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Salary: USD 125,000 - 180,000 / annual
Snorkel AI is a frontier AI data lab founded out of Stanford in 2019, helping teams build datasets, benchmarks, and evaluations for high-performing AI systems. The company works with leading AI labs and enterprises to improve AI outcomes through research-driven data development.
As Corporate FP&A Manager, you will own headcount and operating expense planning across the company and serve as the primary finance partner to department leaders. Your core responsibilities include:
• Lead annual department budgets and rolling forecasts for headcount and non-headcount expenses, ensuring alignment with company growth and profitability targets.
• Own the headcount and personnel cost model in partnership with People and Recruiting, reflecting hiring plans, attrition, compensation, and benefits.
• Partner with department leaders on hiring and investment decisions, identifying cost savings and evaluating tradeoffs between growth, capacity, and profitability.
• Support month-end close with Accounting, including expense accruals, and lead variance analysis of headcount and OpEx against budget and forecast.
• Own SaaS and vendor spend tracking, manage the purchase order system and procurement approvals, and coordinate with Legal, IT, and Accounting on purchases and renewals.
• Manage Ramp, including spend programs, company cards, approval workflows, and expense policies in partnership with Accounting.
• Implement and administer planning tools such as Pigment or Anaplan, improve data integrations, and enhance reporting and planning processes.
• Partner with the Senior FP&A Manager to prepare consolidated financial reporting with clear commentary on spending trends and outlook for executive reviews and board materials.
This role offers the opportunity to build the cost planning and spend management foundation of a rapidly growing AI company, helping leaders make better hiring and investment decisions while translating operational improvements into stronger financial performance.
REQUIREMENTS:
• 5+ years of FP&A or business finance experience, including direct ownership of headcount and operating expense planning in a growing technology company.
• Advanced Excel and Google Sheets skills with experience building models that connect hiring, vendor commitments, and operating drivers to financial forecasts.
• Hands-on experience managing Ramp, including spend approvals, expense controls, and reporting.
• Experience implementing and administering planning systems such as Pigment, Anaplan, or similar platforms, including financial model design and data integrations.
• Strong understanding of expense accruals, cost allocation, and financial statements, with a record of partnering effectively with Accounting.
• Ability to build relationships with department leaders, explain financial tradeoffs clearly, and turn analysis into recommendations.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to establish practical processes, improve data quality, and follow through across multiple workstreams.
• Plus: Experience with SaaS or AI businesses, IT, cloud or inference costs, and contractor or services delivery economics.
