Strategic Finance Manager, BU Partnership
Scale AI
CA$148,000 - CA$185,000 / year
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Description
We are building the Finance team to help make data-driven and financially sound decisions for Scale. The Finance team is responsible for improving strategic, financial, and operational decisions by partnering with the leadership team in making critical decisions across Scale.
The Finance team is responsible for owning the company’s budget, helping to drive quarterly and annual planning processes, allocating and deploying the company’s resources efficiently, and performing financial analyses in partnership with all departments. You will have a unique opportunity to work closely with department heads on real-time high-priority business issues and use quantitative insights to drive better decision-making across Scale. The ideal candidate will not only have the technical skills to support their recommendations but also strong interpersonal skills to manage various stakeholders. We hope you'll join us!
You will:
- Serve as the Finance business partner to support the Applications BU Leadership Team in quarterly and annual strategic and financial planning discussions
- Engage with the business to manage revenue, delivery, headcount and expense forecasts, own weekly and monthly financial reporting, KPIs, presentations, and other critical analysis requests
- Partner with Business Unit Owners to own and improve the Delivery and Revenue forecasting processes
- Evaluate investment strategies, facilitate ad-hoc analyses, and own special projects requiring complex financial models including, but not limited to:
- Support the launch of new product lines
- Assess new risks and opportunities for corporate initiatives (e.g. expanding operations into new locations, compensation philosophy, etc.)
- Drive internal initiatives to improve data infrastructure and reporting
- Partner closely with the accounting team during the month-end close process to ensure accurate general ledger and company-wide financial statement reporting
- Develop and maintain KPIs to assist with the decision-making that aligns with the company’s objectives
Ideally, you would have:
- 4+ years of financial analysis experience working directly in a Corporate Finance or a Strategic Finance role
- 2 years of investment banking or top-tier consulting experience
- Management experience
- Demonstrated excellent project management skills, ability to manage and manipulate large data sets, critically analyze existing processes, and identify opportunities for process improvement
- Strong knowledge of Google Suite, and MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint); expert Excel modeling skills
Nice to haves:
- A Bachelor’s degree with a major in finance or accounting
- Experience in SQL and Business Intelligence tools
- Experience with Anaplan and/or Adaptive Insights
Compensation packages at Scale for eligible roles include base salary, equity, and benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position and may be inclusive of several career levels at Scale; it will be determined during the interview process based on work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and relevant education or training. Scale employees in eligible roles are also granted equity based compensation, subject to Board of Director approval. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process, and confirm whether the hired role will be eligible for equity grant. You'll also receive benefits including, but not limited to: comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, and generous PTO. Additionally, this role may be eligible for additional benefits such as a commuter stipend.
PLEASE NOTE: Our policy requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role. This allows us to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation of all applicants.
About Us:
At Scale, our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions. Our products provide the high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the world's leading models, and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact. We work closely with industry leaders like Meta, Ernst & Young, Mayo Clinic, Time Inc., the Government of Qatar, and U.S. government agencies including the Army and Air Force. We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.
We believe that everyone should be able to bring their whole selves to work, which is why we are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity or Veteran status.
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation in the application or recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@scale.com. Please see the United States Department of Labor's Know Your Rights poster for additional information.
We comply with the United States Department of Labor's Pay Transparency provision.
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Benefits
- vision insurance
- paid time off
- stock options
- professional development
About this role
Scale AI is building out its Finance team to support data-driven decision-making across the company, and this role would position you as the financial business partner to the Applications business unit. You'd own quarterly and annual planning cycles, manage forecasts for revenue, delivery, and headcount, and produce weekly and monthly financial reporting and analysis. Beyond routine reporting, you'd tackle special projects—evaluating new product launches, assessing expansion opportunities, and building complex financial models to inform strategic decisions. The work sits at the intersection of finance and operations, requiring you to translate numbers into insights that help leadership make better calls.
The ideal candidate brings at least four years of corporate or strategic finance experience, ideally with a foundation in investment banking or top-tier consulting. You'll need strong Excel modeling skills, comfort with large datasets, and the ability to identify process improvements. Management experience is expected. Beyond technical competency, the role demands strong stakeholder management—you'll be working closely with business unit owners, department heads, and the accounting team, so the ability to communicate complex analyses clearly and navigate competing priorities matters as much as the financial modeling itself.
This is a full-time, in-office position in San Francisco with a base salary range of $148,000 to $185,000, plus equity and benefits including health coverage, retirement, learning stipends, and PTO.
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