Strategic Finance Manager, Infrastructure and R&D

Fireworks AI
San Mateo
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 180,000 - 210,000 annuallyFunction: Finance & AccountingExperience: 3-7 yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Financial modeling","Communication","Analytical rigor","Ownership","Process building"]

Own the financial analysis behind Fireworks’ two largest investments: GPU infrastructure and R&D. Build and maintain the GPU fleet compute model that flows into unit economics, gross margin, and cash, while partnering cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, Security, and IT on headcount planning, vendor/tooling spend, operating budgets, and forecasting. Track capacity commitments, optimize contracts, and turn messy data into clear board- and leadership-ready narratives.

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Fireworks AI
Fireworks AI
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Strategic Finance Manager, Infrastructure and R&D

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Job Summary

Own the financial analysis behind Fireworks’ two largest investments: GPU infrastructure and R&D. Build and maintain the GPU fleet compute model that flows into unit economics, gross margin, and cash, while partnering cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, Security, and IT on headcount planning, vendor/tooling spend, operating budgets, and forecasting. Track capacity commitments, optimize contracts, and turn messy data into clear board- and leadership-ready narratives.
Location: San Mateo
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Finance & Accounting
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the compute model for the GPU fleet, including capacity commitments, utilization, cost per GPU-hour, and flow into unit economics, gross margin, and cash.
  • •Partner with Engineering, Product, Security, and IT to support R&D planning end to end (headcount and hiring plans, tooling and vendor spend, operating budget).
  • •Support capacity planning as the source of truth for held, committed, and used capacity; partner with infrastructure on the plan of record.
  • •Analyze commitment structures and contract terms with cloud and GPU providers; surface optimization opportunities and track provider performance and credit refunds.
  • •Forecast and explain compute, cloud, and R&D spend on a monthly cadence, including variance analysis and clear drivers behind results.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 180,000 - 210,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •3–7 years of experience beginning with investment banking, private equity, or equivalent experience.
  • •Ideally, subsequent time in a corporate or startup finance seat (strategic finance, FP&A, or corporate development) at a technology company.
  • •Expert financial modeling skills to build from scratch, stress-test assumptions, and translate outputs into clear recommendations.
  • •Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • •Comfort with messy and imperfect data and excellent communication with technical and non-technical audiences.
Experience:3-7 yearsInvestment bankingPrivate equityTechnology company
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Financial modelingCommunicationAnalytical rigorOwnershipProcess building
Tech Stack:SQLPythonNetSuiteBI tools

Company Brief

Fireworks AI
Develops AI-driven tools to generate and optimize visual marketing content for brands and creators, automating production of short-form videos and multimedia assets for social platforms to improve engagement and scale creative workflows.
Industry: SaaS
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