Principal, Strategic Finance & Analytics

Job Description:

• Partner closely with business, product, and analytics leaders across Luxe, Monthly Stays, and Airbnb for Business
• Support investment decisions for Airbnb's fastest-growing emerging businesses
• Become the subject matter expert on the economics of the businesses, including demand and supply acquisition costs and returns
• Build business cases for major investment decisions, size opportunities, model returns, and frame tradeoffs
• Own end-to-end performance management for the incubation portfolio, including forecasting, goal and OKR setting, and executive reporting
• Build scalable reporting frameworks connecting early signals to revenue and long-term value
• Track and analyze full-funnel demand and supply performance
• Identify funnel leaks, their causes, and the value of fixing them
• Establish and pressure-test unit economics and assess scalability
• Assess capital allocation across incubation businesses and recommend reallocations
• Synthesize complex data into clear narratives and recommendations for senior leadership
• Influence cross-functional stakeholders to align on high-impact investment and operating decisions

Requirements:

• 10+ years of relevant experience
• Relevant analytical experience in strategic finance, strategy/management consulting, investment banking, financial planning and analysis, business operations, or private equity is ideally preferred
• Advanced SQL proficiency with the ability to independently extract, analyze, and synthesize data
• Superb financial modeling skills
• Extensive experience conducting quantitative and qualitative financial analysis
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
• Ability to translate data into decisions
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience presenting to senior leadership
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment
• High ownership mindset with strong judgment and attention to detail
• Experience evaluating growth strategies, ROI/efficiency returns, and scalability of new business models is a big plus
• Must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity

Benefits:

• Bonus eligibility
• Equity eligibility
• Benefits eligibility
• Employee Travel Credits
• Occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed with the manager
• Disability-inclusive application and interview process with reasonable accommodations