R&D Finance Lead — AI-Driven FP&A, Remote-First

abnormal.ai; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 126,000 - 182,000; Full time

Job summary

Abnormal AI is seeking a Finance Manager, R&D to join the FP&A team and partner with R&D leadership. You will build financial models, drive budgeting, forecasting, and headcount planning, and deliver clear narratives for executives.

This builder’s role emphasizes hands-on data work, scalable dashboards, and AI-enabled finance solutions in a remote-first environment. The ideal candidate has strong business partnering skills and executive communication capabilities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of FP&A or corporate finance or management consulting experience in a high‑growth or fast‑paced environment.
• Proven ability to operate independently in ambiguous, evolving problem spaces.
• Strong financial acumen across budgeting, forecasting, headcount planning, and executive reporting.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders and influencing decisions through data‑driven insights.
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross‑functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as a finance business partner to R&D and Finance leaders, supporting budgeting, forecasting, headcount planning, and monthly/quarterly close deliverables
• Partner cross-functionally to understand strategic priorities and model scenarios, evaluate trade‑offs, and inform decision‑making
• Translate complex financial data into clear, actionable narratives for senior and executive stakeholders
• Build, maintain, and iterate on dashboards and performance metrics, with a focus on automation, scalability, and data integrity
• Support annual and quarterly planning cycles in collaboration with Finance, HR, Systems, and other partners as needed
• Improve forecasting accuracy and financial visibility for supported teams
• Identify and implement opportunities to streamline processes, improve reporting, and scale finance workflows
• Champion AI‑enabled and automated finance solutions to improve speed, clarity, and efficiency
• Embrace feedback and iteration, refining analyses and outputs to meet evolving business needs
• Foster a culture of transparency, operational excellence, and “no ego, just impact” in Finance partnerships
• Analyze large data sets from our data warehouse to report and forecast infrastructure costs and influence cost optimization

Skills

FP&A experience

Strategic partnering

Advanced modeling

Data storytelling

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Business/ Economics/ Engineering

Tools

Excel/Google Sheets

Dashboards/BI tools

Snowflake/SQL

Job description

Abnormal AI is seeking a Finance Manager, R&D to join the FP&A team and partner with R&D leadership. You will build financial models, drive budgeting, forecasting, and headcount planning, and deliver clear narratives for executives.

This builder’s role emphasizes hands-on data work, scalable dashboards, and AI-enabled finance solutions in a remote-first environment. The ideal candidate has strong business partnering skills and executive communication capabilities.