Senior Financial Analyst – AI Investments & Capex

At Real Chemistry, making the world a healthier place isn’t just an aspiration—it’s our everyday reality. Our drive to transform healthcare is informed by our blend of deep scientific expertise, human-centred creativity, and AI-driven insights, fostering a unique environment where innovation thrives and our people are impact-obsessed. As a global agency, we provide a full suite of services across healthcare communications and marketing to our clients, including top players in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly analytical and technology-driven Senior Financial Analyst – AI Investments & Capex to join our growing team. As an integral member of the FP&A team, this role combines traditional financial planning and analysis responsibilities with ownership of AI-related investment analysis, technology spend management, and overall capital expenditure planning (including facilities). The ideal candidate is proactive, driven, and resourceful, with strong prioritization skills and a desire to dive into the data. You will be a critical part of a visible cross‑functional team and will help drive strategic decision making. This individual will partner closely with Finance, Technology, and Operations leaders to support budgeting, forecasting, AI investment governance, and broader capital planning.

What You’ll Do:

• AI Investment Management: Partner with business and technology leaders to evaluate, prioritize, and monitor AI-related investments. Responsibilities also include analyzing AI-related operating costs, including token consumption, model usage, software licensing, infrastructure expenses, and third‑party vendor costs.
• Capital Planning: Support annual and long‑range capital expenditure planning processes, monitor technology and AI investment budgets against approved spending plans. Develop forecasts and reporting for capital projects and strategic technology initiatives and track project performance against approved business cases and expected returns.
• Develop business relationships with corporate leaders across the organization and partner closely with our IT/AI/Facilities/Accounting team.
• Support monthly close process through close partnership with the accounting team.
• Report out monthly & quarterly internal reporting for owners, senior management, including insightful analyses to explain trends and any variance to plans.
• Identify key trends and potential risks & opportunities across the business.
• Work cross functionally to evaluate strategic initiatives and associated financial impacts and help to incorporate into financial plans.
• Run ad‑hoc analyses for senior management.
• Continuously look to increase efficiency through process automation.

This position is a perfect fit for you if:

• Our Company values – Best Together, Impact‑Obsessed, Excellence Expected, Evolve Always and Accountability with an “I” – really speak to you.
• You are adaptable, resilient, and OK with adjusting your scope, responsibilities, and focus as we grow.
• You are proactive, driven, and resourceful with strong prioritization skills and a desire to dive into the data.
• You are highly organized self-starter, able to work independently and under tight deadlines.

What You Should Have:

• 3+ years of FP&A, Corporate Finance, Strategic Finance, Business Analytics, Technology Finance, or related experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field preferred.
• Excited to lead and drive data management best practices.
• Experience in understanding AI economics, including token‑based consumption models, API pricing structures, software licensing costs, cloud infrastructure expenses, and associated financial implications.
• Experience supporting cloud computing, software, SaaS, or technology finance environments and understand how technology investments create business value.
• High aptitude and enthusiasm for complex problem solving utilizing financial modeling and analysis, including advanced Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication / collaboration skills required; role involves building strong relationships across the organization and communicating / presenting ideas clearly to management.
• Internally motivated individual who is intellectually curious and not afraid to seek out projects independently.
• Experience working with in AI/Software/Engineering, Business Services, Advertising, Media, Technology Services or Public Relations firm a plus.

Benefits

• Free snacks to keep you running all day long.
• Generous holiday and paid time off.
• Options for private medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Support in saving for the future.
• Mental wellness coaching and support.
• Access to more than 13,000 online classes with LinkedIn Learning.

Real Chemistry is proud to be Great Place to Work® certified; check out what our people shared about our culture and workplace on our Great Places to Work Profile. We believe we can do our best when feeling our best, which is why we’ve put together a benefits program designed to give you the support you and your family need at every stage of life.

At Real Chemistry, we believe we're at our best when we're connected. Our Real Hybrid and Regional Teams (Real HART) approach is designed to foster collaboration, learning, innovation, and meaningful relationships while providing flexibility where appropriate.

Real Chemistry is an Equal Opportunity employer. We continually strive to build and sustain an inclusive and equitable work environment where our employees feel empowered to leverage all they bring from their personal lived experience and professional expertise, to make our team the best in the industry.