Senior Data Analyst

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. 

You’ll collaborate across technical and business teams to ensure financial data is accurate, reliable, and compliant, while also advancing large-scale systems initiatives, accelerating the month-end close, and optimizing cloud spend in our AWS environment.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Financial Data Analytics team is the connective tissue between Finance, Accounting, and Engineering. Our mission is to deliver trusted financial data that is both a foundation for compliance and a catalyst for strategic decision-making. We combine technical depth with financial expertise to build scalable, high-value data solutions—transforming complexity into clarity and empowering leaders to act with confidence.

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 well-defined, high-impact projects with clear deliverables.
• Build Decision-Making Tools – Design and automate dashboards, models, and reporting systems that surface clear insights and guide long-term 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 compliance-first 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 & Next-Generation Analytics – Harness cutting-edge AI technologies (e.g., Claude, Cursor, Python ML libraries, Copilot) to reimagine how financial data is modeled, automated, and delivered—accelerating insights, scaling workflows, and shaping the future of financial analytics.

ABOUT YOU

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years (7+ preferred) of experience in data analytics or analytics engineering roles
• Strong SQL and cloud data fundamentals, with hands-on 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 non-technical teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Public company experience with exposure to SOX compliance
• Background in high-growth technology environments
• Experience implementing large-scale 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)

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