Company Description
LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.
Join us to transform the way the world works.
Job Description
This role will be based in San Francisco or New York
At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.
The Strategic Finance SME is a senior individual contributor who owns finance planning and forecasting capabilities as products from problem definition and user experience through system delivery and ongoing evolution.
Operating at the intersection of finance, technology, and business partnership, this role is accountable for ensuring that planning solutions are intuitive, scalable, and decision‑oriented. The role applies to strong finance and accounting fundamentals while bringing a product mindset to how planning tools, processes, and user experiences are designed, delivered, and adopted.
You will operate independently on complex initiatives and serves as a functional product owner for enterprise finance planning capabilities, bridging business needs, finance processes, and technical execution.
Responsibilities:
Product Ownership, User Experience & Design:
- Own finance planning and forecasting capabilities, ensuring a seamless user experience, adoption, and business outcomes.
- Define and refine end-to-end user journeys, identifying pain points and opportunities for simplification.
- Collaborate with business partners to translate needs into actionable requirements and maintain a prioritized backlog.
Finance Planning, Forecasting & Accounting:
- Support financial planning, forecasting, and performance management processes.
- Apply finance and accounting fundamentals to ensure accuracy and consistency across planning outputs.
- Analyze trends, risks, and opportunities and communicate insights to stakeholders.
Business Partnership & Stakeholder Engagement:
- Engage with business partners to understand planning requirements and operational drivers.
- Communicate insights and tradeoffs to drive alignment and informed decision-making.
- Build strong relationships across Finance, Operations, and Technology teams.
Finance Systems & EPM Subject Matter Expertise:
- Serve as a hands-on SME for enterprise finance planning systems like Outlooksoft, SAP BPC, Hyperion, or Oracle EPM.
- Support system configuration, enhancements, and ongoing operations to streamline forecasting, budgeting, and reporting.
Execution & Problem Solving:
- Execute complex analyses and initiatives using a metric-driven approach.
- Anticipate issues and proactively recommend solutions based on financial insights.
- Serve as the go-to resource for complex questions related to planning, forecasting, and finance systems.
Culture & Collaboration:
- Contribute positively to team culture through collaboration, knowledge sharing, and constructive feedback.
- Continuously seek learning opportunities to develop in finance, systems, and business partnership.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Business Analytics, Finance, Accounting, or a related field AND at least 10 years of experience in finance, finance accounting, FP&A, management consulting, or a related field, OR equivalent experience.
- Background in finance, accounting, and financial planning, including forecasting, variance analysis, and performance management.
- Hands‑on experience with enterprise planning systems, including at least one of the following: Outlooksoft, SAP BPC, Hyperion, or Oracle EPM.
- Proven ability to work independently, manage complex workstreams, and apply structured problem‑solving.
Preferred Qualifications
- Demonstrated experience engaging directly with business partners on planning and forecasting activities.
- Experience operating in a product‑manager‑like role, owning requirements, prioritization, and delivery of finance system capabilities.
- Experience supporting system implementations, upgrades, or enhancements for finance planning platforms.
- Ability to translate complex financial and system concepts into clear, actionable insights.
Suggested Skills
- Financial Acumen
- Problem Solving
- Data Analysis
- Project Management
LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.
The pay range for this role is $125,000 to $202,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.
The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.
Additional Information
Equal Opportunity Statement
We seek candidates with a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. LinkedIn considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.
LinkedIn is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. Our goal is to foster an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone has the opportunity to be successful.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, apply for a position, or participate in the interview process, connect with us at accommodations@linkedin.com and describe the specific accommodation requested for a disability-related limitation.
Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in that process. Examples of reasonable accommodations include but are not limited to:
- Documents in alternate formats or read aloud to you
- Having interviews in an accessible location
- Being accompanied by a service dog
- Having a sign language interpreter present for the interview
A request for an accommodation will be responded to within three business days. However, non-disability related requests, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.
LinkedIn will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by LinkedIn, or (c) consistent with LinkedIn's legal duty to furnish information.
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