Associate Principal, Strategic Finance & Analytics - Central Strategy and Insights

The Community You Will Join: 

Airbnb has become a global platform that connects travelers and hosts from over 34,000 cities. The main focus of the Central Strategy and Insights team is to identify and explain trends associated with key metrics that align with business growth and development opportunities. We strive to build a robust reporting process around core KPIs and are razor-focused on key metrics that drive decisions made by Airbnb’s most senior leaders. This role will be responsible for partnering with the business on growth, analytics, and strategy within the Strategic Finance & Analytics organization and is highly cross-functional. 

The Difference You Will Make:

We are looking for an individual who is proactive and excited to seek out data-backed solutions for projects related to key metrics reporting, with a focus on executive presentations, Excel modeling, automation of data pipelines, and serving as a trusted cross-functional collaborator. We’re looking for a self-starter with an entrepreneurial mindset, who can understand drivers that are important to a rapidly shifting business environment and who can effectively communicate complex business insights to a wide audience.

A Typical Day: 

• Define metrics and manage performance: collaborate with cross functional partners across multiple teams to identify trends associated with key metrics that align with business drivers. Partners come from a wide range of teams including marketing, hosting, product, payments, and finance, just to name a few.
• Lead bi-weekly business reviews to share performance updates and drive strategic focus based on latest data. The audience for these business reviews include our CFO, CBO, Global Head of Operations, and other senior leaders.
• Provide additional support during monthly and quarterly financial review cycles. 
• Work alongside a cross-functional team of Strategic Finance leaders, Data Scientists, and Tech Analysts to help define the scope, vision, and roadmap for company-wide metrics at Airbnb.
• Help build and maintain models that forecast topline metrics at a regional and country-level granularity.
• Provide actionable insights through reporting and analytics. This individual seeks out opportunities to iterate on existing processes to achieve higher measures of accuracy, efficiency, speed, and accessibility.

Your Expertise:

• 7+ years of experience in strategic finance, product analytics, management consulting, or investment banking.
• Proficient in Excel/Gsheet modeling skills, including macros, charts, and advanced formula creation (e.g., index match, vlookup, iferror).
• Strong SQL and PowerPoint/Gslides skills.
• Familiarity with Tableau is strongly preferred. 
• Demonstrated ability to work and influence cross-functionally; proactive in communication with diverse audiences and skilled at bringing stakeholders on board. Proven track record of driving change and impact in fluid, unstructured environments.
• Capable of navigating dynamic settings and solving complex problems while exercising sound judgment in ambiguous situations.
• Enthusiastic about learning and growth, demonstrating proactivity with a mission-driven approach.
• Committed to effective teamwork, maintaining a positive and solution-oriented outlook.

Your Location:

This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager. While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. Click here for the up-to-date list of excluded states. This list is continuously evolving, so please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list  If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.

Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging:

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: [email protected]. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process. 

We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.