The Finance Principal serves as a senior functional expert and strategic advisor, providing deep analytical leadership and shaping the financial strategy for the business unit and related areas. This role applies in‑depth and broad financial expertise to solve highly complex and unique problems, integrating financial, operational, and marketplace insights to inform long‑range planning and critical business decisions. The Finance Principal influences senior leaders through clear, compelling communication of complex concepts, drives innovation in FP&A practices, and contributes to the development of functional strategies that enhance financial performance across the enterprise.
As a Finance Principal, you will…
Serve as a strategic financial expert and advisor, shaping business unit and functional financial strategies by integrating deep financial expertise, market insights, and long‑range considerations.
Lead the resolution of highly complex, unique financial challenges by applying innovative thinking, designing new analytical frameworks, and evaluating broad business impacts across functions.
Influence senior executives on key financial decisions by synthesizing complex data, communicating nuanced insights, and framing strategic trade‑offs that guide priorities.
Architect, develop, and refine advanced financial models, planning methodologies, or performance frameworks that elevate FP&A maturity and enable robust forecasting and strategic decision‑support.
Lead cross‑functional initiatives with broad organizational impact, establishing best practices and driving enterprise‑level improvements in planning, reporting, or financial governance.
Provide expert‑level consultation on business cases, investments, and strategic initiatives, ensuring financial rigor and alignment with long‑term goals.
Mentor and develop senior FP&A talent, elevating analytical capability across the team and fostering a culture of excellence and innovation.
Shape and refine FP&A functional standards and processes, contributing directly to the evolution of the finance function's strategy and operating model.
We'd love to hear from people with:
Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, or a related field.
9+ years of experience in FP&A, financial analysis, accounting, business analytics, or related financial disciplines, demonstrating expert‑level analytical capability and broad business impact.
Experience building effective teams (4-6 years), including coaching, feedback, development, and elevating analytical capability across the organization.
A demonstrated ability to lead complex assignments end-to-end, from structuring ambiguous problems, gathering data, building rigorous financial models, synthesizing insights, and delivering clear recommendations to senior executives
Deep experience in budgeting and forecasting (9 years) with extensive knowledge of core FP&A activities across planning cycles.
Proven experience navigating large and complex data sets across multiple systems, synthesizing insights into compelling narratives for senior and executive leadership.
Progressive experience in financial management (9 years), including financial analysis, variance analysis, cost allocation, fact‑finding, or auditing.
Progressive experience in financial analysis, modeling, and business planning (5-7 years).
Experience making recommendations to and influencing decision makers (5+ years), including communicating complex concepts and guiding strategic decision‑making.
Experience leading cross‑functional teams and/or enterprise‑level projects (5+ years).
As a Starbucks partner, you (and your family) will have access to medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, and other voluntary insurance benefits. Partners have access to short-term and long-term disability, paid parental leave, family expansion reimbursement, paid vacation from date of hire*, sick time (accrued at 1 hour for every 25 hours worked), eight paid holidays, and two personal days per year. Starbucks also offers eligible partners participation in a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, a discounted company stock program (S.I.P.), Starbucks equity program (Bean Stock), incentivized emergency savings, and financial well-being tools. Additionally, Starbucks offers 100% upfront tuition coverage for a first-time bachelor's degree through Arizona State University's online program via the Starbucks College Achievement Plan, student loan management resources, and access to other educational opportunities. You will also have access to backup care and DACA reimbursement. Starbucks will comply with any applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, and in accordance with its plans and policies. This list is subject to change depending on collective bargaining in locations where partners have a certified bargaining representative. For additional information regarding partner perks and more detailed information about benefits, go to starbucksbenefits.com.
The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate will be based on multiple factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, and internal equity. At Starbucks, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the high end of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.
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Every day, we go to work hoping to do two things: share great coffee with our friends and help make the world a little better. It was true when the first Starbucks opened in 1971, and it’s just as true today.
Back then, the company was a single store in Seattle’s historic Pike Place Market. From just a narrow storefront, Starbucks offered some of the world’s finest fresh-roasted whole bean coffees. The name, inspired by Moby Dick, evoked the romance of the high seas and the seafaring tradition of the early coffee traders.
In 1981, Howard Schultz (Starbucks chairman and chief executive officer) had first walked into a Starbucks store. From his first cup of Sumatra, Howard was drawn into Starbucks and joined a year later.
In 1983, Howard traveled to Italy and became captivated with Italian coffee bars and the romance of the coffee experience. He had a vision to bring the Italian coffeehouse tradition back to the United States. A place for conversation and a sense of community. A third place between work and home. He left Starbucks for a short period of time to start his own Il Giornale coffeehouses and returned in August 1987 to purchase Starbucks with the help of local investors.
From the beginning, Starbucks set out to be a different kind of company. One that not only celebrated coffee and the rich tradition, but that also brought a feeling of connection.