Strategic Finance Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take complete ownership of Ambience's 2-year financial model and ongoing P&L forecast, ensuring version control, timely updates, and internal distribution.

• Oversee the entire annual planning process, encompassing bottom-up budgeting, alignment of goals with department leaders, and integration into the operating framework.

• Implement and manage a monthly reporting schedule for forecast versus actuals, which includes budget variance analysis, cash forecasting, and key variance commentary.

• Prepare financial materials for quarterly board meetings, featuring top-line forecast updates, performance narratives, and investor-ready documentation.

• Develop forecasting models that connect representative capacity, pipeline stages, and pricing into revenue projections, collaborating with GTM and RevOps to verify assumptions.

• Act as the finance representative at the deal desk to ensure accurate margin representation across customer engagements.

⛳️ Requirements

• 6-10 years of experience in strategic finance, FP&A, or investment banking, with a progression into operational roles in high-growth SaaS or technology firms.

• Proven experience managing company-wide financial models and annual planning processes, including multi-year P&L forecasting and scenario analysis.

• Strong understanding of SaaS metrics, cohort-based revenue modeling, and enterprise sales finance (pipeline conversion, representative productivity, CARR/ARR).

• Demonstrated capability to collaborate across functions with GTM, Product, and G&A leaders to align financial planning with business strategies.

• Exceptional executive communication skills: able to convert complex financial models into clear, defensible insights for leadership and board audiences.

• A strong sense of ownership: independently manages forecast updates, establishes repeatable processes, and drives automation without requiring constant oversight.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents.

• 401(k) plan with a company match of up to 3% of your base salary.

• A remote-friendly culture (with a San Francisco headquarters) and full equipment provisioning to support effective remote work.

• Parental leave to accommodate family needs.

• Annual company-wide off-sites, team retreats, and regular team lunches and all-hands meetings, with travel, lodging, and meals covered.

• Flexible time off policy with no annual cap, company-wide holidays, and an annual holiday shutdown from December 24 to January 1 to promote genuine rest and long-term sustainability.