R&D Finance Manager – AI-Driven Forecasting

Function Health; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Function Health is hiring a Finance Manager, R&D to join the Finance team as a dedicated partner to the R&D organization. The role blends finance with technology, translating evolving needs into forecasts, models, budgets, and actionable insights.

It is highly operational, focused on building processes and leveraging AI to scale finance in a fast-moving environment. The ideal candidate has a strong FP&A background, experience with technical partnerships, and a proven ability to translate complex

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in FP&A, Financial Operations, or a related finance role in high-growth tech.
• Experience partnering with technical/operational teams (R&D, Engineering, Product, Data, AI/ML).
• Strong financial modeling and advanced Excel/Sheets skills; building models from scratch.

Responsibilities

• R&D Finance Business Partnership: support budgeting, forecasting, planning and reporting for R&D.
• Own detailed forecasts and budgets for the R&D org.
• Develop and maintain financial models for new products, technologies, vendors, and initiatives.
• Collaborate with People and R&D leadership on headcount planning and spend vs. budget.
• Prepare finance materials for executive leadership and board/investor presentations.
• Maintain variance analysis and adapt assumptions to reflect actual performance.
• Build scalable budgeting and forecasting processes for fast-moving environments.

Skills

FP&A

Financial Operations

Business Finance

Excel/Sheets

Forecasting

Budgeting

Cross-Functional Partnering

AI/ML familiarity

Tools

Pigment

Job description

Function Health is hiring a Finance Manager, R&D to join the Finance team as a dedicated partner to the R&D organization. The role blends finance with technology, translating evolving needs into forecasts, models, budgets, and actionable insights.

It is highly operational, focused on building processes and leveraging AI to scale finance in a fast-moving environment. The ideal candidate has a strong FP&A background, experience with technical partnerships, and a proven ability to translate complex