Strategic Finance & Operations Specialist

Job DescriptionJoin us at StealthHC, an innovative Healthcare AI startup currently in stealth mode, as we seek our inaugural hire for the Strategic Finance & Operations role. As part of our team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of healthcare.About UsWe are a dedicated team driven by deep thinking, speed, craftsmanship, and a focus on custo…

Join Verkada as a Manager of Strategic Finance and Business Operations, where you will play a pivotal role in driving strategic financial initiatives. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to enhance business operations and optimize financial performance. This is an exciting opportunity to lead financial strategies that support our growth and operational excellence.

Who We AreAt Verkada, we are revolutionizing the way organizations safeguard their personnel and premises through an innovative, AI-enhanced platform. As a frontrunner in cloud-based physical security, Verkada empowers organizations to enhance safety and operational efficiency via a unified software solution encompassing video surveillance, access management, air quality monitoring, alarms, intercom systems, and visitor management.Trusted by over 30,000 organizations globally, including more than 100 companies listed in the Fortune 500, Verkada is recognized for simplifying management, enabling intelligent oversight, and facilitating scalable deployments. Established in 2016, we have experienced rapid growth, operating from 15 offices and employing over 2,200 dedicated professionals.About The RoleWe are thrilled to invite you to join our Strategic Finance & Business Operations team at a dynamic pre-IPO startup. In this pivotal position, you will collaborate across various departments as a trusted advisor, guiding leaders and teams at Verkada to enhance business insights, bolster decision-making processes, and achieve operational excellence. Your contributions will be essential as we strive to elevate our scale and operational sophistication. This position is located in San Mateo, California.What You'll DoServe as the primary Finance business partner to several senior leaders.Lead financial planning, budgeting, reporting, and ad hoc analysis for these teams, driving improved financial discipline and predictability.Spot opportunities to optimize resource allocation and operational efficiency, collaborating cross-functionally on critical change projects to realize these opportunities.Facilitate business operations at a higher scale through enhanced tools, self-service automation, and refined internal processes.What You Bring3-5+ years of top-tier professional experience. You possess a background in Strategic Finance, Business Operations, FP&A, or other analytical roles within a fast-growing startup, potentially with prior experience in investing, management consulting, or investment banking.High analytical prowess combined with strong modeling and data skills. You adeptly translate business concepts into well-structured spreadsheet models and are eager to explore new analytical tools to derive insights from data. Familiarity with SQL/database concepts and modern BI tools (e.g., Looker, Pigment) is a significant advantage.

Join Verkada as a Senior Associate in Business Analytics within our Strategic Finance & Business Operations team. In this pivotal role, you will leverage data analytics to drive strategic decision-making and optimize operations across our organization. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify trends, provide actionable insights, and develop data-driven solutions that align with our business objectives.

Who We AreAt Verkada, we are revolutionizing the way organizations safeguard their people and spaces through a comprehensive, AI-driven platform. As a front-runner in cloud-based physical security, we empower over 30,000 organizations globally—including more than 100 Fortune 500 companies—to enhance safety and efficiency via a unified software solution that encompasses video surveillance, access control, air quality monitoring, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management.Founded in 2016, Verkada has experienced rapid expansion, boasting 15 offices and a workforce exceeding 2,200 full-time employees.About The RoleThis is a remarkable opportunity to collaborate closely with our Marketing teams at a rapidly growing pre-IPO startup, as a key member of Verkada's Strategic Finance & Business Operations team. You will serve as an essential analytical partner to our CMO, Data Science, and Demand Generation leaders, assisting in spend allocation decisions and evaluating the effectiveness of our Marketing initiatives. Your role will also involve leading quarterly business reviews, setting overarching goals and key performance metrics, and managing other executive operating rhythms. This position reports directly to the VP of Strategic Finance & Business Operations.In this role, you will:Act as the primary business partner to the Marketing organization, owning all budgeting and planning processes.Guide the planning and goal-setting efforts for Marketing-driven pipeline, ROI, and budget allocations, ensuring alignment with the company's broader top-line objectives.Generate insights regarding the performance of our various acquisition channels and marketing programs throughout the funnel and buying lifecycle.Lead crucial change initiatives within Marketing to facilitate business operations at an elevated scale.

