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SieveSieveSan Francisco, CA

Strategic Finance

First finance hire at AI data lab. Own financial modeling, forecasting, unit economics for customer deals and compute, strategic decisions on pricing/hiring, reporting, and scalable processes. Requires 4+ years in strategic finance/FP&A/IB/PE with strong modeling and business judgment.

175k – 250k
On-site4+ YOEFinance & Accounting

About the role

What You’ll Do

  • Build and own Sieve’s financial model, forecasts, budgets, and runway planning
  • Model the true cost and margin of customer deals across reinforcement learning, computer use, video, and other data types
  • Partner with leadership on pricing, resource allocation, hiring plans, and other strategic decisions
  • Develop Sieve’s compute strategy, including capacity planning, vendor evaluation, and long-term commitments
  • Model and optimize contributor payouts to balance supply, quality, speed, and margin
  • Own financial reporting for the leadership team and board
  • Build scalable financial processes, systems, and controls as the company grows
  • Work across commercial, engineering, and operations teams to improve financial visibility and operating efficiency

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience in strategic finance, FP&A, investment banking, private equity, or a similarly analytical role
  • Strong financial modeling skills and a rigorous understanding of unit economics, contribution margin, and cash flow
  • Strong business judgment and the ability to translate analysis into clear recommendations
  • Comfortable operating with significant ownership and ambiguity in a fast-moving startup
  • Excellent communication skills and experience partnering with senior leadership
  • High attention to detail and a bias toward action
  • In-person at our SF HQ

Nice to Have

  • Experience at an AI, infrastructure, data, marketplace, or usage-based software company
  • Experience modeling compute, storage, or other variable infrastructure costs
  • Familiarity with SQL, Python, or modern analytics tools
  • Experience as an early finance hire at a startup

Benefits

  • 401k + Full Health Insurance
  • Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner covered and your choice of snacks
  • Ubers covered home

Skills

Financial ModelingUnit EconomicsFP&ASQLPythonStrategic Finance

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