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Strategic Finance Associate

Freeform· Finance & Accounting
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Hawthorne, CA$110k - $135kfull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Strategic Finance Associate at Freeform, an early-career role focused on building and maintaining financial models, supporting M&A and partnership activity, and driving financial planning and analysis for a fast-moving AI-native manufacturing company.

Responsibilities

  • Own and maintain the company’s fully integrated financial model, including three-statement modeling, bottoms-up budget build, and rolling forecasts across all business units
  • Lead monthly and quarterly variance analysis (actuals vs. budget vs. prior year), translating financial results into executive-ready commentary for leadership and the Board
  • Build and maintain customer and product-level pricing models, including unit economics, contribution margin by segment, and scenario/sensitivity analysis to support commercial decisions
  • Lead financial modeling for M&A opportunities, including target evaluation, DCF/LBO valuation, synergy modeling, accretion/dilution analysis, and post-close integration tracking
  • Own the long-range financial plan (3–5 year), converting strategic initiatives into detailed financial projections with well-documented assumptions and risk sensitivities
  • Support structuring and evaluation of joint ventures and strategic partnerships, including economic modeling, waterfall/return attribution, and term sheet analysis
  • Drive capital allocation frameworks across the business, helping leadership evaluate trade-offs between organic investment, M&A, and balance sheet decisions
  • Prepare board materials, investor reporting, and ad hoc analyses for senior leadership and external stakeholders including venture and growth equity investors
  • Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Sales, and Engineering to embed financial rigor into business decisions and provide real-time analytical support on strategic initiatives

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, accounting, or related field
  • 2+ years of experience in investment banking, private equity, or a strategic finance role at a high-growth company
  • Experience with variance analysis, budgeting, and financial reporting in an operating company context

Skills

Required:Financial modelingVariance analysisStrategic partnering and M&A modelingCommunication and board readiness

Benefits

  • Significant stock option packages
  • 100% employer-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance (premium PPO and HMO options)
  • Life insurance
  • Traditional and Roth 401(k)
  • Paid vacation, sick leave, and company holidays
  • Generous Paid Parental Leave and extended transition back to work for the birthing parent
  • Free daily catered lunch and dinner, and fully stocked kitchenette
  • Casual dress, flexible work hours, and regular catered team building events
Last updated Jul 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Engineered for simplicity, speed and scale.

Creative manufacturing company specializing in AI-native manufacturing systems with origins linked to SpaceX engineers.

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