Financial Analyst – Experienced Graduates

Finance Analysts - Experienced Graduates

Spring 2025 start

Location: Boston, MA

This is a Boston based opportunity with a 4 day in office expectation.

Wayfair is continuing to expand our commitment to hiring and supporting talent early in their careers, focusing on filling opportunities with experienced graduates who have 1-3 years of experience.

Who we are:

Do you like distilling complex problems into actionable solutions? Are you able to quantify costs, understand their business impact, and communicate the tradeoffs? Do you want to use data to identify key opportunities and drive multi-million dollar investment decisions for Wayfair’s various business segments?  The Strategic Finance team owns all forecasting and financial reporting for our growing global business and acts as a strategic partner to each of our business units to ensure we are supporting Wayfair’s growth while also making sound financial decisions for the business.  We are a diverse and fun crew - come join us!

Possible Team Placements Include:

Analyst, Brand Finance

With Wayfair’s aggressive growth comes the need for strong financial partnership, planning, and support across the business. The Brand Finance team works closely with brand General Managers and cross-functional stakeholders (Marketing, Profit Management, Operations) across all of Wayfair’s brands and sub-entities to translate business initiatives and strategies into expected financial outcomes, plan for future growth and profitability goals, and act as a check and balance for business partner initiatives. In addition to forecasting revenue, Brand Finance leads brand-level P&L creation & analyses, investment modeling, scenario planning, and profitability planning across Wayfair’s businesses.

The Brand Finance team consists of analytical and detail-oriented individuals who enable leadership to make strategic business decisions by providing analysis of business performance and delivering in-depth business forecasting models. We enjoy tackling challenging problems and translating quantitative analyses into business insights and actionable strategies. This is a highly visible role within Wayfair and ideal for someone who wants to work in a fast-paced, collaborative, and data-driven environment. 

CastleGate Forwarding (CGF) - Billing & Audit

The position available at this time is specifically on the CastleGate Forwarding (CGF) - Billing & Audit team. CGF Billing & Audit manages the billing operations for Wayfair's Castlegate Forwarding business, as well as assisting with billing disputes and auditing Wayfair data to ensure billing accuracy and compliance.

This position helps enable new CastleGate Forwarding business lines and services, by building and utilizing new data monitors to proactively identify and mitigate risk to invoicing. Gathering and analyzing data on billing disputes to gain insights on how to improve moving forward is also a critical component of the role.

What You'll Do

• Drive Brand Finance forecasting workstreams for some of Wayfair’s highest growth websites and brands both domestically and internationally.
• Drive thought leadership; supported by data-driven insights, you’ll help leadership inform strategic, financial, and operational decision-making across the company. Your scope will span long-term business strategy and planning to short term orders forecasts.
• Strengthen existing relationships with cross-functional partners across Operations, Marketing, and Profit Management, serving as the subject matter expert on Revenue and Ad Spend for your brands.
• Working with large data sets to identify data issues before they impact invoices
• Engaging with CGF stakeholders to resolve data issues
• Working with Wayfair accounting to ensure all CGF financial data is accurately accounted for
• Engaging with supplier relationship managers and suppliers to resolve billing dispute

What You’ll Need 

Basic Qualifications:

• 1-3 years of transferable experience in a corporate environment, including internship and co-op experience
• Authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship by Wayfair now or in the future.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency in working with large and/or complex data to drive actionable insights in at least 1 of the following (a) Excel or Google Sheets and (b) SQL, GBQ, or an equivalent
• Ability to work in an environment that requires being a self starter and team player
• Ability to simplify complex data, identify core themes, root causes and provide actionable solutions (e.g., critical thinking & problem solving skills)
• Interest in joining a lean team who takes pride in ensuring deadlines are consistently met and there is a one team mentality to get the job done
• Detail oriented and enjoys tackling new challenges 
• Be able to effectively communicate both to leadership within the Finance team and stakeholder teams 

Why You’ll Love Wayfair:

• Time Off:
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Health & Wellness:
• Full Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA/FSA)
• Life Insurance
• Disability Protection (Short Term & Long Term Disability) 
• Global Wellbeing: Gym/Fitness discounts (including US Peloton, Global ClassPass, and various regional gym memberships)
• Mental Health Support (Global Mental Health, Global Wayhealthy Recordings)
• Caregiver Services
• Financial Growth & Security:
• 401K Matching (Employee Matching Program)
• Tuition Reimbursement 
• Financial Health Education (Knowledge of Financial Education - KOFE)
• Tax Advantaged Accounts
• Family Support:
• Family Planning Support
• Parental Leave
• Global Surrogacy & Adoption Policy
• Professional Development & Recognition:
• Rewards & Recognition 
• Global Employee Anniversary Awards 
• Paid Volunteer Work 
• Unique Perks:
• Employee Discount 
• U.S. Bluebikes Membership
• Global Pod Outings
• Work/Life Balance:
• Emphasizing a supportive & flexible work environment that encourages a balance between personal and professional commitments 

Purpose & Inclusion at Wayfair:At Wayfair, we pride ourselves on fostering an environment where every individual experiences a fair and equitable employee journey. We are committed to developing targeted resources that raise awareness around inclusion and eliminate barriers, ensuring Wayfair provides a fair and inclusive workplace experience for everyone.

Social Impact & Responsibility:At Wayfair, we focus on helping people on their journey to home - specifically those who have lost their way from home. We do this by leveraging our best assets, such as collaborating with leading nonprofit organizations, coordinating in-kind product donations, empowering our employees to get involved through paid volunteer time off programs, and encouraging our customers to donate. This multi-faceted approach allows us to support communities in need in authentic ways that align with Wayfair's broader mission of helping everyone, anywhere create their sense of home.

Wayfair's In-Office Policy:

All Boston-based corporate employees will be in office in a hybrid capacity. Employees will work in the office on designated days, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and work remotely the other 1 day of the week.

Massachusetts Applicants: I understand that it is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities

Wayfair is fully committed to providing equal opportunities for all individuals, including individuals with disabilities. As part of this commitment, Wayfair will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on business operations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

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At this time, Wayfair does not provide sponsorship for employment authorization for this position.