Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Abnormal AI is an AI-focused company seeking a Finance Manager, R&D to join its Financial Planning and Analysis team. The role partners with R&D and Finance leaders on budgeting, forecasting, headcount planning, financial modeling, reporting, and cost optimization while building scalable, automated finance processes and insights.
Responsibilities
- Act as a finance business partner to R&D and Finance leaders, supporting budgeting, forecasting, headcount planning, and monthly/quarterly close deliverables
- Partner cross-functionally to understand strategic priorities and model scenarios, evaluate trade-offs, and inform decision-making
- Translate complex financial data into clear, actionable narratives for senior and executive stakeholders
- Build, maintain, and iterate on dashboards and performance metrics, with a focus on automation, scalability, and data integrity
- Support annual and quarterly planning cycles in collaboration with Finance, HR, Systems, and other partners as needed
- Improve forecasting accuracy and financial visibility for supported teams
- Identify and implement opportunities to streamline processes, improve reporting, and scale finance workflows
- Champion AI-enabled and automated finance solutions to improve speed, clarity, and efficiency
- Embrace feedback and iteration, refining analyses and outputs to meet evolving business needs
- Foster a culture of transparency, operational excellence, and “no ego, just impact” in Finance partnerships
- Analyze large data sets from our data warehouse to report and forecast infrastructure costs and influence cost optimization
Skills
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Economics, Engineering or a related field
- 8+ years of FP&A or corporate finance or management consulting experience in a high-growth or fast-paced environment
- Proven ability to operate independently in ambiguous, evolving problem spaces
- Strong financial acumen across budgeting, forecasting, headcount planning, and executive reporting
- Experience partnering with senior leaders and influencing decisions through data-driven insights
- Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Advanced modeling and analytical skills (Excel or Google Sheets required)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including comfort presenting to senior audiences
- Comfort working in a remote-first environment with clear, proactive, and async communication
- Interest or experience in applying AI or automation to improve finance workflows
- Experience supporting R&D functions
- Experience with planning or BI tools such as Pigment, Workday Adaptive, Looker, or similar
- Prior experience in SaaS, technology, or high-growth companies
- Experience with querying big data particularly in Snowflake / SQL
Benefits
- This role may be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation.
- This role may be eligible for equity.
- A comprehensive benefits package.
- Remote-first environment
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