Associate, Strategic Finance & Corporate Development

present of AI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Waabi is seeking an Associate in Strategic Finance & Corporate Development to help build the financial backbone as the company scales its AI-driven solutions. The role involves creating models, long-range plans, and investor materials that guide strategic decisions during an early stage of growth.

Applicants should have a few years in banking, private equity, or startup finance, with a track record of accurate modeling and clear communication of numbers to executives.

Qualifications

• Few years in banking, private equity, or startup finance.
• Build scalable models and robust forecasts.
• Explain numbers clearly to executives.

Responsibilities

• Build financial models, long-range plans, and board/investor materials.
• Perform deal analysis, capital planning, budgeting and first reporting systems.
• Tie autonomy milestones to costs and revenue and communicate implications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to inform strategic decisions.

Skills

Three-statement modeling

Scenario modeling

Deal modeling

Due diligence

Board materials

FP&A framework

Autonomy market analysis

Job description

Associate, Strategic Finance & Corporate Development

This is an early finance hire who builds the models, long range plan, and board and investor materials that guide a company still building its technology. The work covers deal analysis, capital planning, and the first budgeting and reporting systems. A strong candidate has a few years in banking, private equity, or startup finance, builds models that stay accurate as they grow, and explains numbers clearly to executives.

How it fits the AI era

AI tools can speed up model building, data pulls, and first drafts of reports, so more of the value shifts to judgment about which assumptions matter and how to frame a decision. Here the job also means tying technical milestones in autonomy to costs and revenue, which takes real understanding of the technology. Negotiating deals, earning investor trust, and deciding where capital goes remain human work.

How it builds AI experience

The role sits next to a company that trains self-driving trucks and robotaxis mostly in its own AI-generated simulator, so someone here learns how simulation-led development changes cost, timing, and risk compared with logging real road miles. Building a model of how that approach scales gives a close view of how a Physical AI business is valued. Without that exposure, reading about autonomy and simulation and trying to model adoption and unit costs is a good way to prepare.

Worth showing

• Three-statement and scenario modeling
• Deal modeling and due diligence
• Board-ready investor materials
• Building FP&A frameworks from scratch
• Autonomy market analysis

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About Waabi

A Toronto company training self-driving trucks and robotaxis mostly inside its own AI-generated simulator, rather than by racking up millions of real road miles.