Senior Financial Analyst, Strategic Finance (R&D & Reporting)

Hinge Health • San Francisco, CA

18h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Financial Analyst will contribute to Strategic Finance at Hinge Health, combining core FP&A responsibilities with forward-looking analysis to help R&D and the broader company make investment and growth decisions. The role partners with business leaders, supports high-visibility strategic work, and contributes to company-wide consolidation and corporate forecasting.

The analyst will drive R&D budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis; evaluate strategic questions involving R&D, hardware, AI, unit economics, return on investment, and capital deployment; and develop forecasts and ROI frameworks for infrastructure spending. The role also evaluates new business verticals and builds business cases for strategic projects. It supports financial consolidation, corporate forecasting, planning systems, reporting, and coordination with Accounting, including during quarter-end close, budgeting, and reforecasting.

The position will automate and improve leadership reporting and dashboards, help maintain and improve planning and consolidation systems, and use AI to strengthen financial analytics and workflows. The role calls for an autonomous, collaborative, detail-oriented professional who can work through ambiguity, influence stakeholders, and turn analysis into recommendations and action. It is a hybrid role for someone located in the San Francisco Bay Area, with three days per week in the office.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in strategic finance, equity research, investment banking, business operations, or a related analytical role; ideally including experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate and advise on strategic investments and business cases using ROI, unit economics, and margin or cash-flow impact analyses.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to synthesize and present insights to technical and non-technical audiences and influence senior stakeholders.
• Strong command of corporate finance principles, with experience in monthly close, budget-versus-actual analysis, financial modeling, and sensitivity and scenario analysis.
• Solid business acumen and prior experience at a high-scaling software or healthcare company.
• Ability to navigate complex business decisions through stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.
• Familiarity with financial planning and consolidation systems such as Adaptive or Workday.
• Advanced proficiency with AI tools such as Claude, OpenAI, and Glean, and financial modeling in Excel or Google Sheets.
• Organized, detail-oriented, intellectually curious, and comfortable working independently through ambiguity.
• Located in the San Francisco Bay Area and willing to work in the office three days per week.

Nice To Haves

• Experience partnering with R&D, engineering, product, or other functional organizations, especially in high-growth technology, healthcare, software, or hardware businesses.
• Experience with financial consolidation and corporate forecasting, or demonstrated ability to learn them quickly.
• Solid accounting knowledge, including how the three financial statements connect, the close process, and GAAP versus non-GAAP.
• Hands-on experience administering or building in Adaptive or a similar planning tool.
• Experience with Mode Analytics and SQL.
• Passion for using AI to improve team efficiency.
• High interpersonal intelligence, strong listening skills, and potential to influence.

Responsibilities

• Drive budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis for R&D, translating spending drivers into clear insights for functional leaders.
• Analyze strategic questions involving R&D, hardware, AI, unit economics, return on investment, and capital deployment across product lines.
• Build financial models and turn ambiguous data and trends into recommendations.
• Translate software contract terms into financial forecasts and collaborate with Procurement and Accounting on accurate reporting and infrastructure ROI frameworks.
• Lead financial evaluations of new business verticals and create business cases for strategic projects aligned with company growth goals.
• Support financial consolidation, corporate forecasting, planning systems, and reporting, including during quarter-end close, budgeting, and reforecasting.
• Work with Accounting to ensure accurate, timely data flow and reconciliation between actuals and forecasts.
• Automate and improve leadership reports and dashboards, and help maintain and continuously improve planning and consolidation systems such as Adaptive.
• Use AI to improve financial analytics, dashboard reporting, and workflows.
• Lead workstreams with autonomy, challenge existing processes, and collaborate across teams to turn financial analysis into action.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Support for employees and family members with gender-affirming care, family and fertility planning tools, and travel reimbursements when healthcare is unavailable where they live.
• Traditional or Roth 401(k) retirement plan options with a 2% company match.
• Learning and development stipends.
• Discounted company stock through an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) with payroll deductions.
• Dog-friendly San Francisco office.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed