FP&A AI Architect — Automated Forecasting & Insights

Gusto, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Gusto seeks a highly experienced Staff FP&A AI Architect to redefine planning, forecasting, and analysis through AI at the center. You will design multi-year architectures, drive driver-based forecasts, and automate variance analysis across finance functions.

You’ll collaborate with CFO org, FP&A, Data, and Engineering to build scalable, auditable AI-enabled processes while maintaining SOX controls. Hybrid roles across Denver, SF, NYC are expected.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in FP&A, corporate finance, finance systems, data science, or finance engineering, including 3+ years designing or leading AI/ML or advanced automation for finance
• Strong FP&A fundamentals: driver-based modeling, operating plans, rolling forecasts, SaaS or fintech metrics, variance analysis
• Hands-on experience with LLMs and agentic systems (prompting, RAG, tool use, evals) and classical forecasting (time series, regression, ensembles)
• Proficiency in SQL and Python, a modern data stack (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, dbt), and BI tools
• Experience with enterprise planning platforms and ERP/GL systems
• Track record shipping production-grade solutions under SOX, data governance, and security review
• Exceptional communication: able to explain model behavior to a CFO and system design to an engineer

Responsibilities

• Set the strategy: Define the multi-year architecture and roadmap for AI-enabled planning, forecasting, and reporting, prioritizing use cases by value, feasibility, and risk
• Build forecasting systems: Architect driver-based, ML-assisted forecasts for revenue, headcount, opex, and cash, combining statistical models with LLM workflows and benchmarking against human forecasts
• Automate analysis: Build agentic workflows for variance commentary, flux analysis, scenario modeling, board and QBR narratives, and ad-hoc “ask the numbers” questions
• Own the finance data foundation: Work with Data Engineering on governed data models connecting the GL, billing, CRM, HRIS, and planning tools, so AI outputs are traceable and auditable
• Embed controls and trust: Establish evals, human-in-the-loop checkpoints, lineage, and audit trails that meet SOX, security, and privacy requirements
• Evaluate and select tools: Drive build-vs-buy decisions across planning platforms, LLM providers, and orchestration frameworks
• Lead through influence: Mentor analysts and engineers, create reusable patterns and templates, and drive AI adoption across Finance
• Measure impact: Report on cycle-time reduction, forecast accuracy, analyst capacity freed, and decision latency

Skills

SQL

Python

LLMs

Data modeling

Forecasting

Automation

BI tools

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

dbt

ERP/GL systems

Job description

Gusto seeks a highly experienced Staff FP&A AI Architect to redefine planning, forecasting, and analysis through AI at the center. You will design multi-year architectures, drive driver-based forecasts, and automate variance analysis across finance functions.

You’ll collaborate with CFO org, FP&A, Data, and Engineering to build scalable, auditable AI-enabled processes while maintaining SOX controls. Hybrid roles across Denver, SF, NYC are expected.