Join Moonlake, where we harness AI to build immersive world simulations.Finance & Strategic Operations LeadLocation: San Mateo, CAType: Full-time · On-siteOverviewAt Moonlake, we're pioneering the future of AI infrastructure for interactive digital environments. Our mission is to empower creators to design, simulate, and engage with intricate worlds using natural language and multimodal inputs, transforming simple concepts into structured, logical universes populated with intelligent agents.Having secured $28 million in seed funding from notable investors such as NVIDIA Ventures, Threshold Ventures, AIX Ventures, along with renowned individual backers like Naval Ravikant and Jeff Dean, we're establishing the foundational technology for the next generation of AI, which will power everything from creative applications and gaming to robotics training and digital twin simulations. Our vision is to make the creation and testing of these environments as accessible and scalable as sharing videos online.We are seeking a Finance & Strategic Operations Lead to help us build a robust financial framework that supports our rapid growth in the frontier AI space.This pivotal role will blend finance, strategy, and operations, working closely with our leadership team on financial planning, fundraising readiness, and strategic initiatives.

About Us:At Fireworks, we are pioneering the future of generative AI infrastructure. Our innovative platform provides the highest-quality models with unparalleled inference speed and scalability, independently recognized as the industry leader in LLM inference. Our cutting-edge projects, including our own function calling and multimodal models, drive the forefront of AI technology. As a Series C company valued at $4 billion, we are backed by esteemed investors such as Benchmark, Sequoia, Lightspeed, Index, and Evantic. Our collaborative team, comprised of veterans from Meta PyTorch and Google Vertex AI, is ambitious and dedicated to building the future.About the TeamThe Finance and Business Operations team at Fireworks is critical to our scaling strategy—integrating the infrastructure that supports our inference cloud with the financial insights that guide strategic decisions across the company. We collaborate closely with engineering, product, and leadership to make informed, swift resource allocations. Your contributions will shape the growth trajectory of one of the most pivotal infrastructure companies in AI.About the RoleWe are seeking a Senior Manager or Director of Strategic Finance to spearhead infrastructure capacity and financial planning, acting as the financial partner for our Engineering and Product teams.In this role, you will architect our investment strategy in GPUs and infrastructure—the bedrock of our operations. Beyond financial modeling, your integration with our engineering and product teams will enhance decision-making processes, ensuring financial diligence in roadmap trade-offs, headcount planning, and strategic investments. This position is ideal for someone who excels in both analytical and collaborative environments.This role is based at our San Mateo, CA office with a hybrid work schedule.Your ResponsibilitiesOversee capacity planning for compute infrastructure, modeling GPU, storage, and networking requirements against both current and anticipated demand.Lead financial planning for infrastructure investments, including scenario modeling, vendor assessments, and cost optimization strategies.Act as the principal finance business partner to Engineering and Product teams, facilitating roadmap prioritization, investment decisions, and resource allocation.Gain a comprehensive understanding of contract structures and pricing to uncover optimization opportunities.Develop and maintain financial models linking infrastructure expenditures to business outcomes.Communicate complex technical financial insights effectively across teams.

Role overview stealthhc, an AI-driven healthcare startup in San Mateo, seeks a Finance Operations Associate/Manager to support its expanding team. This position plays a key part in streamlining practice management for physicians. The company is currently operating in stealth mode and has the backing of prominent healthcare venture capital firms. The team The founding members bring expertise from medicine, product development, operations, and engineering. Collectively, they have launched multiple products, scaled businesses to valuations above $1 billion, and overseen platforms with over 100 million monthly active users. The team includes builders, physicians, and operators with decades of experience, including more than 30 years managing independent urgent care and surgical practices. stealthhc’s mission centers on helping physicians start, manage, and grow their own practices. The company aims to reduce barriers to practice ownership and move healthcare away from large bureaucratic systems, empowering doctors to deliver better care. Recent progress Reached $4 million in annual recurring revenue within 14 months, targeting $18 million by 2026. Currently profitable and supported by leading healthcare investors. Focused on scaling to hundreds of clients, with opportunities for team members to take ownership from early stage through maturity. Who succeeds in this role Self-starters who design effective systems and processes. Individuals who work independently to address operational challenges. People comfortable with complex workflows and able to create clear, scalable solutions in uncertain situations. Those who enjoy refining financial operations and testing new approaches.

