About Clay

Our mission is to help organizations turn any growth idea into reality.

We see growth as a creative practice not a formula. Finding and reaching your best-fit customers takes unique ideas and constant iteration. As AI makes execution faster and tactics easier to copy creativity is the only lasting advantage. Were already helping thousands of customers including Anthropic Notion Google and Ramp go to market with unique data signals and AI research.

In 2025 we raised a $100M Series C backed by world-class investors including Sequoia CapitalG and First Round and crossed $100M in revenue.

In 2026 we announced our second employee tender offer in 9 months at a new $5B valuation. We also launched a community equity round for our customers agency partners and club members.

Some things to know about us:

• Our community includes 11000 customers 150 integration partners 125 agencies 50 Clay clubs and 30k members on Slack.

• Our culture is unique inside and outside of work. Our team members are also DJs activists writers clowns marathoners skydivers psychedelic therapists social workers and more.

• All employees can work for free with world-class coaches who specialize in creativity management and more.

• Our operating principles including negative maintenance and non-attached action guide our work. Read more about them here.

• Read about us in the NYT Forbes First Round Review and more.

Hear from our employees directly on our Glassdoor page!

FP&A @ Clay

Were building a company that grows fast moves fast and makes decisions quickly and Finance is a core part of that. The best FP&A functions at companies are inherently strategic and lean on the analysis - they not only create a clear source of truth and planning cadence but surface risk and opportunity early and own what happens next with cross-functional partners.

Were looking for an FP&A owner to build the financial systems forecasting processes and operating rhythms that help the business scale. Youll partner closely with leaders across the company own the financial model and turn messy ambiguous questions into clear decisions.

This is a highly cross-functional role for someone who loves combining analytical rigor with strong business judgment and creative thinking. We dont envision this role as simply a gatekeeper of the budget (in fact we dont have budgets). As our first FP&A hire youll help make decisions that shape the next phase of the businesss investments and growth.

What Youll Do

• Own the companys financial model and forecasting process across revenue expenses headcount and cash flow

• Lead monthly quarterly and annual planning cycles including budgeting reforecasting and long-range planning

• Partner with leaders across the company to help them make better faster decisions through data and financial insight

• Build clear reporting for leadership and analyze business performance against plan identifying the biggest risks and opportunities

• Create scenario analyses and business cases for new investments hiring plans and strategic initiatives

• Improve and automate FP&A processes systems and reporting as the company scales

What Youll Bring

• 510 years of experience in FP&A strategic finance investment banking private equity or a similarly analytical role

• Strong financial modeling skills and experience owning budgeting forecasting and headcount planning

• Ability to turn complex data into clear recommendations and communicate effectively with stakeholders across the company

• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building processes from scratch in a fast-growing environment

• Strong AI and automation skills to improve Clays learning and growth cadence

• Low ego high ownership and excited to work cross-functionally