Director, Strategic Finance & Investor Relations

Cloudflare, Inc

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
New York, NYSan Francisco, CA
Salary
$200,000–$275,000 / yr
Posted
73 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Similar $246k
This role $238k
$182k most similar roles pay here $313k

This role pays less than 56% of similar roles. Most pay $204,293–$288,650 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $238k versus about $246k for comparable roles.

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About Cloudflare, Inc

Cloudflare is a prominent cloud services and security company that provides content delivery network (CDN), DDoS mitigation, and Zero Trust security services to millions of internet properties.

Cloudflare, Inc currently has 190 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $215,000–$278,000 across 59 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Director, Strategic Finance & Investor Relations

The Director, Strategic Finance & Investor Relations joins the Finance team as a key leader and trusted partner to the CEO, CFO, and senior leadership. This role serves as the engine room for communicating the company's financial story to public markets by translating complex technology platforms into compelling investment narratives. Responsibilities include owning the end-to-end quarterly earnings cycle, managing consensus discipline, developing guidance, and leading analyst communications across conferences and Investor Days. The successful candidate will manage investor relationships, perform peer benchmarking, and develop internal analytical infrastructure. Required skills include deep financial acumen in capital markets and SaaS models, advanced financial modeling, and high-level communication to draft executive scripts. The role requires an AI-native approach to leverage modern tools for productivity while ensuring accuracy across all public disclosures regarding the company's connectivity cloud strategy and developer platforms.

What you'll do

  • Manage the end-to-end quarterly earnings cycle including press releases, scripts, investor decks, and Q&A preparation.
  • Develop financial guidance and executive materials to communicate performance and trade-offs to the public markets.
  • Serve as a primary point of contact for sell-side analysts and institutional investors to build trust-based relationships.
  • Create and maintain core investor relations collateral including fact sheets, website content, and board update materials.
  • Plan and execute major investor events such as annual Investor Days and sell-side conferences.
  • Perform strategic finance projects including peer benchmarking, long-range modeling, and competitive analysis.
  • Build internal analytical infrastructure like dashboards and tracking systems to support the IR function's scale.
  • Integrate AI-native tools and automation to improve accuracy and productivity across investor communications.

What we're looking for

  • Must have over 10 years of experience in investor relations, equity research, investment banking, FP&A, corporate finance, or equity investing.
  • Must possess a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
  • Preferred certifications include an MBA, CFA, or CPA.
  • Must have deep technical fluency in public-company reporting, financial statements, capital markets, and SaaS revenue models.
  • Must possess advanced financial modeling skills for operating models, share-count forecasts, and guidance sensitivity analyses.
  • Must demonstrate exceptional written and verbal communication skills to draft content for senior executives and non-technical audiences.
  • Must exhibit AI-native curiosity and skill in using modern tools to enhance productivity and accuracy.
  • Must be authorized to receive software or technology controlled under U.S. export control laws.

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