Who We AreVerkada is revolutionizing the way organizations safeguard their personnel and properties through a unified, AI-driven platform. As a frontrunner in cloud-based physical security, Verkada empowers organizations to enhance safety and operational efficiency via a single, integrated software platform that encompasses solutions for video surveillance, access control, air quality monitoring, alarms, intercom systems, and visitor management.With over 30,000 organizations globally, including more than 100 Fortune 500 companies, Verkada is trusted as a pivotal layer of physical security for streamlined management, intelligent oversight, and scalable implementations. Established in 2016, Verkada has experienced rapid growth, boasting 15 offices and over 2,200 dedicated employees.About the RoleJoining the Sales Strategy and Operations Strategic Planning team places you at the forefront of generating insights and strategies that propel our Sales team's achievement. This position serves as an excellent foundation for individuals keen to understand the operational dynamics of a rapidly scaling business.As a vital contributor, you will engage in a diverse range of impactful projects—transforming ideas from inception to execution—while fostering collaboration across sales, finance, product, and operations teams to ensure seamless and scalable growth.What You'll DoStrategy & Planning: Perform ongoing and ad hoc strategic analyses to establish plans and objectives, integrating operations and strategy to inform critical business decisions.Modeling & Forecasting: Develop and maintain headcount models, sales forecasts, quota projections, and resource plans to facilitate strategic decision-making.Stakeholder Management: Lead daily communications with cross-functional teams to ensure organizational alignment.Analytics: Analyze quota performance and sales data to provide actionable insights that improve sales efficiency and planning processes.While addressing daily challenges directly, we are also laying the groundwork for sustainable success. Expect to roll up your sleeves, delve into complex data, and take ownership of processes that yield measurable impact.You will navigate spreadsheets and collaborate closely with stakeholders to troubleshoot, analyze, and help shape the future of Verkada.

Join Roblox as a Strategic Financial Analyst in Revenue, where you'll play a crucial role in shaping our financial strategies and driving revenue growth. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze data, forecast revenue trends, and provide strategic insights that influence key business decisions.

Join the dynamic team at Roblox as a Temporary Operations Specialist, where you will play a crucial role in streamlining operations and enhancing efficiencies across various departments. This position is ideal for individuals who thrive in fast-paced environments and have a keen eye for detail.

Roblox is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Senior Recruiting Operations Specialist to join our team on a temporary basis. In this role, you will play a crucial part in streamlining our recruiting processes and ensuring a seamless candidate experience. You will work closely with our recruitment team to enhance operational efficiency, implement best practices, and support our hiring initiatives.

Join Freshworks as an HR Operations Specialist on a contract basis. In this dynamic role, you will play a pivotal part in optimizing our HR processes and supporting our employees. You will collaborate closely with the HR team to ensure smooth operations and enhance employee experiences.

As the Director of Strategic Sourcing at Freshworks, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our procurement strategies and optimizing our supply chain processes. You will lead a dynamic team, collaborating with cross-functional departments to ensure we meet our organizational goals efficiently. Your expertise in vendor management, contract negotiation, and market analysis will be crucial in driving cost-effective solutions while maintaining quality standards.

Join Roblox as the Principal Counsel for Strategic Partnerships, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our collaboration initiatives. You will be responsible for negotiating, drafting, and managing key agreements that drive strategic partnerships. This is an exciting opportunity to influence the growth and success of Roblox's platform.

