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

Hinge Health • San Francisco, CA

2d • $123,200 - $184,800 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Financial Analyst is a key contributor to Hinge Health’s Strategic Finance team, partnering with R&D and other business leaders on budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, strategic investment decisions, and corporate financial planning. The role combines core FP&A responsibilities—including month-end close, budgeting, forecasting, consolidation, and reporting—with forward-looking analysis that helps the company decide where to invest and how to scale. The analyst will develop decision-ready insights, financial models, business cases, and return-on-investment analyses for R&D, hardware, AI, infrastructure, and new business verticals.

The role also supports financial consolidation, corporate forecasting, planning systems, and reporting, coordinating with Accounting, Procurement, and other teams to ensure accurate financial forecasts and reporting. The analyst will improve and automate leadership reporting and dashboards, maintain and enhance planning and consolidation systems such as Adaptive, and use AI to improve analytics and workflows. The position calls for autonomy, sound judgment, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to turn ambiguous questions into actionable recommendations.

The position is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and follows Hinge Health’s hybrid model: employees in hybrid roles are required to work in the office three days per week for the full eight hours of a typical business day. The San Francisco office has a dog-friendly workplace program.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in strategic finance, equity research, investment banking, business operations, or a related analytical role; experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment is ideal.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate and advise on strategic investments and business cases using analyses of ROI, unit economics, and margin or cash flow impact.
• 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, including monthly close, budget-versus-actual analysis, financial modeling, and sensitivity and scenario analysis.
• Solid business acumen and prior experience working in 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, including strong listening skills and the potential to influence.

Responsibilities

• Drive R&D budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis, partnering with functional leaders to understand spending and provide decision-ready insights.
• Analyze strategic questions involving R&D, hardware, AI, unit economics, return on investment, and capital deployment across product lines.
• Build financial models that identify trends and turn ambiguity into recommendations.
• Translate software contract terms into financial forecasts and collaborate with Procurement and Accounting on accurate financial reporting and an infrastructure ROI framework.
• Evaluate new business verticals and develop business cases for strategic projects aligned with company growth goals.
• Support financial consolidation, corporate forecasting, systems, and reporting, including during quarter-end close, budgeting, and re-forecast periods.
• Partner with Accounting to ensure accurate and timely data flow and alignment between actuals and forecasts.
• Automate and improve leadership reports and dashboards, and help maintain and improve planning and consolidation systems such as Adaptive.
• Use AI to improve financial analytics, dashboard reporting, and workflows.
• Question existing processes and turn financial analysis into action.
• Lead workstreams and deliver results with autonomy, partnering across teams.

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 stipend.
• Discounted company stock through an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) with payroll deductions.

What This Job Offers

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