AlphaSense

Manager, FP&A

AlphaSense$112K — $154K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or relevant field; MBA or certifications (CFA/CPA) preferred.
  • 4+ years in FP&A roles, with an emphasis on consumption-based businesses.
  • Expertise in variable cost structures, particularly in AI/ML or similar fields.
  • Strong knowledge of COGS, gross margin, and unit economics.
  • Excellent communicator, able to simplify complex financial concepts for diverse audiences.
  • Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with various business units.
  • Proficient in financial modeling and use of tools like Adaptive Insights and Tableau.

Responsibilities

  • Lead forecasting, budgeting, and reporting for AI/LLM infrastructure costs.
  • Build models for content royalties and expert library economics.
  • Model consumption costs, collaborating with Procurement and Legal on contracts.
  • Analyze unit economics relative to consumption drivers and ROI for new features.
  • Guide budget holders in understanding spending and resource allocation.
  • Prepare strategic financial materials for internal and Board reporting.
  • Enhance FP&A processes in preparation for IPO.

Benefits

  • Performance-based bonus opportunities.
  • Equity options available.
  • Comprehensive benefits program.
Full Job Description
About the Team:

The FP&A team partners with executive team members across the company to provide timely, fact-based, data-driven decision support to help drive critical business decisions. The team drives annual planning, owns the operating plan and long-term financial model, and is responsible for both internal and external / Board reporting.

About the Role:

In this highly visible role, you will own the financial modeling and forecasting for AlphaSense's largest and fastest-growing cost centers: the expert transcript library, AI/LLM and royalty infrastructure. As AlphaSense scales its generative AI capabilities and content universe, these are consumption-driven costs that sit at the heart of gross margin and unit economics. You will partner closely with Content, Product, Engineering, and Procurement leaders to influence resource allocation and support strategic investment decisions. The ideal candidate combines expert financial modeling with a strong grasp of variable, usage-based cost structures - and comes from a consumption-based business where they have owned that kind of modeling firsthand.
Who You Are:
  • BS degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics or relevant degree. MBA or relevant certification (e.g. CFA/CPA) is a plus.
  • 4+ years of relevant experience in FP&A
  • Strong preference for candidates from a consumption-based / usage-based business (e.g. cloud or AI/ML infrastructure, data or content licensing, or usage-billed SaaS) who understand variable cost drivers and how spend scales with consumption
  • Solid command of COGS, gross margin, and unit economics
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Capable of communicating complex financial information in an easy-to-understand format
  • Strong business partnership experience, with the desire to work cross functionally to drive alignment across the business
  • Expert financial modeling skills
  • Entrepreneurial self-starter, comfortable with a high level of ownership
  • Experience with Adaptive Insights, Salesforce, NetSuite, and visualization tools (Tableau) a plus

What You'll Do:
  • Lead all forecasting, budgeting, and reporting for content royalties, the expert transcript library, and AI/LLM infrastructure costs
  • Build and maintain models for content royalty payments, revenue-share and content-provider commitments, and expert transcript library economics
  • Model AI/LLM consumption and inference costs; partner with Procurement and Legal on model-provider contracts, including usage tiers, minimum commitments, and true-up mechanics
  • Develop unit economics and gross margin analysis tied to consumption drivers, and reporting on efficiency, capitalization (ASC 350-40), and ROI on new AI features
  • Partner cross-functionally to help budget holders understand spend relative to targets and answer key questions on resource allocation and trade-offs
  • Assist in the preparation of quarterly financial materials, including internal, Board, and investor reporting packages, with a focus on strategic insights and story-telling
  • Contribute to overall improvements across FP&A processes as we drive towards IPO readiness


For base compensation, we set standard ranges for all roles based on function and level benchmarked against similar stage growth companies and internal comparables. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience/expertise and may vary from the amounts listed below.

You may also be offered a performance-based bonus, equity, and a generous benefits program.

Base Compensation Range

$112,000-$154,000 USD

About AlphaSense

AlphaSense is a software company that provides an AI-powered search engine for business professionals. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in New York City. AlphaSense's search engine allows users to search across a wide range of sources, including company filings, news articles, and research reports. The company's platform is used by a variety of industries, including finance, consulting, and legal. AlphaSense has received numerous awards for its innovative technology and has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in the United States.
Learn more about AlphaSense
Size
200 employees
Industry
Founded
2011

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