Senior Strategic Finance Analyst - AI-Driven Forecasting

Hinge Health; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan with company match

Learning & development stipend

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Hinge Health is seeking a Senior Strategic Finance professional to join our Public company finance team in the San Francisco Bay Area. You will partner with R&D and business leaders to drive budgeting, forecasting, and consolidation, while building forward-looking analyses that shape investment and scaling decisions.

You’ll lead AI-enhanced analytics and finance reporting across the organization. The role combines traditional FP&A responsibilities with strategic analysis to guide capital

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in strategic finance, equity research, investment banking, business operations, or a related analytical role, ideally with some time in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate and advise on strategic investments and business cases using and building analyses around ROI, unit economics, and margin or cash flow impact
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to synthesize and present insights to both technical and non-technical audiences and to influence senior stakeholders
• Strong command of corporate finance principles, with experience in monthly close, budget versus actual analysis, financial modeling, and sensitivity and scenario analysis
• Solid business acumen; with prior experience working in a high-scaling software or healthcare company
• Ability to navigate complex business decisions through excellent stakeholder management and seamless cross-functional collaboration
• Familiarity with financial planning and consolidation systems (e.g., Adaptive, Workday)
• Advanced AI proficiency with tools such as Claude, Open AI and Glean, and financial modeling skills in Excel or Google Sheets
• Organized, detail-oriented, and intellectually curious, and comfortable working through ambiguity independently
• Located in the San Francisco Bay Area and excited to be in the office three days per week

Responsibilities

• Partner with R&D: Drive budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis for R&D; translate spend into decision-ready insights
• Drive Strategic Analysis: Advise on ROI, unit economics, capital deployment; build models to reveal data trends
• Infrastructure Optimization: Translate software contracts into forecasts; collaborate cross-functionally for accurate reporting and ROI framework
• Lead the financial evaluation of new business verticals and create business cases to justify strategic projects
• Consolidation and Corporate Forecasting: support consolidation, forecast, and peak-period close
• Reinvent Reporting: Automate and improve reports; keep Adaptive running smoothly
• Lead with AI: Use AI to power financial analytics, dashboards, and workflows
• Challenge the Status Quo: question processes; turn analysis into action
• Collaborate and Conquer: value low-ego, solution-oriented teamwork across teams
• Own Your Impact: lead workstreams with lean resources

Skills

ROI analysis

Unit economics

Financial modeling

Strategic planning

Executive storytelling

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

AI in finance

Tools

Adaptive

Workday

Mode Analytics

SQL

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

Hinge Health is seeking a Senior Strategic Finance professional to join our Public company finance team in the San Francisco Bay Area. You will partner with R&D and business leaders to drive budgeting, forecasting, and consolidation, while building forward-looking analyses that shape investment and scaling decisions.

You’ll lead AI-enhanced analytics and finance reporting across the organization. The role combines traditional FP&A responsibilities with strategic analysis to guide capital