Strategic Finance Special Projects Manager

We're transforming the grocery industry

At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers.

Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we’re building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you’re ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table.

Instacart is a Flex First team

There’s no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events. Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.

Instacart’s Strategic Finance team partners across the business to drive disciplined growth and long-term value creation. The Strategic Finance Special Projects Manager reports directly to the VP of Strategic Finance, working on special projects across the business.

You will collaborate closely across Strategic Finance and key business partners. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguity, rolls up their sleeves, and communicates with clarity and conviction. We work together, move quickly, and put facts and transparency on the table to make the best decisions for our customers, shoppers, retailers, brands, and partners.

What you'll cook up in your first year

• Own high-impact, ambiguous projects end-to-end — from opportunity sizing and financial modeling to scenario analysis and executive recommendation

• Build and maintain complex forecasting and scenario models that inform strategic decisions across pricing, monetization, resourcing, and investment allocation

• Translate financial analysis into clear, executive-ready narratives, dashboards, and KPI scorecards that drive C-suite action

• Define the right metrics, then dig into them — surfacing the insights and frameworks that move the needle on business performance

• Partner with the team on high priority projects across the Strategic Finance organization, leaning into high-priority work spanning Consolidation, Operating Costs, Commercial, and Marketing Finance

The secret ingredients we're looking for

Must-have pantry staples (Minimum Qualifications)

• 5+ years of experience in strategic finance, corporate finance, investment banking, private equity, or management consulting with a focus on commercial deals or partnerships.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience

• Advanced financial modeling skills in Excel or Google Sheets, including multi-scenario and sensitivity analyses for complex, multi-year agreements.

• Proven track record owning the finance workstream end-to-end for complex commercial agreements—from initial scoping and pricing through signature and post-close performance tracking.

• Hands-on experience partnering with Sales/Business Development and Legal to