Who We AreAt Verkada, we are revolutionizing the way organizations safeguard their personnel and properties through an advanced, AI-driven platform. As a frontrunner in cloud-based physical security, Verkada empowers businesses to enhance safety and operational efficiency via a singular integrated software solution, which encompasses video security, access control, air quality monitoring, alarms, intercom systems, and visitor management.With over 30,000 global clients, including more than 100 Fortune 500 companies, Verkada serves as a trusted partner in physical security, offering streamlined management, intelligent controls, and scalable solutions. Established in 2016, Verkada has experienced rapid growth, boasting 15 offices and a workforce of over 2,200 full-time employees.About the RoleAs the Senior Manager of Strategic Sourcing, you will spearhead the development and execution of comprehensive sourcing strategies. Your role will involve negotiating with vendors, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and fulfilling the objectives of the Spend Money Wisely team—our unique approach to Strategic Sourcing. You will focus on securing advantageous contracts, optimizing our technology portfolio through vendor consolidations, and offering strategic insights to our partners regarding new features, seat/usage expansions, and rip-and-replace initiatives. Additionally, you will lead sourcing initiatives, nurture vendor relationships, and work alongside Legal, Security, and Finance teams to ensure cost-effectiveness and value maximization across Verkada’s technology assets.We are dedicated to fostering a vibrant in-office culture, hence this position requires your presence at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA, five days a week.

About Us:At Fireworks AI, we are pioneering the future of generative AI infrastructure. Our platform offers the highest-quality models with unparalleled speed and scalability in the industry. Independently recognized as the leader in LLM inference speed, we drive innovation through cutting-edge projects such as function calling and multimodal models. As a Series C company valued at $4 billion, we are backed by leading investors, including Benchmark, Sequoia, Lightspeed, Index, and Evantic. Join our ambitious and collaborative team of builders, founded by veterans of Meta PyTorch and Google Vertex AI.The Role:We are seeking a Strategic Projects Lead to spearhead impactful, cross-functional initiatives. This role requires a proactive operator who can navigate the intersections of Engineering, Product, and Go-To-Market (GTM) strategies. You will be an integral part of the Fireworks product organization, utilizing your expertise in our products and customer needs to spearhead high-priority, end-to-end projects across the company.

Join Freshworks as a Director of Strategic Business Development and lead our initiatives in identifying and pursuing new opportunities that align with our growth strategy. In this pivotal role, you will oversee efforts to develop and execute strategies that drive partnerships and revenue growth, ensuring our competitive edge in the market.

Join Roblox as a Finance Business Partner focused on General & Administrative functions. In this pivotal role, you will provide financial insights and support strategic decision-making that drives the company's growth. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize processes and enhance financial performance.

Who We AreVerkada is at the forefront of revolutionizing organizational safety through an innovative, AI-driven platform. As a prominent player in cloud-based physical security, we empower organizations to enhance safety and operational efficiency via a unified software solution encompassing video surveillance, access control, air quality monitoring, alarm systems, intercoms, and visitor management.With over 30,000 organizations globally relying on Verkada, including more than 100 Fortune 500 companies, we serve as the essential layer of physical security that simplifies management, offers intelligent control, and enables scalable implementations. Established in 2016, Verkada has rapidly expanded, boasting 15 offices and over 2,200 dedicated employees.About the RoleWe are seeking a dynamic Associate to join Verkada's Pricing & Commercial Operations team. This influential role collaborates extensively with Sales, Sales Operations, Finance, and Product teams to shape and execute pricing strategies and frameworks. Our initiative to create a Deal Desk aims to accelerate revenue while achieving margin objectives. This position offers a broad scope with significant visibility across the organization and to executive leadership.What You'll DoBalance revenue and margin goals across diverse products, channels, segments, and regions.Design scalable processes and build high-performance teams to manage various deal structures, from multi-million dollar contracts with global enterprises to small and medium-sized agreements.Enable our global sales teams to swiftly customize solutions for clients and partners.Evaluate discount approval requests and scrutinize competitive dynamics on a deal-by-deal basis to optimize gross margin.Drive overall revenue growth by tracking the success and engagement of sales incentive programs.Lead independent projects to identify revenue and margin enhancement opportunities, subsequently building and scaling these initiatives.