Full-Time

Strategic Finance Manager

Updated on 9/9/2026

Hightouch

Hightouch

501-1,000 employees

Reverse ETL data activation across SaaS

Compensation Overview

$175k - $210k/yr

+ ISO options

Remote in USA

Remote

Remote within North America; U.S. work eligibility is verified after hire.

Category
Finance & Banking (1)
Required Skills
Forecasting
Looker
Data Analysis
Investment Banking
Snowflake
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
Financial Modeling

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Requirements
  • 4 to 7 years of experience in strategic finance, FP&A, investment banking, private equity, or management consulting, including time at a high-growth company.
  • Modeling skills that bridge finance and operations, including capacity and productivity models, forecasting models, cohort and segment analysis, and scenario work.
  • Deep command of unit economics, including customer acquisition cost, payback period, lifetime value to customer acquisition cost, retention, and efficiency metrics.
  • Fluency working directly with data, including navigating a modern business intelligence stack such as Snowflake, dbt, and Looker or Omni, plus comfort with core business systems.
  • Expert proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets, with a high bar for accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Clear, concise communication and the ability to translate complex analysis into a narrative that leaders and the board can act on.
  • Ability to partner with and influence senior stakeholders.
  • High ownership and low ego, with the ability to drive workstreams independently in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment.
  • A first-principles mindset, strong business judgment, and curiosity about how the business works end to end.
Responsibilities
  • Own capacity and productivity models, including ramp, coverage, attainment assumptions, and whether the hiring plan supports growth targets.
  • Build forecasting models, including pipeline or demand coverage, conversion rates, and cycle time, and translate them into a defensible forecast across segments.
  • Own unit economics and keep them rigorous, consistent, and decision-ready.
  • Partner with business leaders across functions to pressure-test the return on investment of key investments.
  • Partner on pricing and packaging economics.
  • Prepare analysis and supporting materials for board and investor reporting in close partnership with the Head of Strategic Finance.
  • Lead ad hoc scenario analysis for new segments, new initiatives, or pricing changes to help leaders make faster, better-informed decisions.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience scaling a strategic finance function at a high-growth company through rapid growth.
  • Hands-on experience with capacity and resource planning and with compensation or incentive plan design.
  • Familiarity with consumption- or usage-based pricing and its effect on revenue, retention, and gross margin.
  • Experience partnering directly with an Operations team and comfort working across the seam between finance ownership and business operations.

Hightouch creates a data activation platform that moves customer data from a data warehouse into the apps teams use every day. It specializes in Reverse ETL, taking data already stored in warehouses and syncing it to SaaS tools and operational systems so teams can act on real-time insights. This enables personalized marketing, better customer success, and stronger sales by keeping tools up to date with the latest customer information while supporting security and compliance for sensitive data like PII (including HIPAA considerations). The platform connects to sources and destinations, offers features for data syncing, security controls, and observability, and extends integrations with additional tools through extensions. Hightouch charges a subscription fee based on service level and the number of integrations. Its goal is to help businesses activate their data across tools to improve decision-making and operational efficiency.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Series D

Total Funding

$322.3M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2018

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What believers are saying

  • Lifecycle Studio launched June 24, 2026, cut Thumbtack campaign production from weeks to days.
  • Exposure Log Matching for The Trade Desk reduces identity-provider dependence and improves attribution.
  • Audience Acuity partnered with Hightouch on May 27, 2026, strengthening household resolution and enrichment.

What critics are saying

  • Databricks CustomerLake, announced June 16, 2026, attacks Hightouch’s core warehouse-native activation layer.
  • Hightouch still routes execution through Braze, Iterable, and ESPs; CustomerLake closes the loop natively.
  • If enterprises standardize on Databricks or Salesforce, Hightouch becomes an expensive middleware add-on.

What makes Hightouch unique

  • Hightouch’s June 2026 Agentic CDP keeps warehouse data in Snowflake, Databricks, and BigQuery.
  • On August 25, 2026, Hightouch hired Google veteran Jitendra Kumar to sell advertising.
  • Hightouch’s April 2026 $150 million Series D at $2.75 billion funded AI marketing expansion.

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Benefits

Competitive salary - We offer competitive salary and meaningful equity. We also offer 401k for our US employees.

Remote friendly - Visit the San Francisco and New York headquarters up to 4x’s a year to bond with your fellow teammates.

Flexible PTO - Downtime is just as important as on time and your teammates will support you while you relax and recharge.

Wellness - We offer a monthly wellness stipend, wellness days each quarter, and virtual yoga classes.

Core benefits - For full-time US-based employees, we cover all health benefit premiums, 50% for dependents, and life insurance.

Parental leave - We value and support the family planning process. We provide up to 16 weeks for parents.

Growth & Insights and Company News

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