Job Specifications
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.
Job Description
This role can be based in San Francisco CA or Mountain View, CA.
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.
Our Monetization Strategic Finance team is searching for a strategic and results-driven Associate to support the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions (LMS) organization. This person will partner closely with the R&D cross-functional team to define product strategy and roadmaps, performance manage against our business objective, and improve how we operate by setting targets across products. This role specifically will be focused on deepening our understanding of the ad ecosystem, and will partner closely with R&D teams across both our LMS and organic teams.
The ideal candidate will be passionate about solving highly complex ambiguous operational and strategic questions within LinkedIn’s R&D team and has exceptional business acumen and the skills to operate autonomously to identify, prioritize, partner, influence and implement high-impact change. Key responsibilities would include:
Responsibilities
Support performance management by creating and maintaining financial models and forecasts for LinkedIn Audience Network ad product, including detailed forecasts.
Collaborate with product, engineering, and data science teams to understand business drivers, evaluate strategic initiatives and provide financial guidance for new launches.
Establish and refine KPIs and tracking progress against business objectives.
Analyze business trends and variances to provide actionable insights to cross-functional stakeholders with the necessary business context. Leverages insights and data to develop narratives to influence stakeholders with some guidance.
Operationalizes ideas and develops plans for execution with support from more senior team members.
Supports collaborative relationships with other teams and utilizes input and feedback to develop an understanding of their priorities and constraints.
Access and synthesize data from multiple sources to identify signals, risks, and opportunities.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
BA/BS degree in Business, Finance, Analytics, or related field AND 2+ years of experience in finance, consulting, investment banking, or related field OR equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
Independently capable of seeking information, solving conceptual problems, corralling resources, and delivering results in challenging situations.
Experience with SQL or large datasets a plus.
Experience with digital advertising or technology industry a plus.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
Suggested Skills:
Financial Modeling
Data Analysis
Forecasting
Problem solving
Project Management and Collaboration
Communication
LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.
The pay range for this role is $80,000 to $128,000. 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.
Additional Information
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About the Company
Founded in 2003, LinkedIn connects the world's professionals to make them more productive and successful. With more than 1 billion members worldwide, including executives from every Fortune 500 company, LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network. The company has a diversified business model with revenue coming from Talent Solutions, Marketing Solutions, Sales Solutions and Premium Subscriptions products. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, LinkedIn has offices across the globe..
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