Manager, Finance & Strategy - Merchant Finance

About the Team

• The Finance & Strategy team accelerates the growth of our business by identifying and 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 use strategy to identify areas of opportunity, and collaborate to help carry projects from conception through execution.

About the Role

• We are looking for a Finance Manager who will work with partners across DoorDash to ensure we are making the most efficient investment and capital allocation decisions while improving the experience for our merchants and other marketplace participants. You will help lead financial reporting, forecasting, and planning, and will guide financial insights and direction for all of our operational decisions and strategies.
• You’re excited about this opportunity because you will
• Conduct weekly reporting of financial performance of DoorDash’s Merchant business, forecast key financial metrics based on quantitative analysis of historical data.Support quarterly financial planning, collaborate with cross functional business partners to identify growth areas and business priorities.Deep-dive into complex operational questions and collaborate cross-functionally outside Finance (Sales, Operations, Support) as well as within Finance (Accounting, Analytics, BI) to uncover the most optimal data-driven business decisions and investments.Identify key opportunities & risks to the business, quantify and evaluate the impacts, propose a solution and investment case, and ensure efficient execution. Leverage and apply knowledge of SQL, finance, analytics, and technology to manage financial reporting, forecasting, and quantitative analysis to assist DoorDash in making better business decisions.
• We’re excited about you because
• 6+ years of experience overall, preferably from Strategic Finance, Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, or Consulting at a high-growth technology startup or well-established company.Advanced Excel and GSheets financial modeling skills. Able to build robust financial models used by teams throughout the company, and to size the impacts of opportunities and business cases for pursuing new initiatives.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.
• We expect this position to be filled by 11-23-2026

Compensation

• The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Base salary is localized according to an employee’s work location. Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future.
• In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information.
• DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes a 401(k) plan with employer matching, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act). DoorDash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others.
• To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.

See below for paid time off details

• For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year.
• For hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week).
• The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.
• $134,000—$197,000 USD
• 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 by enabling door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known as the place you order 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.
• 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.
• If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.
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