Strategic Finance

Sieve•San Francisco, CA

1d•$175,000 - $250,000•Onsite

About The Position

You’ll be Sieve’s first finance hire, owning the financial foundation for our next stage of growth. This role will own financial planning and reporting while developing a detailed understanding of Sieve’s unit economics. You’ll help make better decisions across customer deals, compute commitments, contributor payouts, hiring, and capital allocation. You’ll be equally comfortable building detailed models, working across messy operational datasets, and turning your analysis into clear recommendations.

Requirements

4+ years of experience in strategic finance, FP&A, investment banking, private equity, or a similarly analytical role
Strong financial modeling skills and a rigorous understanding of unit economics, contribution margin, and cash flow
Strong business judgment and the ability to translate analysis into clear recommendations
Comfortable operating with significant ownership and ambiguity in a fast-moving startup
Excellent communication skills and experience partnering with senior leadership
High attention to detail and a bias toward action
In-person at our SF HQ

Nice To Haves

Experience at an AI, infrastructure, data, marketplace, or usage-based software company
Experience modeling compute, storage, or other variable infrastructure costs
Familiarity with SQL, Python, or modern analytics tools
Experience as an early finance hire at a startup

Responsibilities

Build and own Sieve’s financial model, forecasts, budgets, and runway planning
Model the true cost and margin of customer deals across reinforcement learning, computer use, video, and other data types
Partner with leadership on pricing, resource allocation, hiring plans, and other strategic decisions
Develop Sieve’s compute strategy, including capacity planning, vendor evaluation, and long-term commitments
Model and optimize contributor payouts to balance supply, quality, speed, and margin
Own financial reporting for the leadership team and board
Build scalable financial processes, systems, and controls as the company grows
Work across commercial, engineering, and operations teams to improve financial visibility and operating efficiency