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Strategic Finance Lead, R&D and AI Infrastructure

TRM LabsUnited StatesG&A
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Salary
Not listed
Job type
Full-time
Work mode
Remote
Experience
Senior · 7+ yrs
Posted
2 Oct 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

This role suits an experienced strategic finance professional with a background in analyzing cloud and AI costs who wants to partner directly with R&D leadership. The position is based in the United States at TRM Labs.

Role Overview

TRM Labs seeks a Strategic Finance Lead, R&D and AI Infrastructure to design the financial architecture for research and development from the ground up. Reporting to the Head of Strategic Finance and FP&A, this position acts as the dedicated finance partner to the CTO and R&D leadership. The role involves turning complex usage, billing, and headcount data into actionable recommendations that shape major investments in AI, cloud, and compute infrastructure before decisions are finalized.

Key Responsibilities

Build an AI-assisted, driver-based economic model connecting usage and billing data across hundreds of SKUs to forecasts and decisions regarding AI, cloud, and compute investments.
Lower R&D costs as a percentage of revenue without slowing product velocity by using AI to identify infrastructure spend optimization opportunities and partnering with Engineering.
Define the AI spend strategy with the Head of AI by tracking spend against return on investment by tool and workload to recommend where to commit, consolidate, or build.
Own planning, forecasting, and the headcount capacity model with automated workflows to give R&D leaders early visibility into risks.
Lead investment cases from business case to decision and measurement using AI-assisted scenario analysis.
Translate R&D performance into an executive and board narrative detailing changes, causes, and recommended decisions.
Rebuild R&D finance around AI, automation, and Pigment to prioritize strategic decision-making over assembling reports.

Requirements

Seven or more years of experience across strategic finance, FP&A, business operations, or a related role.
A proven record of owning consequential work end to end, from framing ambiguous questions to driving recommendations to action.
Strong data-informed modeling skills, including driver-based forecasts, investment cases, and capacity models built from complex data and accelerated with AI.
Hands-on experience analyzing cloud, compute, AI, or other usage-based technology costs, alongside experience partnering with Engineering, Product, Data, AI, or Infrastructure leaders.
Judgment and communication skills to act as a trusted partner to senior technical leaders, challenge assumptions constructively, and explain financial implications clearly.
Applied AI fluency demonstrated through using AI to improve the speed or quality of modeling, research, or recurring workflows.
Curiosity to learn technical systems quickly and translate how AI products and modern infrastructure scale into financial insight.

Skills and Tools

AI and automation tools
Pigment
GCP and AWS infrastructure cost analysis
Driver-based forecasting and capacity modeling
Slack and Notion

About the Company

TRM Labs provides AI-powered intelligence solutions that help public and private sector agencies investigate and disrupt crime, trace illicit activity, build cases, and construct operating pictures of threat networks. Leading agencies and businesses worldwide rely on TRM to make the world safer and more secure. The company operates on a distributed model, emphasizing written communication for clarity, live collaboration for decisions, and a high-velocity environment.

How to Apply

Applicants should review the job description carefully on the official company careers page and apply directly through TRM Labs to ensure proper consideration by the talent team.

Skills and tech stack

AIGCPAWSPigmentSlackNotion

Questions candidates ask

Who does this position report to?

The Strategic Finance Lead reports to Pharoah Green, Head of Strategic Finance and FP&A, within the FP&A and Strategic Finance Business Partnership function.

What level of experience is required for this role?

Candidates must have 7+ years of experience across strategic finance, FP&A, business operations, or a related role.

Where is the position located?

The job is located in the United States.

What tools and software are used in this role?

The role utilizes AI tools, automation, Pigment for annual planning, GCP and AWS for cloud cost forecasting, as well as Slack and Notion for asynchronous updates.

What does the interview process typically include?

The interview process generally includes a recruiter intro, a hiring manager discussion, first-round interviews focusing on critical skills, a final-round panel session, and reference checks.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official TRM Labs careers page.

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