The Finance & Strategy team accelerates the growth of our business by implementing new opportunities and solutions. We partner with teams across the company to improve the profitability, scalability, and defensibility of our business model. We're looking for people who can model the future, and collaborate to help carry projects from conception through execution.

About the Role

We are looking for an Associate who will work with partners across DoorDash to ensure we are making efficient, data-driven decisions. The role sits with the Integrated Finance & Strategy team – tasked with building structures and approaches for teams to work effectively across lines of business to ensure we are maximizing our growth and profit potential. This role is intended to be flexible to meet the needs of the day-to-day management of the business, and will require adaptability in approach and partnership with various cross-functional teams.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will…

Drive strategic decision making in a fast paced constantly changing environment
Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop new processes and investment decision making frameworks
Work to optimize our approach to balancing growth vs. profitability
Identify and quantify key risks & opportunities in our business
Support special projects to continuously improve, automate, and scale forecasting and reporting tools, processes, and methodologies
Track and analyze key business/financial KPIs, uncover trends and assess current/future business risks and opportunities
Work with product, operations and analytics to understand the efficiency of spend and create strategies to unlock incremental revenue and profits through new products, services, and business models
Coordinate planning processes end-to-end to set OKRs & financial targets for various groups

We're excited about you because…

2+ years of strategic finance, corporate finance, or investment banking experience at a high-growth technology startup or well-established company
Experience working on projects that require cross-functional collaboration
Advanced Excel & financial modeling skills. Able to build robust financial models used by teams throughout the company, and to size opportunities and build business cases for pursuing new initiatives
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Ability to influence cross-functional partners at all levels within an organization
Basic SQL proficiency (or willingness to learn). Able to manipulate large data sets, uncover hidden insights in our data, and meaningfully improve our understanding of our business through this process

About DoorDash

At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started with door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known for delivering food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.

DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.

Statement of Non-Discrimination: In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash. We value a diverse workforce – people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.

If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.

Compensation

The location-specific base salary range for this position is listed below. Compensation in other geographies may vary.

Actual compensation within the pay range will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior relevant experience, and specific work location. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, base salary is localized according to employee work location. Please discuss your intended work location with your recruiter for more information.

DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being, and that’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package, for full-time employees, that includes healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan including an employer match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, wellbeing benefits, paid time off, paid parental leave, and several paid holidays, among others.

In addition to base salary, the compensation package for this role also includes opportunities for equity grants.

We use Covey as part of our hiring and / or promotional process for jobs in NYC and certain features may qualify it as an AEDT. As part of the evaluation process we provide Covey with job requirements and candidate submitted applications. We began using Covey Scout for Inbound on August 21, 2023.

Please see the independent bias audit report covering our use of Covey here.

Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis

California Pay Range:

$79,900—$141,000 USD

Colorado Pay Range:

$79,900—$127,000 USD

Hawaii Pay Range:

$79,900—$119,900 USD

New Jersey Pay Range:

$79,900—$141,000 USD

New York Pay Range:

$79,900—$141,000 USD