Senior Director - Strategic Finance
Leads company-wide strategic finance, planning, modeling, investor relations, board reporting, and capital management for a SaaS-to-AI business. Requires 10+ years of relevant finance experience, strong SaaS and AI revenue modeling expertise, and executive-level communication skills.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Lead company-wide financial and business planning, including annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and long-range scenario modeling.
- Build and maintain financial models for SaaS and AI business models, including ARR, consumption-based pricing, and margin structures.
- Lead cash-flow forecasting and capital planning, with visibility into liquidity, runway, and investment capacity.
- Partner with executive leadership on corporate strategy, growth initiatives, pricing evolution, and AI monetization.
- Lead investor relations, including investor communications, financial storytelling, and materials for current and prospective investors.
- Own board and management reporting, delivering clear narratives on performance, risks, and opportunities.
- Serve as an embedded finance partner to GTM, Product, and R&D leadership on pricing, resourcing, and investment tradeoffs.
- Build and maintain KPI frameworks connecting financial outcomes to operational drivers.
- Improve finance processes, systems, and reporting through automation and AI-driven insights.
- Lead and manage direct reports.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, finance, economics, or a comparable quantitative field.
- 10+ years of experience across corporate FP&A and finance business partnering, investment banking, private equity, or strategic finance.
- Significant SaaS experience and exposure to AI-native performance metrics.
- Experience supporting investor relations, board reporting, and executive decision-making.
- Strong financial modeling expertise, including ARR, CAC, LTV, and AI or consumption-based revenue models.
- Experience with cash-flow modeling, capital planning, fundraising, and/or M&A transactions.
- Strategic mindset and ability to connect financial insights to business objectives.
- Exceptional communication skills and ability to distill complex analyses into clear narratives.
- Strong cross-functional leadership and influencing skills.
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment with ambiguity and changing priorities.
Compensation and Benefits
- Base compensation range: $229,500–$310,500.
- Total rewards include base pay, bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits.
- Competitive equity.
- Remote-first environment.
- Unlimited PTO and twelve paid holidays.
- Comprehensive health benefits.
- Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy financial assistance.
- Paid parental leave.
- Financial planning services.
- Employee learning and development budget.
- Values-based recognition programs.
- Social community and employee resource group programs.
- Work-from-home stipend.
- Flexible work environment.
Skills
Financial Planning, FP&A, Financial Modeling, SaaS Metrics, Arr, Cac, Ltv, Ai Monetization, Cash Flow Modeling, Capital Planning, Investor Relations, Board Reporting, Kpi Frameworks, Fundraising, M&A
Similar jobs
Finance & Accounting jobs
Anthropic
San Francisco, CA
Leads complex ASC 606 revenue accounting, technical policy, and contract assessments for new products, strategic deals, and marketplace partnerships. The role partners cross-functionally, oversees revenue processes and systems, and requires extensive accounting experience, CPA credentials, and SQL proficiency.
Anthropic
San Francisco, CA
Leads complex US international tax planning, modeling, documentation, and implementation across entities, transactions, and cross-border arrangements. Requires deep international tax expertise, end-to-end project leadership, and collaboration with M&A, Legal, Accounting, Treasury, and transfer pricing teams.
Anthropic
San Francisco, CA
Leads corporate investments and liquidity strategy, including external manager oversight, capital planning, direct fixed-income trading infrastructure, investment policies, and controls. Requires deep Treasury or fixed-income expertise and 10+ years of relevant experience.
Anthropic
San Francisco, CA
Leads global income tax provision and US compliance for a rapidly scaling technology company, overseeing ASC 740, audit relationships, tax controls, M&A transactions, and infrastructure financing analysis. Requires multinational corporate tax leadership, Big Four and in-house experience, and a CPA.
Anthropic
San Francisco, CALeads end-to-end accounting for infrastructure components, fixed assets, and supply-chain cost structures supporting a rapidly scaling compute platform. The role requires 12+ years of accounting experience, deep ASC 360 and cost-accounting expertise, and the ability to build scalable processes while leading a team.