Senior Strategic Finance Manager
Blaize • Full Time
Posted on Thu, Jun 18, 2026
Location US Remote
Blaize (Nasdaq: BZAI) builds a programmable AI platform for inference in real-world environments. At its core, the Blaize Graph Streaming Processor (GSP) is a purpose-built, energy-efficient architecture for real-world AI inference, combined with GPU in a hybrid AI infrastructure that runs across the edge, cloud, and datacenter. Our platform powers computer vision, multimodal AI, and sensor-driven applications across smart cities, industrial automation, telecommunications, retail, logistics, healthcare, automotive, and defense.
Blaize is expanding from edge AI hardware into a full platform that combines its hardware systems with Blaize AI Services, the software and services layer that delivers deployable AI solutions for enterprises, governments, and cloud service providers worldwide. By combining differentiated computing architecture with scalable AI Services, we help organizations deploy intelligence where decisions matter most.
To learn more, visit www.blaize.com or follow us on LinkedIn at @blaizeinc. Role summary
We are looking for a sharp, hands-on Senior Manager of Strategic Finance to own financial planning, modeling, and forecasting at Blaize. Reporting directly to the Vice President – Strategic Finance, this is a high-impact individual contributor role at the center of how the company plans, prioritizes, and communicates financial performance.
The ideal candidate brings expert-level FP&A modeling skills, genuine comfort with complex hardware/software business models, and the polish to present to CFO and Estaff audiences. This is a role for someone who loves being in the model — not just managing others who are. What you will do
- Financial planning & modeling
Partner with the Strategic Finance Director to translate company-level targets into functional budgets with clear accountability and measurable outcomes.
Partner with the Strategic Finance Director to drive monthly and quarterly business reviews with actionable variance commentary and forward-looking recommendations.
- Corporate finance
Develop business cases and financial models for major investment decisions, quantifying trade-offs, and payback across competing priorities.
Support capital structure and financing strategy, including liquidity planning, debt/equity considerations, and treasury management.
Partner with leadership on capital raises, investor materials, and the financial narrative behind funding and resource-allocation decisions
Process, systems & public company reporting.
- Improve forecasting accuracy and planning cycle efficiency across the organization.
Support SOX-compliant financial processes and controls appropriate to a publicly listed company.
Contribute to earnings preparation, investor relations support, and board-level financial materials as needed.
What success looks like In the first 90 days
- You own the rolling forecast model and produce the next QBR package with minimal ramp time.
- You have mapped all key business unit budgets and built working relationships with functional finance partners.
- You have completed a diagnostic of current planning processes and identified two to three improvement opportunities.
- AOP, LRP, and forecasting cadences run on time with improved accuracy and faster cycle times.
- Executive leadership has clear, real-time visibility into KPIs, variance drivers, and resource trade-offs.
- Gross Margin and EBITDA tracking is tied to specific operational initiatives with measurable outcomes.
- Planning processes in NetSuite and connected BI tools are meaningfully more scalable and automated.
- 8–15 years of progressive experience in FP&A, strategic finance, or corporate finance, ideally in technology, SaaS, semiconductor, or AI companies
- Expert-level financial modeling: three-statement models, scenario analysis, and driver-based forecasting built and owned end-to-end.
- Direct experience owning AOP, LRP, and rolling forecast processes across a full planning cycle.
- Strong executive communication and storytelling — able to translate complex models into clear narratives for CFO and Estaff audiences.
- Hands-on experience with NetSuite and at least one BI or analytics tool (Tableau, Power BI, Looker, or equivalent)
- Comfort operating in a public company environment: SOX controls, earnings cycles, and investor relations support.
- Investment banking, corporate development, or structured finance background is a strong plus — it signals the modeling rigor and analytical depth we are looking for.
- MBA, CFA, CPA, or CMA
- Prior experience at a post-SPAC or newly public technology company
- Familiarity with semiconductor, edge AI, or hardware-plus-software hybrid business models
- Experience implementing or rolling out a dedicated FP&A planning tool (Anaplan, Pigment, Planful, Adaptive Insights, or equivalent)
- Intellectually rigorous — you love building models, stress-testing assumptions, and finding the insight buried in the numbers.
- Executive-ready communicator — equally comfortable presenting to the CFO or analysts
- Structured thinker who operates well in ambiguity and can set your own agenda without a lot of process handed to you.
- Hands-on operator — you are not above building the model yourself, and you take pride in the craft.
- Collaborative partner who builds trust quickly with functional leaders across Product, Engineering, Sales, and G&A
- Public-company savvy — you understand the cadence of earnings cycles, investor relations, and financial controls.
Blaize is an equal opportunity employer. We pride ourselves on having a diverse workforce and we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law. We respect the gender, gender identity, and gender expression of our applicants and employees, and we honour requests for preferred pronouns. It is our policy to comply with all applicable national, state, and local laws pertaining to non-discrimination and equal opportunity.