# Strategic Finance

**Company:** [Luma AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/lumalabs-ai)
**Location:** Palo Alto, CA
**Role:** Finance & Accounting
**Salary:** $140k – $190k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Financial Modeling, Excel, SQL, Tableau, Power BI, Python, AI Tools, Dashboards, KPI Tracking, Scenario Analysis
**Posted:** 2026-03-11

> Oversees integrated financial modeling, strategic analyses for resource allocation, partnerships, and investor relations in a high-growth AI company. Requires 7+ years in finance/FP&A, expertise in quantitative modeling, and AI familiarity.

## Job Description

## What You'll Do
- Own the company’s integrated financial model, including 3-statement projections, scenario analysis, and planning to support flexible resource allocation as business needs or markets shift
- Conduct strategic analyses for resource deployment, covering competitive positioning, headcount forecasting, and build-versus-buy decisions
- Support partnerships and agreements through financial modeling for licensing, pricing, and infrastructure investments
- Build and validate operating models for business units, monitoring unit economics, cohort retention, and capacity utilization
- Manage data analysis and dashboards to deliver accurate, timely, and consistent reports
- Design scalable KPI tracking systems that connect product and revenue metrics to financial outcomes
- Support investor relations with reporting and market intelligence to guide financing strategies

## Who You Are
- 7+ years of experience with a mix of investment banking, management consulting, or in-house corporate development/FP&A at a high growth technology company
- Deep expertise in financial modeling, utilizing rigorous quantitative methods to assess operational effectiveness
- Strong comfort level with AI and flexibility in using AI tools to enhance your productivity
- Excels at navigating large datasets to define metrics and build dashboards
- Proven experience in leading strategic transactions, fundraising, and partner and investor communications to shape business strategy
- Experience in preparing materials for Board members, executives, and investor groups
- A genuine interest in AI and its implications for industry and society

## What Sets You Apart (Bonus Points)
- MBA, Master's degree in Finance, Economics, or related quantitative field. CFA or CPA certifications are highly valued
- Extensive experience building complex, integrated financial models
- Experience leading projects across departments (e.g., product, sales, marketing)
- Proven ability to communicate, influence, and present to senior leadership, and stakeholders

## Compensation
The base pay range for this role is $140,000 – $190,000 per year.

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