Strategic Finance Senior Manager

Role As a Strategic Finance Senior Manager at Together, you will be a key member of the Finance team, working to provide critical financial insights, drive strategic decision-making, and optimize business performance. You will be a strategic business partner to multiple functions across the business, including the Engineering, Product, Business Operations and GTM teams. A meaningful area of focus will be on providing financial and strategic guidance to help Together optimize and scale our compute infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have exceptional business judgment and intuition, strong financial modeling skills and thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. You will have the opportunity to help drive strategic initiatives across the business as well as shape the strategic finance function of a rapidly growing AI startup. Responsibilities Lead and drive strategic finance initiatives across the business, conducting complex financial analysis to deliver critical insights that empower cross-functional business partners to make data-driven decisions and enhance overall business performance You should expect to spend a meaningful amount of time on strategic and financial analysis related to scaling Together’s compute infrastructure, including building compute capacity, cost and cash flow forecasts, as well as tracking and driving towards optimal utilization of compute infrastructure Partner with Engineering, Product, Business Operations and GTM teams on financial analysis to support key value creation initiatives such as new product launches, assessment of unit economics, strategic business partnerships and resource allocation decisions Instill capital allocation oriented thinking across the business, with an emphasis of ROI-based decision making Design and build dashboards and processes to report on key financial and operational metrics to monitor and drive business performance on an ongoing basis Assist with forecasting, financial planning and analysis and building the company’s overall financial strategy. Prepare and deliver clear, concise and insightful financial analyses and forecasts Be ready to roll up your sleeves and assist with other strategic finance initiatives and priorities to drive business impact and help the company grow Build expertise to deeply understand the company’s product offerings, product portfolio and associated nuances Requirements 7+ years of experience, including 2+ years in strategic finance paired with prior experience across private equity, growth equity, venture capital, consulting, and/or investment banking Exceptional business judgment and intuition, coupled with strong problem-solving abilities, creativity, and critical thinking skills to tackle novel and complex challenges across the business Exceptional financial modeling skills and a deep understanding of financial concepts, with the ability to distill complex analyses and synthesize data into clear, actionable insights that highlight the key drivers for decision-making Ability to build relationships, collaborate with cross-functional business partners and communicate financial information to non-financial audiences clearly and concisely Strong work ethic and self-directed with ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize and work under tight timelines with close attention to detail About Together AI Together AI is a research-driven AI infrastructure company building the go-to platform for developers to build and deliver their AI applications. We believe open and transparent AI systems will drive innovation and create the best outcomes for society, and together we are on a mission to significantly lower the cost of modern AI systems by co-designing software, hardware, algorithms, and models. We have contributed to leading open-source research, models, and datasets to advance the frontier of AI, and our team has been behind technological advancement such as FlashAttention, Hyena, FlexGen, and RedPajama. We invi ... (truncated, view full listing at source)