Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Afresh is an AI platform for grocery that focuses on reducing food waste and improving efficiency in the grocery industry. They are seeking a Strategic Finance Lead to own financial planning and analysis, using AI to enhance forecasting and insights that guide decision-making across the company.
Responsibilities
- Own forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning — build and maintain the financial models that drive the annual budget, quarterly and monthly forecasts, and multi-year strategic plans
- Run the planning cycles end to end — partner with department heads to build plans that are both realistic and ambitious, and hold the process together as the single owner of FP&A
- Turn results into insight — analyze actuals against budget and forecast, explain the variances, and translate what happened into what we should do next
- Define and track the metrics that matter — develop KPIs and build clear, trustworthy dashboards and reporting that tell leadership the truth about performance quickly
- Be a true business partner — embed with Sales, Marketing, Product, Engineering, and Operations to support strategic initiatives with financial analysis and a point of view
- Inform the big decisions — prepare board-quality analysis and presentations for the executive team on financial performance, unit economics, and key business drivers
- Support strategic and ad-hoc work — model scenarios for fundraising, new product launches, pricing, and market expansion, and stand up analysis on whatever question is most important that week
- Raise the bar on how finance operates — drive process improvements across the FP&A function to make it faster, more accurate, and more scalable as the company grows
- Sharpen forecasting and modeling with AI — use AI tools and techniques to improve forecast accuracy, test assumptions, run scenarios faster, and stress-test the models behind key decisions
- Automate the manual — apply AI to streamline data gathering, reconciliation, reporting, and the repetitive parts of the close and planning cycles, so your time goes to analysis instead of assembly
- Generate insight, not just outputs — use AI to interrogate large and messy datasets, surface patterns and anomalies, and pull out the business insights that drive decisions
- Help set the standard — experiment with new AI-enabled finance tools and workflows, and help establish how our finance function uses AI responsibly and effectively as we scale
Skills
- 5+ years of progressive FP&A or strategic finance experience, ideally at a high-growth startup or technology company. (We care more about the caliber of your work than the exact number of years.)
- Exceptional financial modeling skills — you build complex, elegant, and genuinely usable models, and you're a wizard with the tools of the trade
- Demonstrated use of AI in your work — you've already applied AI tools to forecasting, analysis, automation, or reporting, or you have a clear track record of adopting new technology to work smarter
- A strong grasp of GAAP, the three financial statements, and how they connect
- Proven ability to analyze financial data, find the signal, and communicate it clearly to both finance and non-finance audiences
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, and the judgment to tailor the message to the audience — from an analyst to the CEO
- Experience with financial planning and reporting software; comfort with SQL or BI tools is a plus
- A proactive, ownership-driven mindset — you're comfortable being the one person accountable for FP&A and you thrive without a playbook
- The ability to move fast, manage competing priorities, and stay accurate under pressure
- A collaborative spirit and a knack for building trust across the organization
- Experience in enterprise SaaS, supply chain, or the grocery/retail space
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family, with the majority of premiums covered by Afresh.
- Dedicated mental health support and counseling services.
- Meaningful equity (U.S. employees).
- 401(k) program with a generous company match.
- Home office stipend.
- "Coworking Wallets" for flexible workspace access.
- Annual professional development budget to master new skills and grow their career at Afresh.
- Monthly stipends for "Betterment" (wellness/lifestyle) and telecommunications.
- Flexible paid time off to take the time you need to recharge.
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