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OpenAIOpenAISan Francisco, CA

Strategic Finance Lead, Corporate Finance and Capital Strategy

Shapes financial strategy for OpenAI's long-term investments and capital decisions. Builds financial models, executes strategic initiatives, and leads cross-functional workstreams requiring 12+ years in strategic/corporate finance.

293k – 325k/yr
Hybrid12+ YOEFinance & Accounting

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Shape financial strategy for major long-term investments, capital structure decisions, and broader strategic decision-making.
  • Build rigorous financial models and scalable frameworks to evaluate strategic initiatives, funding options, tradeoffs, and risk.
  • Structure and help execute complex strategic initiatives in partnership with cross-functional teams.
  • Translate ambiguous technical and business inputs into clear recommendations and decision-ready materials for executives, the board, and other senior stakeholders.
  • Lead high-priority cross-functional workstreams from concept through execution, bringing strong judgment, ownership, and communication in fast-moving situations.
  • Help build an AI-native finance organization by applying AI to improve workflows, decision-making, and execution across finance processes.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience across strategic finance, corporate finance, capital markets, investment banking, infrastructure finance, or related fields.
  • Strong understanding of capital structure, financing strategy, debt markets, and large-scale investment evaluation.
  • Experience operating in high-growth, high-complexity environments with the ability to navigate ambiguity and move quickly.
  • Exceptional financial modeling, strategic thinking, and problem-solving capabilities.
  • Strong executive presence with the ability to communicate clearly across investors, executives, and technical stakeholders.
  • High-agency operating style that combines strategic perspective with a willingness to build directly.
  • Excitement around using AI as a core operating advantage, with a mindset toward building AI-native workflows rather than traditional finance processes.
  • Excellent judgment, low ego, and a collaborative approach to solving hard problems.

Skills

Financial ModelingCapital StructureDebt MarketsStrategic FinanceCorporate FinanceCapital MarketsInvestment BankingExcelAI WorkflowsCross-Functional Execution
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