Sr. Associate Strategic Finance COE

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. This role will be based in Bengaluru, India. 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. This role will support global Finance stakeholders and may require periodic overlap with PT working hours for key meetings, stakeholder touchpoints, transition activities, and close or forecast-related support. The expectation is not to work PT hours continuously, but the candidate should be comfortable flexing selectively when business needs require cross-time-zone coordination. The Strategic Finance Center of Excellence (COE) is a team focused on centralizing, standardizing, and modernizing key financial operations to unlock scale, accuracy, and strategic capacity across LinkedIn. The team acts as business process owners, driving design and continuous improvement across high-impact financial workflows including accruals, position management, headcount forecasting, and reporting. This role will support all of LinkedIn Finance across these core operational workstreams, delivering through a blend of in-house execution, process optimization, and automation and agentic tooling. Additional scope may come over time. We are seeking a detail-oriented and process-minded Senior Associate to join the COE. This individual will take ownership of end-to-end workstreams, working to identify inefficiencies, implement scalable solutions, and embed best practices across finance. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in complexity, enjoys solving operational challenges, and is skilled at transforming fragmented and siloed processes into structured, scalable solutions through thoughtful design and cross-functional collaboration. Responsibilities Strategic Thinking Serves as process owner for designated financial workstreams (e.g., accruals, position management, headcount forecasting) with a focus on consistency, scalability, and operational excellence. Leads the design and continuous improvement of processes to reduce manual effort, strengthen controls, and improve end-to-end efficiency across financial operations. Identifies opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate financial processes within assigned workstreams. Partners with Finance stakeholders to design, prioritize, and implement process enhancements that improve efficiency, scalability, and user experience. Stakeholder Influence Collaborates with functional finance partners and systems teams to define processes and best practices and drive change management across time zones. Synthesizes data and operational insights into clear recommendations that influence stakeholders. Delivers clear, data-informed narratives and presentations to support decision-making. Execution & Organization Oversees quality assurance of outputs and execution against defined timelines and SLAs, including validating accuracy, completeness, and adherence to agreed standards prior to delivery. Uses sound judgment within defined workstreams to evaluate processes challenges. Gathers stakeholder requirements and translates feedback into data-driven recommendations. Designs and documents scalable operating procedures, controls, and workflows while identifying opportunities to leverage automation, AI, and new technologies to improve productivity and accuracy. Performance Management Accesses, transforms, and synthesizes data from cross-platform data sources and analyzes it to assess signals, trends, and risks. Develops deep domain expertise in defined areas (e.g., position management and expense accruals) and apply critical thinking to evaluate business challenges, pressure test assumptions, and design practical, scalable solutions that improve financial operations and business outcomes. Culture & Values Contributes to the culture and values of the organization including diversity, inclusion, and belonging, through organization-wide events and initiatives. Basic Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Analytics, Business, or related field AND minimum 3 years of experience in finance, finance accounting, management consulting, investment banking, or related field OR equivalent experience. Preferred Qualifications 1+ years of experience in the technology industry. 5+ years of relevant experience (FP&A, Finance Operations, or related) with demonstrated success leading process improvement, process transformation, or operational excellence initiatives, ideally supporting financial operations such as headcount forecasting, position management, accruals, month-end close, or related reporting processes. Analytical skills with proficiency in Excel, and experience with SQL and data tools (e.g., PowerBI, Tableau). Experience in program management and owning projects end-to-end (including effective communication and stakeholder management), with the ability to drive alignment across functions and complex stakeholder maps. A record of proactive problem solving and a strong sense of ownership when tackling complex organizational issues. Comfort operating in a global delivery model, partnering with counterparts across US and India time zones. Suggested Skills Financial Acumen Stakeholder Management Process Redesign Data Analysis Experience with Oracle ERP Project & Change Management India Disability Policy LinkedIn is an equal employment opportunity employer offering opportunities to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. 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