Strategic Finance Manager

Overview

This role serves as the financial business partner for three functions: R&D, G&A, and Corporate. You will own end-to-end forecasting, month-end close support, and budget vs. actuals reporting for each area, partnering closely with department leaders and the accounting team. The position offers high autonomy within a lean Strategic Finance team.

Responsibilities

• R&D
  • Own expense management, vendor and invoice approvals, and headcount planning
  • Manage non-headcount forecasting
  • Track cloud infrastructure costs
  • Lead month-end variance analysis and leadership reporting
• G&A
  • Drive expense forecasting and headcount planning
  • Oversee vendor approvals
  • Support month-end close activities, including variance analysis and budget vs. actuals reporting for G&A departments
• Corporate
  • Prepare board of directors, QFR, and investor-ready reporting decks
  • Manage billings actualization and forecasting
  • Deliver monthly finance readouts to executive leadership
• Partner with Accounting throughout the monthly close cycle, including soft close, hard close, and results review with budget owners
• Maintain rolling forecasts, provide variance commentary for material deviations, and lock forecasts on a monthly cadence
• Collaborate cross-functionally with recruiting, procurement, and department leaders on headcount and spend decisions
• Use AI tools to accelerate forecasting workflows, variance commentary, and ad-hoc analysis

Requirements

• 5+ years of FP&A or strategic finance experience, ideally in a high-growth SaaS/tech environment
• Experience owning multiple cost centers or business lines simultaneously
• Fluency in SaaS financial metrics (ARR, NRR, gross margin, CAC, CLTV) and the ability to connect operating metrics to financial outcomes
• Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and budget-to-actual analysis skills
• Comfort with enterprise planning tools (Pigment, Adaptive, Anaplan, or similar), ERP systems (NetSuite preferred), and procurement platforms (Coupa or equivalent)
• Experience preparing materials for board, executive, and investor audiences—distilling complex data into clear, actionable narratives
• Ability to operate independently across multiple stakeholder groups with minimal direction
• Strong business partnering instincts

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in a high-growth, pre-IPO environment
• Genuine AI fluency, using AI tools to accelerate modeling, analysis, and communication in daily work
• Familiarity with AWS/cloud cost tracking and COGS reporting
• Experience with HRIS/ATS systems (Workday, Ashby, Greenhouse) for headcount management

Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation Range: $123K - $160K

Equal Opportunity Employer

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.