Financial Analyst, FP&A

About this role

The Trade Desk is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising, with nearly 4,000 employees across more than 30 offices. Our technology helps advertisers reach the right audiences across the open internet — from streaming TV and podcasts to mobile apps, news, and more.

Advertising powers the content people love. By making it more transparent, effective, and responsible, we help support trusted journalism, quality entertainment, and creators worldwide. The world’s brands and agencies rely on us to reach their customers and grow their businesses responsibly.

The scale of our platform brings unique technical challenges — from processing massive datasets in real time to building systems that operate reliably on a global scale. When you work here, your impact is worldwide. We welcome diverse perspectives, encourage curiosity, and build teams that learn from one another. If you’re driven to solve meaningful challenges, we’d love to meet you.

What we do:

This role sits within FP&A and operates as a bridge between Finance and technical teams. You will assist in modernizing and automating core finance workflows, improve forecast accuracy through statistical and machine learning approaches, and build durable tooling that increases the speed and quality of decision-making across the organization. This is a hands-on role for someone who is curious, pragmatic, and motivated to quickly and continuously improve financial operations.

What you'll do:

Automate and industrialize finance workflows: convert manual Excel-based processes into reliable, scalable automated pipelines and self-serve tools.

Forecasting & modeling: develop and operationalize statistical and machine learning models to improve forecast precision, while balancing accuracy and explainability. Build FP&A tooling: create internal tools that make analyses repeatable, auditable, and easy to consume by Finance leadership and business partners. Partner cross-functionally: work closely with Finance teams (and technical partners as needed) to identify friction, quantify impact, and implement more efficient ways of operating. Data pipelines & rules: design and maintain rule-based engines and data pipelines that support forecasting, reporting, and decision workflows. Data storytelling: translate analyses and automations into clear narratives and meaningful visuals; communicate recommendations confidently internally. Responsible adoption of AI tooling: use LLM-powered development workflows (e.g., Claude Code) to accelerate delivery while maintaining quality, security, and auditability.

Who you are:

Strong SQL skills (writing, debugging, and optimizing queries against large datasets). Advanced Excel skills and fluency in common FP&A workflows (structured modeling, reconciliation, scenario analysis). Working Python literacy (ability to write production-quality scripts and notebooks; comfort with packaging, testing, and reproducibility). Experience working in a Git-based workflow (branching, pull requests/code review, version control hygiene). Proven ability to take ambiguous problems and drive them to outcomes, identifying opportunities, scoping work, executing, and iterating. Comfort operating in a role with direct financial impact, including attention to controls, data quality, and auditability. Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), including the ability to tailor technical detail to the audience.

Preferred Qualifications 1-2 years working experience as in Data Science, Analytics, Finance, or AdTech Experience with Python data and visualization tooling such as pandas and Plotly. Experience building lightweight applications for analysts and business users (e.g., Streamlit, Dash, or similar). Experience implementing agentic workflows and/or automation in a business context. Comfort using LLM tools (e.g., Claude Code) to speed up development, analysis, documentation, and iteration. Exposure to programmatic advertising / AdTech concepts (forecasting, seasonality, supply dynamics, fees/take rates, identity, etc.).

The Trade Desk does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of The Trade Desk. The Trade Desk is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

[LA JOBS ONLY] The Trade Desk will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Ordinance No. 184652.

[SF JOBS ONLY] Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. In accordance with various US state laws, the range provided is the Trade Desk's reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may differ based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, and location. All employees may be eligible to become The Trade Desk shareholders through eligibility for stock-based compensation grants, which are awarded to employees based on company and individual performance. The Trade Desk also offers other compensation depending on the role such as variable compensation-based incentives and commissions. Plus, expected benefits for this role include comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependents, retirement benefits such as a

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