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FP&A AI Architect
Gusto · San Francisco, CA - Hybrid
Employment
Full-time
Workplace
Hybrid
About the role
As the Staff FP&A AI Architect at Gusto, you will lead the technical and process architecture to transform manual financial planning and analysis into an automated, AI-driven function. You will design forecasting systems, build agentic workflows, and establish data foundations that bridge finance with advanced data and engineering. This role is part of the Enterprise AIT team, operating out of the San Francisco office on a hybrid schedule.
Key requirements
- 10+ years in FP&A, corporate finance, finance systems, data science, or finance engineering
- 3+ years designing or leading AI/ML or advanced automation for finance
- Strong FP&A fundamentals including driver-based modeling, operating plans, rolling forecasts, SaaS or fintech metrics, and variance analysis
- Hands-on experience with LLMs and agentic systems such as prompting, RAG, tool use, and evals, alongside classical forecasting like time series and regression
- Proficiency in SQL, Python, modern data stacks like Snowflake, Databricks, and dbt, and BI tools
- Experience with enterprise planning platforms and ERP/GL systems
- Track record of shipping production-grade solutions under SOX, data governance, and security requirements
- Exceptional communication skills to explain model behavior to a CFO and system design to an engineer
Who should apply
A finance-fluent builder and systems thinker with deep expertise in both financial planning and artificial intelligence who wants to scale automation for a growing enterprise.
Key skills
FP&AArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningPythonSQLLLMsFinancial ModelingData Stack
Application guidance
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