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Analyst, Commercial Finance (Category)

This position will be based in our Boston, MA office. All Boston based corporate employees work in the office in a hybrid capacity. Employees will work in the office at least 4 days per week and have the option to work remotely on Fridays.

About the Team:

Wayfair’s Category Finance team drives overall financial performance by grounding insights and decisions in category-level financial results, as part of the broader Commercial Finance organization

We do this by:

+ Building robust, self-service financial reporting and P&Ls at the category, class, supplier, and product level

+ Embedding with our global supplier organization to diagnose and solve profitability challenges

+ Partnering with Commercial, Category Management, and central teams to design scalable strategies that scale revenue, and grow profit

We’re building the single source of truth for category financials and using it to unlock smarter decisions and durable growth.

About the Role:

We’re looking for a highly analytical, strategic finance professional who loves using data to solve complex problems and influence decisions. As an Analyst on the Category Finance team, you’ll be a key thought partner to Commercial and Finance leadership—owning analyses, building reporting, and shaping how we understand and improve the financial health of our categories and suppliers.

This is a high-visibility, high-impact role on a growing team where you’ll have real ownership and the opportunity to help define our roadmap.

What You’ll Do:

+ Drive financial performance: Provide insight on category, supplier, and product-level P&Ls to influence growth and profitability decisions.

+ Build and scale reporting: Develop dashboards and self-service tools that make financial and operational performance easy to understand and act on.

+ Turn data into action: Translate broad business questions into clear analyses and recommendations, backed by strong quantitative work.

+ Partner across the business: Collaborate with Category Management, Commercial, and central teams to diagnose issues (e.g., margin drag, shipping cost, stocking decisions) and help design scalable solutions.

+ Shape the team’s roadmap: Help evolve our financial reporting suite and analytical capabilities as we expand into new cuts of the P&L and deepen our partnership with the supplier organization.

What You'll Need:

+ Experience (Preferred):

+ 1+ years in strategic or corporate finance, FP&A, investment banking, consulting, private equity, or an analytical role in Category Management/Merchandising

+ Technical skills:

+ Strong Excel skills (e.g., pivot tables, VLOOKUP/Index-Match, SUMIFS, basic visualizations, and other advanced formulas)

+ Experience using Google BigQuery (GBQ) or SQL to query and analyze large data sets

+ Core skills:

+ Proven ability to structure problems, analyze large data sets, and connect findings to actionable business recommendations

+ Strong attention to detail and ability to stay organized and deliver in a fast-paced environment

+ Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive projects to completion with a strong sense of ownership

+ Clear, persuasive communication skills, including the ability to distill complex analyses into concise insights for senior leaders

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 Accomodations for Applicants form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ElBqKaQYGR9j0NiQHQYCGbHkqKqN746Nk62pI32IyLU) .

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About Wayfair Inc.

Wayfair is one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston, or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world, we’re reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment to industry-leading technology and creative problem-solving, we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career. If you’re looking for rapid growth, constant learning, and dynamic challenges, then you’ll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.

No matter who you are, Wayfair is a place you can call home. We’re a community of innovators, risk-takers, and trailblazers who celebrate our differences, and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger, smarter, and well-positioned for success. We value and rely on the collective voices of our employees, customers, community, and suppliers to help guide us as we build a better Wayfair – and world – for all. Every voice, every perspective matters. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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