# Manager of Strategic Finance

**Company:** [Solace](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/solace)
**Location:** Redwood City, CA
**Role:** Finance & Accounting
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** Financial Modeling, Forecasting, Variance Analysis, Excel, Spreadsheets, FP&A, Unit Economics, KPI Tracking, Budgeting, Scenario Analysis
**Posted:** 2026-01-08

> Manage financial forecasting, reporting, and analysis for a fast-growing healthcare startup. Partner cross-functionally to drive decision-making, owning models for revenue, headcount, and opex. Requires 4+ years in FP&A or similar with strong analytical skills.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do

- **Forecasting & Model Ownership:** Maintain Solace’s operating model and forecasts across revenue, gross margin, headcount, and opex. Keep it accurate, explainable, and decision-ready.
- **Monthly Reporting & Variance Analysis:** Own the monthly performance package. Make it clear what changed and why, and what actions we should take.
- **Planning Support:** Play a central role in annual planning and reforecast cycles. Gather inputs, pressure-test assumptions, build scenarios, and keep timelines tight.
- **KPI & Unit Economics:** Track and analyze key metrics (retention, CAC payback, unit economics). Spot trends early, diagnose problems, and surface insights.
- **Cross-Functional Partnership:** Work with leaders across Solace to translate initiatives into financial implications. Help teams build budgets that reflect reality.
- **Board & Investor Readiness:** Support preparation of board materials and investor reporting. Turn analysis into a narrative that’s crisp and defensible.
- **Accounting Partnership:** Partner with internal accountants and outsourced firm to ensure clean close-to-reporting workflows.

## What You Bring to the Table

- A bias toward action and execution.
- Comfort with ambiguity and a refined palate for controlled chaos.
- High analytical horsepower. You can live in spreadsheets, but you can also explain the output like a human.
- Strong communication and cross-functional instincts.
- A high bar for accuracy and clean thinking.
- **4+ years of relevant experience** in FP&A, Strategic Finance, Investment Banking, Consulting, or a similarly rigorous environment—ideally with exposure to fast-growing businesses.

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