About Abacum
Abacum is the leading Business Planning solution for finance teams to drive performance. By automating reporting, enabling collaboration, and simplifying planning and forecasting, we help finance teams shift from number crunching to driving strategic decisions.
Founded in 2020 by two former CFOs, we’ve grown into a global team of 100+ people across 30+ nationalities. Headquartered in New York, we have offices in Toronto and Barcelona. We’re trusted by industry leaders such as Dish Networks, Strava, BetterUp, Kajabi, JG Wentworth, Abridge, Cortex, and hundreds more.
We have raised over $100m, closing in June 2025 our $60M Series B, led by Scale Venture Partners, with the strong participation of Cathay Innovation, Y Combinator, Atomico, Creandum, and angel operators from Adyen, Zapier, and Twitch.
Our mission is ambitious and we can’t do it alone - join Abacum as we build the future of Business Planning!
This is a hard role to put in a box, which is intentional. The Strategic Initiatives Lead will report to the Chief of Staff and work on the problems that matter most to the business right now — not a fixed function. The first projects will likely sit in Growth and then move to GTM broadly speaking, but where you go next depends on what the company needs and what you're good at/eager to learn.
People who've done this well tend to come from places where the feedback loop was short and the expectations were high — early-stage startups, ex-consultants, strategy roles that bled into execution, or careers where they had to build without a playbook.
We're hiring for a specific way of thinking more than a specific background. This role requires someone with high agency and an extreme sense of ownership. If you build, test, and think from first principles, we want to talk.
What you'll own
Find the wedge: We already have a solid foundation and strong demand generation motion but now it’s time to scale. Your job will be to figure out which channels, which content formats, which distribution motions actually produce predictable pipeline. You run that as a structured research problem, not a campaign calendar.
Operate AI-natively: Automate what used to take a team. Build the infrastructure you need to build a real demand engine. Clay for enrichment, n8n for workflows, AI in the loop wherever it replaces manual work. The expectation isn't just that you know these tools, it's that you build with them and enable others to do the same.
Own the outcome: You will be tasked with tackling a focused problem or work stream at any given time — scoped with the Chief of Staff, owned by you end to end. The research, structuring, and execution that turns an ambiguous question into a clear recommendation or a running program.
Write the playbook: Your wins don't stay with you. What works becomes repeatable and the motion the rest of the team runs as well as the foundation the function is built on. When we find winning plays, scale them, hand them off to the team and start working on the next experiment.
You're fast because you're structured, not because you're cutting corners. You can sit with ambiguity long enough to form a real point of view, then act on it decisively and with speed.
Strong technical and analytical skills and fluency with data, with the ability to work with metrics and data to inform strategy, pressure-test assumptions, and translate findings into clear, actionable plans
You're AI-pilled. You have an opinion on where each function should be leveraging AI and are eager to bring others along with you.
A bias to action and comfort with ambiguity. You don't wait for a brief; you proactively look for opportunities and build towards them.
Why take it
AI is changing how buyers find software faster than most demand teams are adapting. The FP&A category is growing and Abacum is at the forefront.
Most roles put you in a lane. This one doesn't. You'll have visibility into how a Series B company makes decisions, direct access to the Chief of Staff and senior leadership, and a portfolio of projects that actually ships. If you want to figure out what kind of operator you are, this is the place to do it.
Benefits
Competitive compensation including equity package
Competitive vacation policy
Medical Insurance
L&D budget
Access to Meditopia (wellbeing platform)
Language courses (English / Spanish)
Our Values
Customer Obsession: We share the understanding that Abacum's sole purpose is to create value for customers and relentlessly deploy all creativity and energy to that end.
Audacious Ambition: We dream big and embrace discomfort. We assume risks, make on-time mistakes and learn how to methodically accomplish our goals.
Good People: We are self-reflective and praise diversity of thought. We don't justify the end with the means and know where to draw the line. We have fun every day.
Tough Love: We truly care for everyone in the team and embrace honest feedback and radical candor as ways to genuinely help each other.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Skills Required
- Strong technical and analytical skills
- Fluency with data and metrics to inform strategy and pressure-test assumptions
- Ability to translate findings into clear, actionable plans
- Experience or demonstrated ability to leverage AI in business functions
- High agency and an extreme sense of ownership
- Structured thinking and comfort working with ambiguity
- Bias to action and proactive opportunity identification
- Ability to build, test, and think from first principles
Abacum Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Abacum and has not been reviewed or approved by Abacum.
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Healthcare Strength — Private medical, dental, and vision insurance plus mental-health support are explicitly listed on the careers page, with employer-verified health and dental coverage shown on Glassdoor. This establishes a robust core health offering for a growth-stage startup.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — “Generous PTO,” sick leave, and paid holidays are highlighted in company materials and reflected in employer-verified benefit categories. This points to strong time-off fundamentals alongside flexibility.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Compensation materials emphasize “meaningful equity,” and stock options are listed as employer-verified. Public role pages also reference standard equity structures, underscoring broad access to ownership.
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What We Do
Abacum is the AI-native FP&A platform that automates, analyzes, and forecasts for strategic impact. End the spreadsheet struggle. Drive business results through the most scalable Financial Planning Solution We empower finance teams to: 👉Drive efficient growth with faster revenue forecasts, scenarios and headcount planning. 👉Free up time by automating Board decks and monthly performance and reforecasting reports. 👉Increase your time for analysis with all your operational and financial KPIs in one place, in real-time. 👉Drive budget owner accountability with structured workflows. Experience the power of automated FP&A with Abacum.
