Associate, Strategic Finance & Investor Relations

Cloudflare is looking for an Associate, Investor Relations & Strategic Finance to join its lean IR team and help power how it engages with Wall Street. The successful candidate will be a core contributor to the quarterly earnings cycle, consensus and financial modeling work, investor events, and strategic finance projects for senior leadership.

Responsibilities:

• Support the end-to-end quarterly earnings process, including drafting and assembling press releases, supplemental financial information, and investor decks
• Build and maintain the consensus model, collecting and analyzing sell-side estimates and models, and benchmarking them against internal forecasts
• Support the guidance process, including share count forecasting and sensitivity analyses
• Drive tie-out and validation work to ensure accuracy and consistency across all financial materials
• Help prepare for earnings Q&A, including anticipating questions and preparing key stats and proof points
• Coordinate the post-earnings analyst callback program

• Support day-to-day engagement with sell-side analysts and institutional investors
• Help plan and run investor events, including sell-side conferences and one-on-ones
• Prepare briefing materials for the CEO, CFO, and other executives ahead of investor meetings
• Maintain core IR collateral, including the investor presentation and fact sheets
• Analyze shareholder ownership and support investor targeting

• Support the planning and execution of the annual Investor Day
• Contribute to strategic finance projects, such as peer benchmarking and competitive analyses

• Monitor and synthesize analyst coverage, peer results, and industry trends into clear, actionable summaries for leadership
• Build and maintain models, dashboards, and validation tools
• Use AI-native tooling and automation to improve speed, accuracy, and insight across the IR function

Requirements:

• 3-5 years of experience in investment banking, equity research, investor relations, FP&A, corporate finance, or equity investing
• Strong financial modeling skills, including building and maintaining operating models and consensus models
• Solid understanding of financial statements, public-company reporting, and valuation
• Strong written communication skills, with the ability to draft clear, concise materials for senior executives
• Exceptional attention to detail and pride in getting every number right
• An ownership mindset, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment
• High-trust collaboration, with the ability to work effectively with teams across Finance, Accounting, Legal, and Communications
• AI-native curiosity and skill, with fluency with modern AI tooling
• Sound judgment with confidential information, including awareness of materiality and fair disclosure
• Genuine interest in cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, and the public markets

Compensation:

• Estimated annual salary of $117,000 - $161,000 for Bay Area-based hires
• Equity participation in Cloudflare's equity plan
• Comprehensive benefits package, including health and welfare benefits, financial benefits, and time-off programs