Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A
Luma AI
Accounting & Finance, IT
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Posted on Mar 13, 2026
Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A
Palo Alto, CA
Finance
Hybrid
Full-time
About Luma AI
Luma's mission is to build multimodal AI to expand human imagination and capabilities. We believe that multimodality is critical for intelligence. To go beyond language models and build more aware, capable and useful systems, the next step function change will come from vision. So we are working on training and scaling up multimodal foundation models for systems that can see and understand, show and explain, and eventually interact with our world to effect change.
Where You Come In:
This is a rare opportunity to join a foundational team at the intersection of finance and frontier AI. You will work closely with business leaders to forecast the top-line metrics that drive our mission, influencing resource allocation to ensure we are building the next step-function change in intelligence. By combining world-class financial modeling with a deep understanding of our multimodal systems, you will become a trusted partner in supporting the strategic investment decisions that allow Luma to expand human imagination.
What You'll Do:
- Build and own the core FP&A engine, leading monthly forecasting, and annual budgeting with a focus on precision and strategic alignment
- Translate complex financial data into actionable insights for stakeholders, providing the clarity needed to make high-stakes decisions at speed
- Partner cross-functionally to gather financial intelligence, align on strategic initiatives, and ensure consistent reporting across the organization
- Navigate and synthesize data from diverse systems to identify the trends and drivers that will shape our long-term business strategy
- Drive financial integration for acquisitions, providing holistic FP&A support to ensure seamless alignment and reporting from day one
- Improve our processes, designing innovative analyses and leveraging automation to scale our financial capabilities
- Execute high-impact ad hoc analysis to solve immediate business challenges in a fast-evolving AI landscape
- Champion digitalization, moving away from manual workflows toward automated, scalable systems that strengthen our analytical rigor
- Work cross-functionally with HR to consolidate monthly headcount data
Who You Are:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or Economics
- 6+ years of progressive and relevant experience within a dynamic finance environment, with a strong focus on FP&A or financial reporting
- Prepare monthly analysis on key financial statement accounts (income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow)
- Expert in financial modeling and analysis
- Demonstrated profound financial acumen with a strong emphasis on business analysis and strategic financial insights
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to present complex financial data clearly and effectively to various audiences, including senior executives
- Quick to adapt and succeed in fast-moving settings with changing priorities and tight deadlines
What Sets You Apart (Bonus Points):
- Master's degree or relevant professional certifications (e.g., CFA, CPA)
- Understanding of software business characteristics and financial models
- Familiarity with infrastructure cost analysis and the ability to evaluate the unit-economics of new products and features and their impact to the overall company financials in order to inform operational strategy
- An understanding of GTM engine and the KPIs used to measure success a plus
Compensation
The base pay range for this role is $145,000 – $190,000 per year.
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