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Posting Open Date: 9/29/26
Anticipated Posting Close Date*: 12/29/26
*Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.
Strategic Finance Senior Manager
The Strategic Finance team at Fastly is looking for a highly analytical, intellectually curious, and strategically minded Senior Manager to help shape the company’s long-term direction. This role is focused on bringing together all elements of Fastly’s P&L, connecting the dots across revenue, expenses, investments, and other financial elements. The role will provide a holistic view and help shape how we tell our financial story to executive leadership, Board and public markets. .
You will partner closely with leadership to evaluate key business questions, develop insights from complex data, and influence decision-making through rigorous analysis and thoughtful storytelling. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguity, turns financial insights into business decisions, has the ability to create structure from complex problems, and takes ownership of high-impact projects from concept to execution.
What You'll Do:
- Prepare Board, Audit, executive leadership, and forecast decks that translate financial performance into clear, actionable narratives
- Own corporate consolidation and P&L roll-up, including administration of Fastly's forecasting system
- Co-lead the month end review of financials, quarterly forecasting process and annual planning cycle
- Partner closely with Accounting to support monthly/quarterly close and to understand any changes that impact forecasting including translating new assumptions, policy updates, and accounting treatment
- Establish robust and repeatable corporate finance processes including timelines, logistics, deliverables etc. and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure alignment
- Actively seek opportunities to improve tools and processes to modernize workflows, increase efficiency, and unlock deeper business insights
- Own the cash forecasting process, partnering closely with Billing Systems, Accounting, Treasury, and SEC reporting
- Lead and coordinate ad hoc projects and analytical requests from executive leadership to translate complex financial and business data into clear actions, risks, and opportunities across a range of topics, such as capital allocation, guidance strategy, etc.
What We're Looking For:
- 8–10+ years of experience in Strategic Finance, FP&A, Corporate Development, Investment Banking, Private Equity, or related analytic roles, ideally within high-growth technology or SaaS environments
- Exceptional problem-solving skills with the ability to structure ambiguous problems, develop hypotheses, and drive toward actionable insights
- Advanced financial modeling skills with experience building flexible, scalable models that support decision-making
- Relentlessly curious, you question everything and hold yourself and those around you accountable to understanding the why behind the data and trendlines
- Self-driven and detail-oriented with an extreme ownership mentality
- Ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and concisely, and to influence stakeholders across all levels of the organization
- Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-changing environments, with the ability to bring structure and drive results without clear precedent
We’ll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:
- Public company reporting, close-process, and audit-support experience
- Prior experience in a SaaS, infrastructure, or high-growth tech environment
- Familiarity with AI/automation tools applied to finance workflows
- Experience with Adaptive Planning and BI/data tools (e.g., Tableau, Looker)
Work Hours: This position will require you to be available during core business hours.
Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements: This position is based out of Fastly’s San Francisco office. Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home. This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.
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Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Salary: The estimated salary range for this position is $181,220.00 - $217,464.00
Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.
This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.
Benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance. Family planning, mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program, Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident), a Flexible Vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2026, we offer 12 paid local holidays, 12 paid company wellness days.
We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings?
Why Fastly?
We have a huge impact. Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only do our customers have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives. Outside of code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.
We value diversity. Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.
We are passionate. Fastly is chock full of passionate people and we’re not ‘one size fits all’. Fastly employs authors, pilots, skiers, parents (of humans and animals), makeup geeks, coffee connoisseurs, and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.
We’re always looking for humble, sharp, and creative folks to join the Fastly team. If you think you might be a fit please apply! A fully completed application and resume or CV are required when applying.
All job applications must be submitted through our official careers site at www.fastly.com/about/careers. We will never request sensitive information, such as your Social Security number, bank account or credit card information during the application process. All official communication will come from an @fastly.com or @recruiting.fastly.com email address.
Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, family or parental status, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and federal or state disability laws, Fastly will provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact your Recruiter, or the Fastly Employee Relations team at [email protected] or 501-287-4901.
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Skills Required
- 8-10+ years of experience in Strategic Finance, FP&A, Corporate Development, Investment Banking, Private Equity, or related analytical roles
- Experience ideally within high-growth technology or SaaS environments
- Exceptional problem-solving skills, including structuring ambiguous problems and developing actionable insights
- Advanced financial modeling skills and experience building flexible, scalable models
- Strong curiosity and ability to understand financial data and trendlines
- Self-driven, detail-oriented, and accountable with an extreme ownership mentality
- Ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and influence stakeholders at all organizational levels
- Ability to operate in ambiguous, fast-changing environments and drive results without clear precedent
- Public company reporting, close-process, and audit-support experience
- Experience in a SaaS, infrastructure, or high-growth technology environment
- Familiarity with AI or automation tools applied to finance workflows
- Experience with Adaptive Planning and BI/data tools such as Tableau or Looker
Fastly Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Fastly and has not been reviewed or approved by Fastly.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, disability, and mental‑health resources with day‑one eligibility. Feedback suggests this breadth is a consistent strength for many roles.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes flexible vacation, sick leave, local holidays, and additional wellness days. Feedback suggests this structure is a notable advantage for work–life balance.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity grants and an employee stock purchase plan are widely available, enhancing a sense of ownership. Role information consistently references eligibility, indicating broad accessibility.
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