Strategic Finance, GTM
Baseten · Hybrid
MeritLog read this listing from Baseten's Ashby job board and last checked it on September 12, 2026.
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Job details
- Work model
- Hybrid
- Salary
- $165K - $190K
- Location
- San Francisco
- Company website
- www.baseten.co
Hiring context
How this role compares at Baseten
Baseten has 94 live roles in MeritLog’s catalog across 9 job families, and 4 of them are in finance. 94 of those listings publish a pay range, a disclosure rate of 100%.
This role's posted range of $165K - $190K sits above 15% of the 92 other Baseten roles quoted over the same currency and period.
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What the role asks for
What you'd do
- Own financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting processes for the GTM org
- Build and maintain financial models across revenue, S&M spend, headcount, and strategic bets
- Analyze the metrics that define a usage-based business – ARR, gross margin, consumption trends, retention, and GTM efficiency
- Partner with GTM leaders to set targets, evaluate growth initiatives, shape pricing, and design sales compensation
- Help prepare board materials, investor updates, and fundraising analyses
- Improve financial reporting, dashboards, and operational rigor so our infrastructure scales as fast as our revenue
- Work cross-functionally to turn ambiguous business questions into actionable insights
What they're asking for
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, or Economics requiredEducation
- 3+ years of experience in strategic finance at a high-growth company, PE/VC investing, and/or investment bankingExperience
- Excellent financial modeling and analytical skillsSkill
- Ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations for executivesSkill
- Comfortable operating as a generalist in a fast-moving environmentSkill
- Strong attention to detail with a bias toward ownership and executionSkill
- Excellent communication and presentation skillsSkill
- High intellectual curiosity and interest in AI / infrastructure / developer toolingSkill
- Advanced Excel / Google Sheets skills; familiarity with SQL or BI tools is a plusSkillPreferred
- Experience in sales finance and/or sales compensationSkillPreferred
- Experience in AI/ML, cloud infrastructure, or SaaSSkillPreferred
- Familiarity with usage-based business modelsSkillPreferred
Parsed by MeritLog from the employer’s own posting. The full description follows below.
Job description
ABOUT BASETEN Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma, and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F https://www.baseten.co/blog/announcing-our-series-f/, led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to ship AI products. THE ROLE We’re looking for a high-performing strategic finance professional to join our growing GTM Finance team. Our business grows with our customers' usage, which makes the finance function highly strategic at Baseten: growth, pricing, margin, and capacity decisions are business model decisions. You'll sit at the center of them, partnering directly with GTM leadership and reporting into a finance team with a seat at the table for the calls that shape the company's trajectory. This role is ideal for someone with 3 to 7 years of experience across strategic finance, investing, and/or investment banking who wants broad exposure to company-building inside a fast-scaling AI infrastructure company. Experience at a usage-based software company is a plus. RESPONSIBILITIES - Own financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting processes for the GTM org - Build and maintain financial models across revenue, S&M spend, headcount, and strategic bets - Analyze the metrics that define a usage-based business – ARR, gross margin, consumption trends, retention, and GTM efficiency - Partner with GTM leaders to set targets, evaluate growth initiatives, shape pricing, and design sales compensation - Help prepare board materials, investor updates, and fundraising analyses - Improve financial reporting, dashboards, and operational rigor so our infrastructure scales as fast as our revenue - Work cross-functionally to turn ambiguous business questions into actionable insights REQUIREMENTS - Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, or Economics required - 3+ years of experience in strategic finance at a high-growth company, PE/VC investing, and/or investment banking - Excellent financial modeling and analytical skills - Ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations for executives - Comfortable operating as a generalist in a fast-moving environment - Strong attention to detail with a bias toward ownership and execution - Excellent communication and presentation skills - High intellectual curiosity and interest in AI / infrastructure / developer tooling - Advanced Excel / Google Sheets skills; familiarity with SQL or BI tools is a plus NICE TO HAVE - Experience in sales finance and/or sales compensation - Experience in AI/ML, cloud infrastructure, or SaaS - Familiarity with usage-based business models BENEFITS - Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity - 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents - Flexible PTO policy including company wide Winter Break (our offices are closed from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day!) - Paid parental leave - Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot - Company-facilitated 401(k) - Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities. Apply now to embark on a rewarding journey in shaping the future of AI! If you are a motivated individual with a passion for machine learning and a desire to be part of a collaborative and forward-thinking team, we would love to hear from you. At Baseten, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, where applicable).
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