Strategic Finance Senior Manager

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastlys edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly securely and reliably by processing serving and securing our customers applications as close to their end-users as possible at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet to be programmable and to support agile software development. Fastlys customers include many of the worlds most prominent companies including GitHub Yelp Paramount and JetBlue.

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Posting Open Date: 9/29/26

Anticipated Posting Close Date*: 12/29/26

*Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

Strategic Finance Senior Manager

The Strategic Finance team at Fastly is looking for a highly analytical intellectually curious and strategically minded Senior Manager to help shape the companys long-term direction. This role is focused on bringing together all elements of Fastlys P&L connecting the dots across revenue expenses investments and other financial elements. The role will provide a holistic view and help shape how we tell our financial story to executive leadership Board and public markets. .

You will partner closely with leadership to evaluate key business questions develop insights from complex data and influence decision-making through rigorous analysis and thoughtful storytelling. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguity turns financial insights into business decisions has the ability to create structure from complex problems and takes ownership of high-impact projects from concept to execution.

What Youll Do:

• Prepare Board Audit executive leadership and forecast decks that translate financial performance into clear actionable narratives
• Own corporate consolidation and P&L roll-up including administration of Fastlys forecasting system
• Co-lead the month end review of financials quarterly forecasting process and annual planning cycle
• Partner closely with Accounting to support monthly/quarterly close and to understand any changes that impact forecasting including translating new assumptions policy updates and accounting treatment
• Establish robust and repeatable corporate finance processes including timelines logistics deliverables etc. and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure alignment
• Actively seek opportunities to improve tools and processes to modernize workflows increase efficiency and unlock deeper business insights
• Own the cash forecasting process partnering closely with Billing Systems Accounting Treasury and SEC reporting
• Lead and coordinate ad hoc projects and analytical requests from executive leadership to translate complex financial and business data into clear actions risks and opportunities across a range of topics such as capital allocation guidance strategy etc.

What Were Looking For:

• 810 years of experience in Strategic Finance FP&A Corporate Development Investment Banking Private Equity or related analytic roles ideally within high-growth technology or SaaS environments
• Exceptional problem-solving skills with the ability to structure ambiguous problems develop hypotheses and drive toward actionable insights
• Advanced financial modeling skills with experience building flexible scalable models that support decision-making
• Relentlessly curious you question everything and hold yourself and those around you accountable to understanding the why behind the data and trendlines
• Self-driven and detail-oriented with an extreme ownership mentality
• Ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and concisely and to influence stakeholders across all levels of the organization
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous fast-changing environments with the ability to bring structure and drive results without clear precedent

Well be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:

• Public company reporting close-process and audit-support experience
• Prior experience in a SaaS infrastructure or high-growth tech environment
• Familiarity with AI/automation tools applied to finance workflows
• Experience with Adaptive Planning and BI/data tools (e.g. Tableau Looker)

Work Hours: This position will require you to be available during core business hours.

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements: This position is based out of Fastlys San Francisco office. Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home. This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.

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Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Salary: The estimated salary range for this position is $181220.00 - $217464.00

Starting salary may vary based on permissible non-discriminatory factors such as experience skills qualifications and location.

This role may be eligible to participate in Fastlys equity and discretionary bonus programs.

Benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical dental and vision insurance. Family planning mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program Insurance (Life Disability and Accident) a Flexible Vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2026 we offer 12 paid local holidays 12 paid company wellness days.

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Why Fastly

• We have a huge impact.Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only doour customershave a tremendous user base but we also support a growing number ofopen source projects and of code employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.

• We value diversity.Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.

• We are passionate.Fastly is chock full of passionate people and were not one size fits all. Fastly employs authors pilots skiers parents (of humans and animals) makeup geeks coffee connoisseurs and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.

Were always looking for humble sharp and creative folks to join the Fastly team. If you think you might be a fit please apply! A fully completed application and resume or CV are required when applying.

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