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Senior Manager, Strategic Finance

Hippocratic AI - Menlo Park, CA, United States - In-office - posted 2026-10-23

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Hippocratic AI, a healthcare-focused AI company backed by $404M in funding (Series C at $3.5B valuation), is seeking a Senior Manager of Strategic Finance to join its Strategic Finance team during a period of rapid growth and increasing financial complexity. You will own the full financial planning and analysis function, serving as a critical strategic partner to leadership. Key responsibilities include: **Financial Modeling & Reporting:** Own consolidation and reporting of the company's three-statement financial model (income statement, balance sheet, cash flow). Maintain accuracy between the general ledger and financial models, prepare monthly actuals vs. budget commentaries, and report on key business KPIs driving P&L performance. **Board & Investor Materials:** Prepare presentations, models, and supporting materials for board meetings and fundraising activities. **Gross Margin & COGS Analysis:** Own forecasting, reporting, and analysis of gross margins across the business. Build and maintain forecasts for all cost-of-goods-sold items including GPU/cloud infrastructure, telephony, ASR, TTS, and customer success expenses. Work cross-functionally with platform engineering, accounting, and go-to-market teams. **Infrastructure & Cost Modeling:** Own GPU and non-GPU cloud cost forecasting and reporting. Work closely with platform engineering and LLM teams to forecast GPU requirements for inference and training. Provide variance analysis and commentary on plan vs. actuals and unit economics trends. **Headcount & Operating Expense Planning:** Own headcount forecasting and reconciliation by department and team, working with recruiting and HR. Own forecasts and optimization for contractor, software, and G&A spend across all departments. Track and capture weekly spend desk requests. This is a foundational role requiring strong cross-functional collaboration, financial acumen, and the ability to distill complex analysis into actionable insights for leadership. **Requirements:** Must-haves: - 7–9 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, or strategic finance/FP&A at a high-growth tech company - Undergraduate degree in a quantitative field - Very strong financial modeling, analytical, and problem-solving skills with comfort working with granular quantitative data - Strong business judgment and ability to work cross-functionally on ambiguous questions; ability to drive accountability with business counterparts - High degree of ownership and independence; ability to manage multiple priorities, create driver-based forecasts/models, and proactively identify opportunities and risks - Excellent communication skills; ability to distill complex analysis into actionable recommendations and adapt messaging for different audiences - AI-first mindset with willingness to learn or experience working with AI applications (e.g., Claude, Cowork) and building dashboards/agents/skills to automate processes - High proficiency in Excel and experience with financial software and systems Nice-to-haves: - Experience at a B2B Enterprise SaaS company - Experience forecasting and owning GPU/cloud budgets

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