workflows, and shaping the future of financial analytics. Minimum Qualifications Bachelors degree in a related field. 5+ years (7+ preferred) of experience in data analytics or analytics engineering roles. Strong SQL and cloud data fundamentals, with handson experience in Snowflake, dbt, and BI tools (Mode, Looker, Tableau, etc.). Experience building and supporting complex data pipelines with emphasis on accuracy, compliance, and traceability. Familiarity with financial data structures, accounting processes, and enterprise systems (e.g., Oracle, Workday, Salesforce, Adaptive). Strong communication skills with the ability to engage effectively across technical and nontechnical teams. Preferred Qualifications Public company experience with exposure to SOX compliance. Background in highgrowth technology environments. Experience implementing largescale financial or operational systems (ERP, enterprise data platforms, etc.). Project management experience a plus. Demonstrated ability to support Finance and Accounting teams with scalable data solutions. Cloud cost management experience, ideally in an AWS environment. Familiarity with AI/ML applications in data analytics (e.g., natural language SQL tools, forecasting models, anomaly detection frameworks). Benefits Instacart provides highly marketcompetitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. Candidates based in Canada are eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. We currently hire in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia. Compensation (Canadian) Base pay ranges for Canadian candidates: $126,000$133,000 CAD. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Job Title
Senior Data Analyst