# Strategic Finance, Ads

**Company**: OpenAI
**Location**: San Francisco, CA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Full time
**Salary**: $234K – $260K
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124605186

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## Description

## Compensation

The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The salary range for this role is $234K – $260K, with generous equity, performance-related bonuses, and the following benefits:

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts

- Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)

- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match

- Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)

- Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees

- 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)

- Mental health and wellness support

- Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage

- Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth

- Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible

- Relocation support for eligible employees

- Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.

## About the Team

OpenAI’s Strategic Finance organization provides financial insights and guidance to support the company’s long-term strategy and ambitious growth. The Applications Technology Strategic Finance team partners closely with Product to scale core offerings and bring new products to market.

## About the Role

We are hiring a senior strategic finance thought partner to support OpenAI’s Ads business. You will partner closely with Ad Sales leadership and be responsible for driving financial planning and forecasting, evaluating new initiatives, and providing decision-quality insights on performance.

## Responsibilities

- Serve as the Strategic Finance partner to our Ads sales team, helping shape business strategy and investment decisions.

- Support financial evaluation for our Ads business, including modeling revenue, establishing core metrics, identifying leading indicators, tracking variance to expectations, and surfacing risks and opportunities.

- Partner with Product and GTM leaders on strategic initiatives and new product launches to shape growth plans.

- Analyze business trends and translate data into actionable insights that inform both long-term strategy and day-to-day decision making.

- Build and scale financial planning rigor, including forecasting methodology, management reporting, and performance narratives that improve decision velocity and accountability.

- Stay up to date on market trends and competitive dynamics to refine financial strategies.

- Prepare and deliver high-quality executive and Board materials communicating business performance, key drivers, and strategic recommendations.

## Requirements

- 8+ years of experience in investment banking, consulting, or buy-side investing, coupled with operating experience at a fast-paced, scaling technology company.

- 2+ years in Ads Finance, with Ads P&L ownership and experience supporting growth across multiple verticals, formats, and international markets.

- Exceptional analytical and financial modeling skills, including building detailed operating models and product P&Ls to evaluate growth opportunities and investment decisions.

- Strong business judgment and the ability to critically assess financial performance, opportunities, and risks.

- The ability to translate complex financial data into clear insights and recommendations, and communicate them effectively to senior leadership.

- High attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy in financial analysis and reporting.

- Familiarity with digital advertising business models.

- A hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves mentality and comfort operating in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment.

- Enthusiasm for the deployment of AI and OpenAI’s mission.

- Experience with SQL.

## Skills

### Required
- financial modeling
- data analysis
- SQL
- business strategy
- investment decisions

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