Financial Planning & Analysis Manager (AI)

Location: Palo Alto, California, United States; HQ-based role with 4 days per week onsite in the Palo Alto office.

Salary: $110,000–$140,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications.

Company

hirify.global is a Silicon Valley startup developing AI-powered predictive intelligence and software products for defense, national security, energy, and healthcare applications.

What you will do

• Build and maintain annual budgets, rolling forecasts, integrated three-statement models, and driver-based financial models.
• Forecast bookings, ARR, recognized revenue, billings, renewals, expansion, implementation costs, government contract funding, and cash collections.
• Conduct monthly actual-versus-budget and actual-versus-forecast variance analysis, including cash burn, working capital, workforce, and efficiency metrics.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reviews, board reporting materials, KPI dashboards, trend charts, and business commentary.
• Support pricing, margin, ROI, unit economics, product investment, and expansion analyses.
• Improve FP&A systems by structuring operational data, automating recurring reporting, and establishing planning standards and tools.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and variance analysis, preferably in a small or midsize B2B SaaS company.
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills, experience with integrated three-statement and driver-based models, and strong accounting fundamentals.
• Understanding of SaaS metrics and revenue mechanics, including ARR, retention, bookings, revenue recognition, and gross margin.
• Experience building BI dashboards, reconciling financial and operational datasets, and creating planning or reporting processes from scratch.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, judgment, and stakeholder-management skills across technical, commercial, and executive teams.
• Ability to work onsite in the Palo Alto office four days per week is required.

Nice to have

• SQL and workflow automation experience.
• Experience with enterprise sales cycles, implementation and delivery costs, or customer-level profitability.
• Exposure to government-facing software businesses, federal procurement cycles, or contract-level financial analysis.
• Experience forecasting cloud or AI infrastructure costs and deployment economics.

Culture & Benefits

• Full medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
• 401(k) matching program.
• PTO and holidays.
• Bonus and other incentive programs.
• Mental health program and flexible spending accounts for healthcare, dependent care, and commuting.
• Employee-focused environment with flexible roles, ownership, and involvement in a fast-paced startup.