Sail Research
Strategic Finance Lead
$200K–$300K
San Francisco · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jun 25, 2026
- Experience
- 5-8+ years in finance roles.
About the job
Build Sail’s finance function and operating models, linking GPU infrastructure economics to product pricing and company performance.
What you'll do
- Build and own the operating P&L, including GPU cluster economics, product pricing, and financial performance.
- Support board materials, financial modeling, data room preparation, and diligence.
- Establish FP&A, budgeting and forecasting, headcount and opex planning, and burn-rate and runway tracking.
What they ask for
- 5-8+ years in finance roles with substantial financial modeling experience; listed backgrounds include investment banking, growth equity/private equity, corporate development, or strategic finance/FP&A at a high-growth company.
- Ability to build financial models from scratch, including an operating P&L and pro forma model.
- Comfort with ambiguity and building appropriately sized processes.
Nice to have
- Infrastructure or capital-intensive business experience, such as data centers, energy, or equipment leasing.
- Exposure to usage-based revenue recognition or experience in a GPU cloud, data center, or infrastructure-as-a-service business.
Pay
$200K – $300K (base salary)
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