Senior Finance Analyst, Research & Development

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San Francisco, CA, USA
Hybrid
107K-148K Annually
Senior level
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The Role
Partners with Engineering, Product, and Design leadership on budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, reporting, headcount planning, expense management, and investment decisions. Builds financial models, scenario analyses, executive reporting, and scalable automated processes using AI tools. Translates complex financial and operational data into actionable insights and collaborates across finance and business teams to support strategic initiatives and resource allocation.
Summary Generated by Built In

Superhuman team members in this role must be based in San Francisco Bay Area, and they must be able to collaborate in person 2 days a week.

About Superhuman

Grammarly is now part of Superhuman, the AI productivity platform on a mission to unlock the superhuman potential in everyone. The Superhuman suite of apps and agents brings AI wherever people work, integrating with over 1 million applications and websites. The company’s products include Grammarly’s writing assistance, Coda’s collaborative workspaces, Mail’s inbox management, and Go, the proactive AI assistant that understands context and delivers help automatically. Founded in 2009, Superhuman empowers over 40 million people, 50,000 organizations, and 3,000 educational institutions worldwide to eliminate busywork and focus on what matters. Learn more at superhuman.com.

The Opportunity

We’re seeking a Senior Finance Analyst to partner with Engineering, Product and Design leadership to drive financial planning, reporting, and decision support. You’ll help consolidate the Engineering, Product and Design teams to guide resource allocation, expense management, and investment prioritization across both near-term planning cycles and long-term strategy. You’ll translate complex data into clear, actionable insights, helping leaders evaluate trade-offs and make smart, mission-aligned decisions. As a trusted finance partner, you’ll empower teams to operate with clarity and accountability.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead Engineering, Product and Design related Strategic Finance activities for the business, including budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning across operating expenses and headcount

  • Develop and drive reporting that includes financial performance, detailed reporting of key expense and other metrics, and executive level explanations of variances and trends

  • Build scalable financial processes and use AI tools to automate reporting, accelerate analysis, and deliver real-time visibility to Engineering, Product, and Design leadership

  • Lead the preparation of financial analysis, commentary, and presentation materials for financial updates to finance leadership

  • Collaborate cross-functionally across teams and functions to ensure alignment and financial rigor behind investment strategies.

  • Collaborate with Business Unit Finance teams to improve and operationalize processes related to headcount planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning

  • Conduct ad hoc financial analyses, scenario planning, and driver-based modeling to support strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of progressive experience in financial planning & analysis (FP&A), strategic finance, or related fields

  • Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Finance, Math, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline

  • Advanced financial modeling skills, with the ability to independently build end-to-end, assumption-driven models from scratch

  • Expert-level Excel and/or Google Sheets skills, including scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, and automation of recurring analyses

  • Proficient in SQL, with hands-on experience writing complex queries, performing data extraction and transformation, and maintaining data integrity across sources

  • Ability to prioritize objectives in a fast-paced environment to ensure deliverables are met in a timely manner

  • Ability to distill complex problems into structured frameworks and actionable insights

  • Proven track record of influencing business decisions through data, clear communication, and strong analytical judgment

  • Excellent analytical, organizational, and collaboration skills

Compensation and Benefits

Superhuman offers all team members competitive pay along with a benefits package encompassing the following and more:

  • Excellent health care (including a wide range of medical, dental, vision, mental health, and fertility benefits)

  • Disability and life insurance options

  • 401(k) and RRSP matching

  • Paid parental leave

  • 20 days of paid time off per year, 12 days of paid holidays per year, two floating holidays per year, and flexible sick time

  • Generous stipends (including those for caregiving, pet care, wellness, your home office, and more)

  • Annual professional development budget and opportunities

 

Superhuman takes a market-based approach to compensation, which means base pay may vary depending on your location. Our US locations are categorized into two compensation zones based on proximity to our hub locations.

Base pay may vary considerably depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The expected salary ranges for this position are outlined below by compensation zone and may be modified in the future.

 

Skills Required

  • 3+ years of progressive experience in financial planning and analysis, strategic finance, or related fields
  • Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Math, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline
  • Advanced financial modeling skills, including building assumption-driven models independently from scratch
  • Expert-level Microsoft Excel and/or Google Sheets skills, including scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, and automation
  • Proficiency in SQL, including complex queries, data extraction and transformation, and maintaining data integrity
  • Ability to prioritize objectives and meet deliverables in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to distill complex problems into structured frameworks and actionable insights
  • Proven ability to influence business decisions through data, communication, and analytical judgment
  • Excellent analytical, organizational, and collaboration skills
  • Based in the San Francisco Bay Area and able to collaborate in person two days per week

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
1,500 Employees
Year Founded: 2009

What We Do

Superhuman (formerly Grammarly) is the AI productivity platform on a mission to unlock the superhuman potential in everyone. The Superhuman suite of apps and agents brings AI wherever people work, integrating with over 1 million applications and websites. The company’s products include Grammarly’s writing assistance, Docs’ connected surface for teams, Mail’s inbox management, and Go, the proactive AI assistant that understands context and delivers help automatically. Superhuman empowers over 40 million people, 50,000 organizations, and 3,000 educational institutions worldwide to eliminate busywork and focus on what matters. Learn more at superhuman.com.

Why Work With Us

Our teams are dedicated to building technology to help people do and be their best. That takes bold optimism, purpose, and the drive to do hard things well. If you’re all in on shaping what’s next—and building it with care—come join us.

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