What are the responsibilities and job description for the Strategic Finance Manager position at Together AI?
About the RoleAs a Strategic Finance Manager at Together, you will be a key member of the Finance team, working directly with the VP of Strategic Finance and executive leadership to provide critical financial insights, drive strategic decision-making, and optimize business performance. You will be a strategic business partner to multiple functions across the business, including the Sales, Marketing, Product, and Engineering teams. The ideal candidate will have exceptional business judgment and intuition, strong financial modeling skills and thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. You will be the first hire on the Strategic Finance team, with the opportunity to help drive strategic initiatives across the business as well as shape the strategic finance function of a rapidly growing AI startup.Requirements7 years of experience, including 2 years in strategic finance paired with several years prior across private equity, growth equity, venture capital, consulting, and / or investment bankingExceptional business judgment and intuition, coupled with strong problem-solving abilities, creativity, and critical thinking skills to tackle novel and complex challenges across the businessExceptional financial modeling skills and a deep understanding of financial concepts, with the ability to distill complex analyses and synthesize data into clear, actionable insights that highlight the key drivers for decision-makingAbility to build relationships, collaborate with cross-functional business partners and communicate financial information to non-financial audiences clearly and conciselyStrong work ethic and self-directed with ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize and work under tight timelines with close attention to detailResponsibilitiesLead and drive strategic finance initiatives across the business, conducting complex financial analysis to deliver critical insights that empower cross-functional business partners to make data-driven decisions and enhance overall business performancePartner with Sales, Marketing, Product and Engineering teams on financial analysis to support key value creation initiatives such as pricing and packaging, assessment of unit economics, new product launches, strategic business partnerships and resource allocation decisionsAssist with developing and executing against Together’s infrastructure and compute strategy, including driving debt financing processes and interfacing with external capital markets partnersInstill capital allocation oriented thinking across the business, with an emphasis of ROI-based decision makingDesign and build dashboards and processes to report on key financial and operational metrics to monitor and drive business performance on an ongoing basisAssist with forecasting, financial planning and analysis, long-range planning and building the company’s overall financial strategy. Prepare and deliver clear, concise and insightful financial analyses and forecastsBe ready to roll up your sleeves and assist with other strategic finance initiatives and priorities to drive business impact and help the company growBuild expertise to deeply understand the company’s product offerings, product portfolio and associated nuancesAbout Together AITogether AI is a research-driven artificial intelligence company. We believe open and transparent AI systems will drive innovation and create the best outcomes for society, and together we are on a mission to significantly lower the cost of modern AI systems by co-designing software, hardware, algorithms, and models. We have contributed to leading open-source research, models, and datasets to advance the frontier of AI, and our team has been behind technological advancement such as FlashAttention, Hyena, FlexGen, and RedPajama. We invite you to join us in our journey in building the next generation AI infrastructure.Together AI's investors include leading venture and growth investors such as Kleiner Perkins, Salesforce Ventures, NVIDIA, Emergence Capital and Lux Capital. Together is one of the fastest growing AI startups and has been named to the Forbes AI 50 list of Top Artificial Intelligence Startups.CompensationWe offer competitive compensation, startup equity, health insurance and other competitive benefits. The US base salary range for this full-time position is : $210k - $260k equity benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by location, level and role. Individual compensation will be determined by experience, skills, and job-related knowledge.Equal OpportunityTogether AI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more.Please see our privacy policy at
Salary : $210,000 - $260,000
