Strategic Finance Associate

LangChain LangChain · Data AI · San Francisco, CA · Finance

LangChain is seeking a Strategic Finance Associate to own financial models, reporting, and cross-functional partnerships. The role involves forecasting, cost analysis, investor relations, and driving financial clarity to inform business decisions. The associate will actively use AI tools to enhance their work and scale the finance function.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build and maintain financial models across revenue forecasting, headcount planning, and cost and gross margin analysis
  2. Own Board and investor reporting: packaging financial results, variance analysis, and forward-looking narratives into clear, accurate materials
  3. Build dashboards and reporting that give leadership real-time visibility into revenue, burn, unit economics, and key operating metrics
  4. Partner with Sales and RevOps on go-to-market planning, quota modeling, pipeline analysis, and CAC payback tracking
  5. Support fundraising, investor relations, and strategic transactions, including M&A and partnerships, with data-driven analysis and materials

Skills

Required

  • Financial modeling
  • FP&A
  • Strategic finance
  • Board and investor reporting
  • SaaS business models
  • Communication

Nice to have

  • Investment banking
  • Private equity
  • AI tools

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years of experience in finance, with a mix of investment banking, FP&A, or strategic finance at a high-growth tech company
  • Strong financial modeling skills
  • Experience supporting or owning Board and investor reporting in a startup or growth-stage company
  • Comfort operating in ambiguity
  • You run to the roar: you lean into hard problems, ambiguity, and fast-moving challenges
  • You have start-up DNA: You thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with fast-moving teams where scope and priorities evolve.
  • You operate with maximum agency: you take ownership, move work forward independently, and help others unblock