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Gusto
1,001 – 5,000 Employees
ConsultingHealthcareInsurance
Gusto is a business software platform that brings payroll, employee benefits, and core human resources operations together in one place. Its tools help small and midsize businesses automate payroll calculations, tax filings, direct deposits, deductions, and compliance workflows while connecting with other business systems. The platform also supports employee benefits, time and attendance, hiring and onboarding, talent management, and performance reviews. Gusto serves companies managing distributed or global teams, with dedicated solutions for accountants and APIs that let developers embed payroll capabilities into their own products.
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Senior FP&A AI Architect at Gusto

Shape AI-powered planning, forecasting, and reporting for Gusto’s CFO organization. Build governed finance data systems and automated workflows that improve decision-making.

USUnited StatesCACalifornia
$225,000 – $250,000 / year
HybridFull-timeSeniorLeadEnglish RequiredAI EngineerMachine Learning Engineer
ERPFluxPythonSQL

Description

  • Set the multi-year architecture and roadmap for AI-enabled financial planning, forecasts, and reporting.
  • Rank potential applications by expected value, practicality, and risk.
  • Design driver-based forecasts using machine learning for revenue, staffing, operating expenses, and cash.
  • Integrate statistical forecasting with large language model workflows, and compare results with human forecasts.
  • Develop AI agent workflows for variance explanations, flux analysis, scenario planning, board and quarterly business review narratives, and ad hoc finance questions.
  • Partner with Data Engineering to create governed models linking general ledger, billing, CRM, HRIS, and planning systems.
  • Set evaluation methods, human review checkpoints, data lineage, and audit trails that satisfy SOX, security, and privacy needs.
  • Guide build-or-buy choices for planning platforms, language model providers, and orchestration tools.
  • Coach analysts and engineers, develop reusable templates and patterns, and encourage AI adoption across Finance.
  • Track reductions in cycle time, forecast accuracy, analyst capacity gained, and decision latency.
  • Work with the CFO organization and teams across FP&A, Accounting, Data, and Engineering.
  • Lead the technical and process design to make FP&A more automated and insight-driven.

Requirements

  • At least 10 years in FP&A, corporate finance, finance systems, data science, or finance engineering, including 3 or more years designing or leading AI, machine learning, or advanced finance automation.
  • Strong FP&A knowledge, including driver-based models, operating plans, rolling forecasts, SaaS or fintech metrics, and variance analysis.
  • Practical experience with large language models and agent systems, including prompting, retrieval-augmented generation, tool use, and evaluation, as well as traditional forecasting methods such as time series, regression, and ensembles.
  • Proficiency in SQL and Python, a modern data stack such as Snowflake, Databricks, or dbt, and business intelligence tools.
  • Experience with enterprise planning platforms and ERP or general ledger systems.
  • Demonstrated success delivering production-ready solutions subject to SOX, data governance, and security reviews.
  • Strong communication skills, including explaining model behavior to a CFO and system design to an engineer.
  • CPA, CFA, or an advanced quantitative degree is a plus, but not required.
  • Expert-level AI fluency, including advanced work with Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, agent frameworks, MCP, Python, and SQL.
  • Proficiency with Snowflake, Databricks, dbt, planning platforms such as Anaplan, Adaptive, and Pigment, ERP or general ledger systems such as NetSuite, and BI tools.

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary.
  • Benefits package.
  • Equity in the form of RSUs.
  • Health insurance.
  • 401(k) plan.
  • Hybrid work arrangement.
  • Support for a secure, reliable, consistent internet connection when approved to work outside a Gusto office.
  • Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans.

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