Senior Data Analyst

We are seeking a highly skilled and intellectually curious analyst to shape the future of financial data at Instacart, driving innovation at the intersection of systems, analytics, and business strategy. In this role, you will architect and deliver data models, pipelines, and reporting infrastructure that empower Finance and Accounting with trusted insights at scale. You’ll collaborate across technical and business teams to ensure financial data is accurate, reliable, and compliant, while also advancing large-scale systems initiatives, accelerating the month-end close, and optimizing cloud spend in our AWS environment.

The Financial Data Analytics team is the connective tissue between Finance, Accounting, and Engineering. Our mission is to deliver trusted financial data that is both a foundation for compliance and a catalyst for strategic decision-making.

• Bridge Data & Business Needs – Translate business requirements into scalable data models.
• Own Data Initiatives End-to-End – Take ambiguous ideas and transform them into well-defined, high-impact projects.
• Build Decision-Making Tools – Design and automate dashboards, models, and reporting systems.
• Support Revenue Accounting – Build and maintain data products that underpin the Revenue Accounting organization.
• Ensure Compliance & Governance – Apply compliance-first design principles to support SOX, audit readiness, and enforce data governance standards.
• Maintain Data Integrity – Implement validation, monitoring, and reconciliation frameworks.
• Drive Continuous Improvement – Identify opportunities for process optimization and automation.
• Leverage AI & Next-Generation Analytics – Harness cutting-edge AI technologies (e.g., Claude, Cursor, Python ML libraries, Copilot) to reimagine financial data modeling.

Minimum: Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience; 5+ years (7+ preferred) in data analytics or analytics engineering; strong SQL and cloud data fundamentals with hands-on experience in Snowflake, dbt, and BI tools (Mode, Looker, Tableau, etc.); experience building and supporting complex data pipelines; familiarity with financial data structures, accounting processes, and enterprise systems (e.g., Oracle, Workday, Salesforce, Adaptive); strong communication skills.

Preferred: Public company experience with SOX compliance; background in high-growth technology environments; experience implementing large-scale financial or operational systems; project management experience; cloud cost management in AWS; familiarity with AI/ML applications in data analytics.

For Canadian based candidates, the base pay range is CAN$126,000—$133,000 CAD. This role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits.