Director, Strategic Finance

Summary

Join Brightwheel, a leading early education technology company, as a strategic finance leader. You will lead and grow the Finance & Strategy function for the go-to-market teams (Sales, Marketing, Customer Success), building a high-performing team and driving data-driven decision-making. Responsibilities include topline forecasting, performance analysis (ACV, ARR, churn, etc.), financial modeling, and preparing presentations for executive and board audiences. This role requires extensive finance experience, strong analytical skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with senior leadership. Brightwheel offers a fast-paced, remote work environment and a competitive salary.

Requirements

• 10+ years of finance experience, including a combination of investment banking, investing (venture capital or private equity), and/or in-house operating experience at a technology company
• Proven ability to partner with all levels of management to guide strategic decision making; ability to apply both financial and operational lenses
• Ability to think strategically, along with a willingness to get into the weeds
• Excellent financial modeling and analytical toolkit, and experience building and owning financial models
• Entrepreneurial builder, who is comfortable with ambiguity and able to thrive in a fast-growing startup environment
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and influencing skills
• Familiarity with GAAP accounting and working knowledge of all financial statements

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and grow the Finance & Strategy function for GTM (Sales, Marketing, CS)
• Build and lead a world-class team and push the boundaries to produce deeper operational insights
• Partner with our leadership team to guide strategic decision-making and evaluate areas of investment
• Own end-to-end planning (annual, quarterly re-forecasts, and weekly updates) for the key topline inputs and outputs
• Create a data-based performance culture upleveling and scaling our sophistication and understanding of Annual Contract Value (ACV), Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR), Churn, Gross and Net Retention, Pipeline, GTM productivity, etc
• Develop a deep understanding of our Sales funnel and build financial models to evaluate sales and marketing initiatives, ROI on campaigns (across channels), and customer lifetime value (and payback)
• Prepare deep dives for the Executive team and the Board of Directors on GTM business performance in collaboration with key stakeholders to inform operating health and future investment decisions
• Drive headcount, quota capacity, cost of sales analysis, and expense planning for Sales, Post-Sales, and marketing teams

Preferred Qualifications

MBA, management consulting, and/or Saas/FinTech experience

Benefits

$153,000 - $235,000 a year