Strategic Finance Senior Associate

Zip•San Francisco, CA

4d•$149,000 - $184,000

About The Position

Zip is the AI platform for enterprise procurement — built for humans and agents working together. By orchestrating procurement across teams, tools, and suppliers with the help of AI agents, companies can secure the resources they need to innovate faster than ever before. The world’s most influential enterprises trust Zip, including T-Mobile, OpenAI, AMD, Mars, Dollar Tree, and more. Together they’ve saved over $8 billion and processed over $500 billion in spend. Zip’s team includes product leaders from Apple, Airbnb, and Meta, as well as former procurement leaders from United Health, Sanofi, MGM Resorts, Discover, and NASA. Backed by Adams Street, Alkeon, BOND, CRV, DST, Tiger Global, and Y Combinator, Zip has raised $371 million, most recently at a $2.2 billion valuation and has been recognized by Forbes Fintech 50, Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, Inc. Best in Business, and LinkedIn Top Startups. Your Role We are seeking a Strategic Finance Associate / Sr. Associate to join our growing finance team, with a focus on Go-to-Market Finance. In this role, you will partner closely with GTM leaders to shape and optimize the revenue strategy of our business, build and maintain financial models, develop KPI frameworks, and deliver insights that influence investment decisions and growth priorities. This is a high-visibility, high-impact role where you will understand our full business at the driver level, and from that foundation drive resource allocation decisions and influence long-term strategy. This role is highly cross-functional and will help set targets and assess the ROI of projects across departments in the GTM org.

Requirements

2+ years of private equity, investment banking, consulting, or similar experience
Strong analytical and modeling skills with fluency in Excel/GSheets, SQL experience is a plus
Extreme attention to detail and a high regard for precision
Strong written and verbal communication
Ownership mindset with the ability to collaborate across diverse teams and stakeholders
Familiarity with technology / SaaS business models

Nice To Haves

Experience in strategic finance at a high-growth technology company is a plus

Responsibilities

Design and own core financial models that support our annual plan, long-range forecast, and GTM strategy
Partner with GTM leaders to set targets, evaluate resourcing decisions, track performance against KPIs, and manage spend efficiency to dynamically influence strategic priorities and decision making
Support executive decision-making by preparing high-quality board materials, investor updates, and leadership presentations
Drive forecasting and reporting processes across revenue, expenses, headcount, cash flow, and retention metrics