Associate Principal Business Finance & Analytics, Forecasting

Job Description

Founded in 2008, Airbnb’s mission is to create a world where people can belong through healthy travel that is local, authentic, diverse, inclusive and sustainable. Airbnb uniquely leverages technology to economically empower millions of people around the world to unlock and monetize their spaces, passions and talents to become hospitality entrepreneurs. Airbnb’s accommodation marketplace provides access to 6+ million unique places to stay in 81,000 cities and more than 191 countries. With Experiences, Airbnb offers unprecedented access to local communities and interests through 20,000 unique, handcrafted activities run by hosts across 1,000+ cities around the world. Airbnb’s people-to-people platform benefits all its stakeholders, including hosts, guests, employees and the communities in which it operates. We promote a culture of curiosity, humanity, and creativity through our product, brand, and, most importantly, our people.

In order to build the world's most loved travel company, we need the world's most interesting and talented people. Are you one of them? If so, we want to talk to you!

We are looking to fill several roles on the following teams:

• Supply Finance and Insights
• Central Strategy and Insights

Please state your areas of preference and interest in your application.

Role and Responsibilities

• Synthesize business trends and insights : Collaborate with cross functional partners to uncover insights and recommend actionable next steps to executives. Partner with cross teams such data science, product, operations / sales to understand and report on trends in our business and adjust plans as needed. Drive ongoing analysis to track progress against key opportunities and levers.
• Identify opportunities : Collaborate with product, operations, marketing teams to find areas of outsized impact to drive our goals. Create a compelling business case for these opportunities and work with team leadership to prioritize resourcing (via annual plan but also ongoing allocation) toward the strongest opportunities.
• Define the problem and set of metrics : Collaborate with a cross functional team to define the complex and ambiguous problems (example: monetization; host acquisition) identifying the right metrics that align incentives across the team. These metrics should ensure the team solves the problem holistically and drives both results and long-term impact for our community and Airbnb.
• Set goals : Once goals are defined, a key role of the team is helping teams set cross-functional goals for each metric that when taken together, drive our top-line goals. In cases where we have existing data, develop forecasts for performance that ladder to our company forecast.

Requirements:

• 4 to 10 years of relevant experience, ideally a mix of management consulting, business operations, private equity and start-up/operating company experience.
• The ability to work and influence cross-functionally is a must. You are proactive, great at communicating with different audiences and can bring stakeholders on-board. You seek out and have a track record for driving change and impact in a fluid, unstructured working environment.
• You’re someone who possesses grit and finds creative ways to get the job done. You bring high energy and the ability to prioritize and deliver in a fast paced environment.
• Strong analytical abilities and able to synthesize complex information. You enjoy absorbing large amounts of data and qualitative insights and can quickly develop a strong narrative that leads to recommendations and builds our understanding of the business.
• You’re not afraid to roll your sleeves up when needed. You’re an expert with financial modeling in Excel and building presentations in PowerPoint / Keynote.
• Highly proficient in SQL.

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