Overview

AI at Zapier

At Zapier, we build and use automation every day to make work more efficient, creative, and human. So if you’re using AI tools while applying here - that’s great! We just ask that you use them responsibly and transparently. Check out our guidance on How to Collaborate with AI During Zapier’s Hiring Process, including how to use AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or others during our hiring process - and when not to. Job Posted: 1/24/2026 Location: Americas

About the Team:

Strategic Finance at Zapier is responsible for addressing some of our most business-critical challenges. Our team combines deep analysis with a strong understanding of our business priorities to help shape decision-making, evaluate new investments, and drive efficient capital allocation. We strive to be a trusted thought partner that enables sustainable growth and drives strategic outcomes across the company.

About the Role:

We’re looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join our Corporate Strategic Finance team and play a key role in shaping the company’s financial strategy and operations. This role blends high-level strategic thinking with hands-on execution across core areas of corporate finance. You’ll take a holistic view of the business, help drive resource allocation decisions, support board and competitive intelligence efforts, and partner closely with our G&A teams to enable scalable, data-driven growth. Location: This role is fully remote, and we’re excited about candidates interested in working within the North America time zones (Pacific Time - Eastern Time)

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About You:

• This isn’t your first rodeo. You have 4+ years of FP&A-specific experience, with a background in Big 4 Accounting, Investment Banking, or Management Consulting experience with meaningful ownership of operating expense areas - ideally R&D or technical cost structures.
• You understand financial modeling well. You have experience building bottoms up and high level financial models.
• You understand how modern R&D organizations operate. You can translate engineering, product, and infrastructure inputs into clear financial implications and trade-offs.
• You’re energized by owning a process from A-Z. You take initiative, thrive in ambiguity, and enjoy seeing things through from scoping and modeling to execution and follow-through.
• You’re resourceful. You love a challenge and always question the status quo. You are highly adaptive and enjoy getting creative to solve new problems.
• You love data. You are innately curious, analyze everything, look for trends, and always forever truth-seeking. Experience writing SQL is a plus.
• You care about the nitty gritty. You are detail-oriented, highly organized, understand priorities, and thrive in a fast paced environment.
• You love to collaborate and coordinate. You’re comfortable driving cross-functional alignment and take pride in delivering high-quality work with minimal oversight.
• You actively experiment with AI. You think critically about where automation and AI can meaningfully improve financial analysis, forecasting, and decision support.

Things You’ll Do:

• Own R&D financial planning and analysis. Lead forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis for R&D spend, including headcount, cloud infrastructure (AWS), tooling, and AI-related costs.
• Model and manage cloud & infrastructure economics. Build and maintain models that explain cloud costs, key usage drivers, unit economics, and scaling behavior; partner with technical teams to improve cost visibility and efficiency.
• Analyze and support AI investments. Evaluate and track AI-related spend (internal and vendor-based), assess ROI and trade-offs, and support decision-making as AI usage scales across the product and internal operations.
• Drive strategic insights for R&D leadership. Identify trends, risks, and optimization opportunities across R&D spend, translating complex cost drivers into clear recommendations for leadership.
• Develop scalable, decision-ready models. Build flexible models to support scenario planning, capacity planning, and long-term investment decisions tied to product growth and technical architecture.
• Support executive and board-level reporting. Prepare clear, concise materials that explain R&D performance, cloud and AI cost dynamics, and forward-looking implications for company strategy.
• **Improve tools,...