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Finance & Strategy Manager

Hopper · United States - Remote · Remote

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About Hopper

Inference for Voice. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

As a Finance & Strategy Manager at Hopper, you will be a finance partner to business leaders across the company, helping them understand performance, evaluate opportunities and make better decisions. You will build the models behind our forecasts, partnerships and strategic plans, lead business reviews, and turn analysis into clear recommendations for senior leadership and the CFO. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 4+ years of experience in investment banking, corporate development, private equity, strategic finance or FP&A. Investment banking or private equity experience (Analyst or Associate) is preferred
  • Advanced financial modeling skills: three-statement models, DCF, scenario and sensitivity analysis. Expert in Excel / Google Sheets
  • Solid understanding of accounting and how the three financial statements connect
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain financial concepts to non-finance partners and present confidently to senior leaders
  • Working knowledge of SQL, or a demonstrated ability to pick up technical tools quickly
  • Hands-on use of AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, etc.) to work faster and automate repetitive work
More about this role

About the Role

As a Finance & Strategy Manager at Hopper, you will be a finance partner to business leaders across the company, helping them understand performance, evaluate opportunities and make better decisions. You will build the models behind our forecasts, partnerships and strategic plans, lead business reviews, and turn analysis into clear recommendations for senior leadership and the CFO.

This role is a great fit for someone who has built rigorous models under pressure in investment banking or private equity and now wants to apply those skills in-house, closer to the decisions. We are a lean team that moves fast, and we use SQL and AI tools like Claude to automate the manual work so we can spend our time on analysis and strategy.

Build and maintain integrated financial models, scenario and sensitivity analyses, and business cases for new products, partnerships and investments

Evaluate the economics of new commercial agreements (pricing, revenue share, unit economics, ROI) and help shape deal terms with business leaders

Support fundraising, M&A and capital allocation decisions, including the models and analysis behind them

Own the monthly and quarterly forecast for the...

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