Senior Financial Analyst, Site Engineering

Company Description

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

This role can be based in Sunnyvale, San Francisco, Seattle, or remote.

At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers both hybrid and remote work options. This means you can work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what's best for you and when it is important for your team to be together, or you can work remotely from most locations within the country listed for this role.

LinkedIn was built to help professionals achieve more in their careers, and everyday millions of people use our products to make connections, discover opportunities, and gain insights. Our global reach means we get to make a direct impact on the world’s workforce in ways no other company can. We’re much more than a digital resume - we transform lives through innovative products and technology.

We are looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to support our Engineering organization with a focus on Site Infrastructure. LinkedIn runs and operates its own data centers and is continuing to evaluate expansion plans. In this role, you will be directly involved in the coordination of the various planning cycles (annual planning, quarterly forecasts and monthly outlooks). You will provide variance analysis of expenses, headcount and capital expenditures, clearly explaining the business reasons for variances and adjusting the outlook models to reflect operational adjustments. You may be responsible for managing headcount and other cost drivers while ensuring accuracy.

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Responsibilities

• This role will support the FP&A lead for Site Engineering
• Assist in the development and implementation of tools, systems, and processes to support the successful completion of timely and accurate forecasts
• Act as a business partner to the Engineering org and cross-functional departments to provide strategic financial insights.
• Lead the monthly close and forecast process which includes variance analysis and coordination with business partners.
• Monitor key performance and financial metrics relevant to the R&D teams
• Provide ad hoc analysis for business support

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in finance or accounting, or related field, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of financial analysis experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working directly in an FP&A environment modeling headcount and expenses
• Experience with data center or cloud computing infrastructures
• Excellent Excel modeling skills and competency in PowerPoint
• Ability to question the output of a financial model and consider options for improvement
• Team player with strong organizational and interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication, analytical, teamwork, organizational, interpersonal and systems skills
• Experience with financial ERP tools such as EPM Oracle Financials
• Ability to develop and maintain complex financial models
• Understanding of accounting theory and practice (e.g. company capitalization policies and proper expense timing)
• Ability to effectively manage time, prioritize tasks and work within deadlines

Suggested Skills

• Forecasting
• Financial Modeling
• Financial Analysis

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

The pay range for this role is $82,000 to $133,000. 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. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Additional Information

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