Strategic Finance Associate

Reflection • San Francisco, CA

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About The Position

Reflection’s mission is to build open superintelligence and make it accessible to all. We’re developing open weight models for individuals, agents, enterprises, and even nation states. Our team of AI researchers and company builders come from DeepMind, OpenAI, Google Brain, Meta, Character.AI, Anthropic and beyond. Role Overview We’re looking for a Strategic Finance Associate. In this role, you will be an early joiner helping us mature the foundations of our finance function. You will be both strategic and operational - comfortable both being a thought partner on strategic-level capital allocation decisions and running operational processes.

Requirements

• 2 - 5 years of experience in management consulting, investment banking, private equity, strategic finance at a high-growth startup, or similar
• Deep experience with financial modelling, and accounting literacy
• Exceptional communication and relationship management skills across varied stakeholders
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, take initiative, and operate independently
• Willingness to get their hands dirty running, improving, and owning operational processes across finance subfunctions
• A genuine interest in Reflection’s mission and the evolving AI ecosystem

Responsibilities

• Own and refine our financial model and forecasts for leadership and external parties (e.g. investors)
• Negotiate and manage new vendor contracts to support our research, GTM, and operations orgs
• Financial analyses to support strategic-level decisions - partnership structuring, large vendor contracts, GTM incentives design etc
• Uplevel our governance and administration of employee expense programs and AP across our US and UK entities
• Run cash positioning and treasury reporting
• Coordinate outsourced partners for monthly close and bookkeeping
• Set up and administer finance tooling to ensure our financial operations are fit for purpose as our organization and operations scale

Benefits

• Top-tier compensation: Salary and equity structured to recognize and retain the best talent globally.
• Health & wellness: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• Life & family: Fully paid parental leave for all new parents, including adoptive and surrogate journeys. Financial support for family planning.
• Benefits & balance: paid time off when you need it, relocation support, and more perks that optimize your time.
• Opportunities to connect with teammates: lunch and dinner are provided daily. We have regular off-sites and team celebrations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees