Associate, Strategic Finance & Investor Relations

Cloudflare•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

Cloudflare is seeking an Associate to join its lean Investor Relations team and support how the company engages with Wall Street. The role contributes to the quarterly earnings cycle, consensus and financial modeling, investor events including the annual Investor Day, and strategic finance projects for senior leadership. It is a hands-on, high-visibility position whose work reaches the CFO, CEO, Board, and public markets, with a strong emphasis on accuracy. The Associate works closely with Finance, Accounting, Legal, Communications, FP&A, and the executive team, gaining broad exposure to Cloudflare’s business and the public markets. The team uses AI-native tooling to improve insight, productivity, and rigor. The role supports earnings and consensus activities, investor engagement, Investor Day planning, strategic finance analyses, and the development of analytics and tools that enable a small team to operate at scale. It is based in San Francisco, California. Bay Area hires have an estimated annual salary of $117,000 to $161,000, which may be adjusted depending on work location. The role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.

Requirements

3–5 years of experience in investment banking, equity research, investor relations, FP&A, corporate finance, or equity investing.
Strong financial modeling skills, including building and maintaining operating models, consensus models, and share count and dilution forecasts.
Solid understanding of financial statements, public-company reporting, and valuation.
Strong written communication skills, including the ability to draft clear, concise materials for senior executives and translate complex financial or technical concepts into simple narratives.
Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
Organizational skills, initiative, ownership, and the ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment, especially during earnings season.
Ability to collaborate effectively with Finance, Accounting, Legal, and Communications teams.
Fluency with modern AI tooling and a track record of using it to amplify impact.
Sound judgment with confidential information, including awareness of materiality and fair disclosure, and familiarity with Reg FD or a strong willingness to learn.
Genuine interest in cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, developer platforms, or AI, and in the public markets.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to public technology companies.
Familiarity with SaaS or consumption-based revenue models.

Responsibilities

Support the end-to-end quarterly earnings process, including drafting and assembling the press release, supplemental financial information, prepared remarks, Q&A preparation, and investor deck.
Build and maintain the consensus model by collecting and analyzing sell-side estimates and models and benchmarking them against internal forecasts.
Support the guidance process, including share count forecasting, sensitivity analyses, and leadership materials.
Tie out and validate figures, claims, and disclosures across earnings materials, filings, and scripts to ensure accuracy and consistency.
Prepare earnings Q&A materials, including anticipated questions, peer transcript research, key statistics, proof points, and live-call backup materials.
Coordinate post-earnings analyst callbacks, including scheduling, notes, and feedback summaries.
Support day-to-day engagement with sell-side analysts and institutional investors, respond to inbound requests, and maintain the investor database.
Help plan and run investor events, including sell-side conferences, one-on-one meetings, on-site investor visits, and non-deal roadshows.
Prepare investor meeting briefing materials for executives, including investor profiles, talking points, and Q&A preparation.
Maintain investor relations collateral, including the investor presentation, fact sheets, and IR website content.
Analyze shareholder ownership and support investor targeting.
Support planning and execution of the annual Investor Day, including invite tracking, registration, content drafting and validation, and event-day logistics.
Contribute to strategic finance projects, including peer benchmarking, competitive analyses, long-range financial modeling, and ad hoc analyses for senior leadership.
Monitor and synthesize analyst coverage, peer results, investor sentiment, and industry trends into actionable leadership summaries.
Build and maintain models, dashboards, trackers, and validation tools that help the team operate at scale.
Use AI-native tooling and automation to improve speed, accuracy, and insight across the Investor Relations function.

Benefits

Medical and prescription drug insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Flexible spending accounts
Commuter spending accounts
Fertility and family-forming benefits
On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
Global travel medical insurance
Short- and long-term disability insurance
Life and accident insurance
401(k) retirement savings plan
Employee stock participation plan
Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave
Equity plan participation