Finance Manager

Handshake Technologies, Inc.

Job Overview

Location

San Francisco, CA

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• As Finance Manager at Handshake Technologies, Inc., you will serve as a strategic finance partner to R&D and COGS leaders, ensuring financial models, forecasts, and reporting infrastructure scale with the company’s rapid growth across Careers and Handshake AI. This high-visibility role directly influences capital allocation, margin management, and long-term growth planning by partnering with executives to shape investment decisions and improve forecast accuracy.
• Day to day, you will own finance business partnering for R&D and COGS to deliver accurate forecasts and actionable insights, lead COGS forecasting and classification (above-the-line vs. below-the-line, production vs. non-production), design a traceable cost allocation methodology between Careers and Handshake AI for transparent margin reporting, and partner with BizOps and Accounting to improve internal processes and ensure sound investment decisions.
• Handshake Technologies, Inc. is a mission-driven company founded on the belief that everyone deserves a path to a great career regardless of background. It powers 25 million job seekers, 1 million+ employers, and 1,600 educational institutions. In 2025, it launched Handshake AI, the fastest-growing AI data business in history, growing from $0 to ~$1B run rate and paying ~$60M monthly to over 30K individuals. The company partners with frontier AI labs, Fortune 500 firms, and top educational institutions, and brings together talent from Palantir, Meta, Scale AI, and former YC founders.
• In this role, you will deepen your expertise in SaaS finance, COGS modeling, and AI-driven cost structures while building scalable financial infrastructure in a high-growth environment. You will gain direct experience influencing executive decision-making, improving forecast accuracy, and shaping financial rigor across a company at the forefront of the AI economy—developing leadership in strategic finance and cross-functional partnership.

🎯 Requirements

• 4+ years of FP&A, strategic finance, corporate finance, or related experience in a SaaS environment
• Strong Excel modeling skills, including financial statement and variance analysis
• Advanced 3-statement and subscription modeling expertise in Excel
• Deep understanding of SaaS KPIs, gross margin dynamics, and GAAP accounting principles
• Direct experience owning or forecasting COGS and R&D spend
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure costs (e.g. GCP/AWS) and AI-driven cost structures
• Track record of improving forecast accuracy and building scalable financial processes
• Comfortable partnering directly with business leaders and translating complex data into clear recommendations
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex models into clear business insights

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity in a fast-growing company
• 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coaching
• Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, parental coaching
• Medical, dental, and vision, mental health support, $500 wellness stipend
• $2,000 learning stipend, ongoing development
• Internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office
• Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days
• Team outings & referral bonuses

Skills & Technologies

AWS

GCP

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About Handshake Technologies, Inc.

Handshake Technologies provides a cloud-based career-services platform that connects university students, recent graduates, and employers. The software enables institutions to manage job postings, career fairs, on-campus interviews, and employer relations while giving students tools to discover internships and entry-level roles and giving employers access to early-career talent across a network of partner colleges and universities.

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