Senior Associate, Finance & Strategy - Deal Desk

Doordashusa
New York +4 more
On-site

Who this role is best for

Candidates with corporate finance or investment banking experience in high-growth tech with strong cross-functional collaboration skills will find this role in a fast-paced, hyper-growth environment.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 4+ years of strategic finance or investment banking experience in high-growth tech sectors
    — “4+ years of strategic finance, corporate finance, or investment banking experience in a high-growth technology sector”
  • Individuals who thrive in cross-functional, collaborative environments and can influence stakeholders at all levels
    — “Ability to influence cross-functional partners at all levels”
  • Candidates with a strong background in financial modeling and advanced Excel proficiency
    — “Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills. Able to build robust financial models used by F&S teams throughout the company”

Things to consider

  • The role may require adapting to new AI tooling, which could involve learning curve or process overhaul
    — “Experience with leveraging AI tooling to improve processes”
  • The position is likely to involve a mix of salaried and hourly work arrangements depending on location
    — “flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in building financial models from scratch and their impact on business decisions
    — “build financial models from scratch and is eager to join a fast paced team”
  • Showcase your ability to analyze trends and assess business risks and opportunities using data
    — “Analyze operational/financial data, uncover trends and assess current/future business risks and opportunities”
  • Demonstrate your track record of working with cross-functional teams on strategic initiatives
    — “Work with cross-functional partners to support new processes and policies”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • supporting GTM initiatives
  • building financial models
Typical background
4+ years in strategic finance or corporate finance

Skills & requirements

Required

Financial ModelingStrategic FinanceData AnalysisCross-functional Collaboration

Preferred

AI Tooling

Stack & domain

Financial ModelingExcelSQLInfluenceCollaborationFinanceTechnology

About the role

Original posting from Doordashusa via Greenhouse

About the Team

The Finance & Strategy team accelerates the growth of our business by implementing new opportunities and solutions. We partner with teams across the company to improve the profitability, scalability and defensibility of our business model. We're looking for those who can model the future and collaborate to help carry projects from conception through execution. On a typical day, you may extract insights from data, build business cases for new products, and work to design and launch pilots. You'll help support some of the most impactful programs we undertake as a company.

About the Role

This role provides a unique opportunity to build finance business partnership and strategy at a hyper-growth company. We are looking for a Senior Associate who can build financial models from scratch and is eager to join a fast paced team, supporting our Deal Desk team's partnership with Sales (Enterprise/Mid-Market and SMB) on Go-To-Market (GTM) support for new restaurant merchant deals, renegotiations and other commercial agreements across Marketplace, Commerce Platform and emerging lines of business. You will partner with teams across the business including Business Development, Sales, Account Managers, Strategy & Operations, Product GMs, Accounting and Finance to support strategic business and financial decisions. You will build and maintain financial models and help inform commercial recommendations. You will also support initiatives spanning pipeline and portfolio performance improvement, pricing, policy, and Go-To-Market (GTM) focused analyses.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will…

Help support and scale our restaurant vertical

Analyze operational/financial data, uncover trends and assess current/future business risks and opportunities

Build and maintain models and analyses to balance growth vs. profitability

Work with cross-functional partners to support new processes and policies

We’re excited about you because…

4+ years of strategic finance, corporate finance, or investment banking experience in a high-growth technology sector

Ability to influence cross-functional partners at all levels

Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills. Able to build robust financial models used by F&S teams throughout the company

Experience with leveraging AI tooling to improve processes

Basic SQL proficiency (or strong willingness to learn)

Compensation

The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Base salary is localized according to an employee’s work location. Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future.

In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information.

DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes a 401(k) plan with employer matching, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act). DoorDash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others.

To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.

See below for paid time off details:

For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year.

For hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week).

The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.$104,700—$154,000 USDAbout DoorDash

At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started by enabling door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known as the place you order food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.

DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.

Statement of Non-Discrimination: In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash. We value a diverse workforce – people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.

If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.

Notice to Applicants for Jobs Located in NYC or Remote Jobs Associated With Office in NYC Only

We used Covey as part of our hiring and/or promotional process for jobs in NYC and certain features may qualify it as an AEDT in NYC. As part of the hiring and/or promotion process, we provided Covey with job requirements and candidate submitted applications. We began using Covey Scout for Inbound from August 21, 2023, through December 21, 2023.  We resumed using Covey Scout for Inbound again on June 29, 2024, and ceased using Covey Scout for Inbound on April 30, 2026.

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Source: Doordashusa careers (Greenhouse)

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