Senior FP&A & Strategy Manager

Hippocratic AI Inc.; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Hippocratic AI Inc. in Menlo Park is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join the Strategic Finance team. This high-impact role owns full P&L forecasts for operating expenses, headcount, and contractor spend, and drives margin analysis and cost optimization in a fast-growing AI company.

You will consolidate the 3-statement model, prepare board materials, and collaborate with data science, engineering, and accounting to provide strategic insights and robust financial planning.

Qualifications

• 7-9 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, and strategic finance/FP&A at a high-growth tech company.
• Undergrad degree in a quantitative field.
• Very strong financial modeling, analytical, and problem-solving skills and willingness to work with granular quantitative data.
• Strong business judgment with the ability to work cross-functionally on ambiguous questions, and drive accountability with business counterparts.
• High degree of ownership and independence with the ability to manage multiple priorities, create driver based forecasts/models, and proactively identifying opportunities and risks for the business.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to distill complex analysis into actionable recommendations, adapting messaging effectively for audiences.
• AI first mindset with willingness to learn or experience working with AI applications like Claude Cowork and building dashboards/agents/skills to continuously improve and automate processes.
• High proficiency in Excel and experience working with financial software and systems.

Responsibilities

• Own consolidation and reporting of the 3 statement financial model for the company
• Own consolidation of revenue and operating expense forecasts
• Own balance sheet and cash flow forecasts
• Work with accounting team to maintain accuracy between general ledger and financial model
• Prepare monthly commentaries on actuals vs budget
• Report on key business KPIs and metrics driving P&L performance
• Prepare materials for board meetings and investor conversations
• Help in preparing presentations, models, and other views for board presentations and fund raise
• Own Gross Margin modelling, analysis, and reporting
• Own forecasting, reporting, analysis, and commentary on gross margins for the business while working with the platform engineering, accounting, and GTM teams
• Own and build forecasts for all COGS related items including GPU/cloud, telephony, ASR, TTS, and customer success teams
• Own GPU, non-GPU cloud cost, and human eval modelling and reporting
• Work closely with the platform engineering and LLM teams to maintain a running forecast of number of GPUs required for inference and training
• Own and build forecasts for non-GPU cloud costs and human eval
• Provide commentary on plan vs actuals and trends in overall costs and unit economics
• Own headcount forecast and reconciliation while working with the HR team
• Work closely with the recruiting team to maintain headcount cost forecast by department and team
• Provide variance analysis for monthly plan vs actuals
• Own forecasts and optimization for all contractor, software, and G&A spend
• Own the forecasts and provide detailed commentary for all expenses by department while working closely with business owners of the spend and the accounting team
• Track and capture weekly spend desk requests

Skills

Financial modeling

Forecasting

Excel

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

AI tooling awareness

Education

Undergrad degree in a quantitative field

Tools

Excel

Financial software systems

Job description

Hippocratic AI Inc. in Menlo Park is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join the Strategic Finance team. This high-impact role owns full P&L forecasts for operating expenses, headcount, and contractor spend, and drives margin analysis and cost optimization in a fast-growing AI company.

You will consolidate the 3-statement model, prepare board materials, and collaborate with data science, engineering, and accounting to provide strategic insights and robust financial planning.