Finance & Strategy Senior Analyst

About the team + role

We are building an elite team, applying frontier technologies to the world’s biggest financial problems. We’re looking for bold thinkers. Sharp problem-solvers. Builders who are wired to make an impact. Robinhood isn’t a place for complacency, it’s where ambitious people do the best work of their careers. We’re a high-performing, fast-moving team with ethics at the center of everything we do. Expectations are high, and so are the rewards. 

The Brokerage Finance & Strategy team supports the largest P&L at Robinhood. We oversee all financial aspects of Robinhood's core trading & net interest products in Brokerage including equities, options, margin lending, securities lending, uninvested cash and more across self-directed, managed accounts and institutional accounts.

As a Finance & Strategy Senior Analyst for Brokerage, you will play a key strategic role in linking operational and business decisions with financial outcomes. You will be responsible for partnering with cross functional partners across Product, Engineering and Ops to act as a financial steward of the company. You will also play a critical role in establishing and tracking revenue and expense targets and keeping leadership informed of key trends. The ideal candidate will have proven experiences in past roles influencing business leaders and supporting decision making in rapidly evolving environments. This role requires someone who can navigate ambiguity and interdependence, and drive others towards tactical outcomes. This role has regular interaction with senior leadership at Robinhood and therefore requires strong interpersonal and communication skills.

This role is based in our Menlo Park, CA office, with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week.

At Robinhood, we believe in the power of in-person work to accelerate progress, spark innovation, and strengthen community. Our office experience is intentional, energizing, and designed to fully support high-performing teams. 

What you’ll do

• Synthesize and distill key financial business insights for leadership - analyze results, identify key metrics, assess risk and communicate risks & opportunities
• Partner closely with business partners to communicate performance vs. budgets and forecasts and spearheading action items
• Lead updating key financial slides and metrics weekly, monthly and quarterly
• Ad-hoc projects to ensure a high level of data fidelity to support forecasting (working closely with Accounting, Procurement & Product teams)
• Be a thought leader to improve and simplify processes, drive standardization, and build scalable solutions to support the next wave of Robinhood’s growth
• Develop product and business annual plans, financial forecasts, and ongoing analysis of variances
• Prepare financial models and analyses to support business cases for growth, product builds, and other initiatives

What you bring

• A Bachelor’s Degree in business, finance, economics, or a related field
• 4+ years of finance experience with progressively increasing levels of responsibility in financial planning and & analysis
• Strong project management skills and ability to execute collaboratively across complex environments
• Ability to influence decisions through effective verbal and written comms, logical reasoning, and the presentation of alternatives
• Excellent analytical skills, a passion for metrics, and the business judgment to balance the details while not losing sight of the big picture
• Mastery of spreadsheets and presentation software, such as Google Sheets, Google slides, Excel and PowerPoint
• Proven ability to manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously and drive projects to completion
• A positive