Senior Manager of Strategic Finance

Hippocratic AI; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Hippocratic AI Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager, Strategic Finance to join the Strategic Finance team.

This high-impact role will provide strategic insights to leadership during rapid growth, owning full P&L forecasts including GPU/cloud and headcount, and driving cost optimization initiatives. You will consolidate revenue and operating expense forecasts, manage balance sheet and cash flow forecasts, and prepare monthly commentaries on actuals vs budget.

Qualifications

• Undergrad degree in a quantitative field.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to distill complex analysis into actionable recommendations.
• Strong financial modeling, analytical and problem-solving skills with granular data.
• Cross-functional collaboration on ambiguous questions with accountability to business counterparts.
• High ownership and independence to manage multiple priorities and build driver-based forecasts.
• 7-9 years in investment banking, private equity, and strategic finance/FP&A at a high-growth tech company.
• High proficiency in Excel and experience with financial software and systems.
• AI-first mindset; experience with Claude Cowork and building dashboards/agents/skills.
• Experience at a B2B Enterprise SAAS company.
• Experience forecasting and owning GPU/cloud budgets.

Responsibilities

• Own full P&L forecasts including GPU and cloud expense, headcount and contractor expense.
• Support margin analysis and drive cost optimization initiatives.
• Own consolidation of revenue and operating expense forecasts.
• Own balance sheet and cash flow forecasts.
• Coordinate with accounting to align GL and financial models.
• Prepare monthly commentaries on actuals vs budget.
• Report on KPIs and metrics driving P&L performance.
• Prepare board presentations and fund-raising materials.
• Provide variance analysis for monthly plan vs actuals.
• Track weekly spend desk requests.

Skills

Communication skills

Financial modeling

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Ownership

Independence

Forecasting

Excel proficiency

AI applications

Dashboard building

SAAS experience

GPU/Cloud budgets

Education

Undergrad degree in a quantitative field

Tools

Claude Cowork

Job description

• Hippocratic AI is looking for a Senior Manager, Strategic Finance to join the Strategic Finance team
• This is a high-impact, foundational role that will be critical in providing strategic insights to the company’s leadership during a period of rapid growth and increasing financial complexity for the company
• You will work closely with the various business units, data science, and accounting to own full P&L forecasts including GPU and cloud expense, headcount (full time and hourly) and contractor expense, software costs
• You will support margin analysis for the business and drive cost optimization initiatives
• 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
• Help in preparing presentations, models, and other views for board presentations and fund raise
• 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
• 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
• Work closely with the recruiting team to maintain headcount cost forecast by department and team
• Provide variance analysis for monthly plan vs actuals
• 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

Undergrad degree in a quantitative fieldExcellent communication skills with the ability to distill complex analysis into actionable recommendations, adapting messaging effectively for audiencesVery strong financial modeling, analytical, and problem-solving skills and willingness to work with granular quantitative dataStrong business judgment with the ability to work cross-functionally on ambiguous questions, and drive accountability with business counterpartsHigh 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 business7-9 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, and strategic finance/FP&A at a high-growth tech companyHigh proficiency in Excel and experience working with financial software and systemsAI 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 processesExperience working at a B2B Enterprise SAAS companyExperience forecasting and owning GPU/cloud budgets