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Strategic Finance Manager

Eudia - Palo Alto, CA, United States - In-office - posted 2026-10-12

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Salary: USD 190,000 - 230,000 / annual

Eudia is an AI-powered legal tech platform backed by $105M in Series A funding from General Catalyst. The company is transforming legal work through Augmented Intelligence, enabling Fortune 500 legal teams to accelerate decision-making and drive strategic growth. Eudia works with major clients including Cargill, Coherent, DHL, and Duracell, shipping solutions rapidly in a fast-paced, high-impact environment. As Strategic Finance Manager, you will own Eudia's financial planning, forecasting, and modeling—serving as the finance partner that leaders across the organization turn to for critical business decisions. You will report to the Head of Finance and collaborate closely with go-to-market, product, and operations leadership to shape the company's growth trajectory from Series A and beyond. Key responsibilities include: **Planning & Financial Modeling:** Build and maintain the company's comprehensive financial model and projections. Lead annual planning, quarterly forecasts, and long-range strategic plans. Own the budget process, track departmental spend against budget, and forecast cash, burn, and runway. Partner with the accounting team on budget-versus-actual reviews and procurement. Develop headcount plans in collaboration with People and department leaders. **Go-to-Market & Revenue:** Own the revenue forecast built from pipeline and bookings data. Define and consistently report ARR, CARR, bookings, and retention metrics. Model sales capacity and coverage with Sales leadership. Design and manage commission plans, reviewing payouts independently. **Pricing & Margins:** Lead pricing analysis and partner with Product and Sales on pricing strategy across subscription and consumption models. Analyze and improve gross margin, including AI inference and delivery costs. **Board & Fundraising:** Build board materials with the Head of Finance. Support fundraising efforts with investor models, data rooms, and diligence responses. **Business Partnering:** Act as the finance partner to department leaders on plans, spend, and trade-offs. Conduct ad hoc analysis on business operations and investments. Build business cases for major initiatives and review post-launch results. Leverage AI and automation to enhance planning, reporting, and analysis. **Requirements:** - 5+ years in strategic finance, FP&A, investment banking, private equity, or consulting - Expert financial modeling skills, including operating models and full three-statement projections - Experience owning budgets and forecasts at a high-growth company - Proven experience forecasting SaaS revenue, including consumption or usage-based models - Experience with pricing, unit economics, and gross margin analysis - Experience preparing board materials or supporting a fundraise - Strong cross-functional collaboration skills from individual contributors to executive team - Fluency with spreadsheets and AI tools for analysis - Based in the San Francisco Bay Area **Nice to Have:** - Investment banking or private equity background followed by strategic finance at a high-growth startup (strongly preferred) - Experience with AI business models, including inference and model costs - Sales commission plan design experience - Government contracts or professional services business experience - SQL or BI tool skills

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