[Remote] Strategic Finance Lead, AI Infrastructure & R&D

September 7, 2026

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Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. TRM Labs provides AI-powered intelligence solutions that help public and private sector agencies investigate and disrupt crime. The company is hiring a senior Strategic Finance Lead to own finance for AI infrastructure and R&D, partnering with executive technical leaders on investment allocation, planning, forecasting, infrastructure economics, and strategic decision-making.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary finance partner to the CTO and R&D leadership, shaping how TRM invests across AI, cloud and compute infrastructure, engineering capacity, and product development
Own the economic framework for AI, cloud, and compute—connecting usage, billing, and operating data to forecasts and investment decisions
Lead the financial evaluation of major R&D investments from the initial business case through decision, execution, and measurement
Own R&D planning, forecasting, and performance management across engineering headcount, AI and cloud infrastructure, compute, software, and external partners—surfacing changes early enough for leaders to act
Partner with the Head of AI, Engineering, Infrastructure, Procurement, and Accounting to improve infrastructure economics, evaluate major commitments, and translate analysis into action
Turn complex R&D performance into a clear executive and board narrative: what changed, why it changed, and which decisions should follow
Redesign R&D finance around AI, automation, and scalable systems so that more time goes toward shaping decisions and less toward assembling reporting

Skills

7+ years of experience across strategic finance, FP&A, investment banking, investing, consulting, business operations, or a related analytical role. We care more about the complexity of the work you have owned, the quality of your judgment, and the influence you have had than an exact number of years
A record of independently owning consequential work from end to end: framing an ambiguous question, structuring the analysis, developing a point of view, and driving a recommendation toward action
Exceptional financial and analytical skills, including the ability to create driver-based forecasts, investment cases, and scalable decision frameworks from incomplete or complex data
The communication skills and judgment to become a trusted partner to senior technical leaders, challenge assumptions constructively, and explain financial implications in plain language
The ability and curiosity to learn technical systems quickly, understand how AI products and modern infrastructure are built and scaled, and translate those operating realities into financial insight
Applied AI fluency: you can demonstrate how you have used AI to improve the speed or quality of analysis, modeling, research, or recurring workflows—and how you evaluate the reliability of its output
Relevant domain experience in one or more of the following areas: supporting Engineering, Product, Data Science, AI, or Infrastructure organizations; analyzing cloud, compute, AI infrastructure, or other usage-based technology costs; or evaluating vendor commitments, technical investments, product economics, and build-versus-buy decisions

Benefits

TRM operates as a distributed-first company.
You will have substantial ownership from the beginning, direct exposure to senior leaders, and the latitude to shape the decision frameworks and operating mechanisms for the function.
As the mandate grows, there may also be an opportunity to shape and build the team supporting it.
Increased scope does not depend on people management, but people leadership is a credible path for someone interested in it.

Company Overview

TRM Labs is a software company that offers blockchain, transaction monitoring, and analytics to help financial institutions and governments. It was founded in 2018, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is https://trmlabs.com.

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