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About Gusto
At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff—like payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR—so owners can focus on their craft and customers. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we’re proud to support more than 400,000 small businesses across the country, and we’re building a workplace that represents and celebrates the customers we serve. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy.
About the Role:
The Finance, Business Operations & Strategy (FBOS) team is Gusto’s strategic engine: we partner with teams across the company to drive strategic decision‑making, financial planning and business operations. For this role, you’ll be the dedicated Strategy & Finance Partner for our core Product team, Pay Group. Our Pay Group Product team owns the engines, platforms, and customer facing workflows that power how employers and teams get paid. The work spans deep product economics, platform investment choices, customer experience improvements, and operational performance. You will partner closely with Product and R&D leaders to drive clarity in priorities and long term direction.This is a high-impact, high-responsibility role.
About the Team:
FBOS’s mission is to define and defend the business model while accelerating Gusto’s growth. We roll up our sleeves as partners and collaborate closely with operators to drive meaningful impact. On the Pay Group team, you’ll work cross‑functionally with Product, Marketing, Sales, Engineering and Data Science to ensure that our product initiatives are financially sound, strategically aligned, and appropriately prioritized.
Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:
Here’s what we're looking for:
Our cash compensation amount for this role is between $131,915 - $162,695/year in Denver, between $159,150 - $196,285/year for New York/San Francisco, and between CAD $128,800 - CAD $171,733/year for Canada. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate location, experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.
Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City. Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week (or more depending on role). The same office expectations apply to all Symmetry roles, Gusto's subsidiary, whose physical office is in Scottsdale.
Note: The San Francisco office expectations encompass both the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas.
When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office, a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required. This includes non-office days for hybrid employees.
Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Gusto.
Gusto is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Gusto considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Gusto is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. We want to see our candidates perform to the best of their ability. If you require a medical or religious accommodation at any time throughout your candidate journey, please fill out this form and a member of our team will get in touch with you.
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Our mission is to create a world where work empowers a better life. Founded in 2011, Gusto provides payroll, benefits and HR to modern companies. We have offices in San Francisco and Denver, but thanks to our 40,000 small business customers and their employees, there's a little piece of us in all 50 states.-Gusto has offices in San Francisco and Denver and its investors include Google Capital, General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and the founders of Instagram, Stripe, Nest, PayPal, Yelp, Dropbox, and Eventbrite, among others. We are proud to serve over 40,000 customers. To learn more about life at Gusto, visit gusto.com/careers. We're hiring!
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