[Hiring] International Finance Manager @Instacart

Role Description

Instacart’s Strategic Finance team partners across the company to drive clarity, allocate resources, and accelerate growth. We are hiring a Manager, International Finance to lead financial strategy and decision support for international expansion as an individual contributor with outsized scope and visibility.

• Own financial strategy and modeling for international expansion, including market sizing, unit economics, multi-currency P&L design, scenario analyses, and sensitivity testing.
• Partner with Business Development/Sales, Market Strategy & Planning, Legal, Accounting, and Tax to evaluate market-entry pathways, commercial structures, and regulatory considerations; translate insights into clear recommendations.
• Lead planning and forecasting for international initiatives (annual plan, quarterly updates, and monthly outlooks), tracking KPIs and performance to drive accountability against targets.
• Build and automate reporting that elevates signal over noise for leadership, including dashboards, cohort views, and variance analyses that tie back to the drivers of the business.
• Develop investment cases (pricing, partnerships, resourcing) and author decision memos that articulate financial impact, risk, and mitigations—enabling fast, high-quality decisions.
• Stand up finance readiness for new market launches (processes, controls, FX considerations, data flows, and close/reporting alignment) in partnership with Accounting and Systems teams.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in Strategic Finance, FP&A, Corporate Development, Investment Banking, or Management Consulting with direct exposure to international markets or multi-entity, multi-currency P&L management.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets, including building driver-based P&Ls, three-statement models, and scenario/sensitivity analyses.
• Proven track record leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing senior stakeholders through clear, data-driven recommendations.
• Hands-on experience owning planning and forecasting cycles and producing executive-ready reporting and narratives.

Requirements

• MBA, CFA, CPA, or equivalent advanced education/credential.
• Proficiency in SQL and BI tools (for example: Looker, Tableau) to self-serve data and build repeatable reporting.
• Experience in marketplace, retail, grocery, consumer tech, logistics, or e-commerce business models.
• Working knowledge of FX, transfer pricing, local compliance, and tax considerations for international operations.
• Experience with financial systems and planning tools (for example: NetSuite, Anaplan, Workday Adaptive Planning).

Benefits

• Highly market-competitive 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.
• Eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants.
• Base pay range for Canadian candidates: $153,000 — $161,500 CAD.