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SuperSummary

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2015

📚 Education

📱 Media

👥 B2C

Education • Media • B2C

SuperSummary is an online study-guide and reading companion service that provides in-depth Study Guides, chapter summaries, character analysis, discussion questions, quizzes, audio narration, and other learning tools for books across fiction and nonfiction. Developed by scholars and educators, the platform targets students, teachers, book-club members, and general readers with subscription-based access, an app, and resources aimed at comprehension, essay support, and classroom use.

📋 Description

• Own the monthly close process end-to-end, ensuring accurate and timely financial statements (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow) • Manage revenue recognition under ASC 606 / IFRS 15, including deferred revenue, chargebacks, cancellations, and prior-period adjustments • Oversee billing platform operations (ChargeBee and Stripe), becoming the in-house expert on how subscription data flows into the general ledger • Manage our bookkeeper to ensure accurate day-to-day bookkeeping, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and general ledger activity • Maintain audit-readiness and coordinate with external tax advisors on annual compliance • Build and document internal controls appropriate for our size and stage • Build and maintain the annual budget and rolling revenue forecasts, translating business strategy into financial models • Conduct monthly and quarterly variance analysis (actual vs. budget) and surface insights that drive action • Track and report on SaaS-specific metrics: MRR/ARR, churn, LTV, CAC, payback period, and net dollar retention • Prepare leadership financial reporting and dashboards that tell a clear story • Run scenario modeling as a monthly rhythm — including reverse-engineered analyses like “what would we have to believe to hit [a profit target]” — so leadership can make investment and cost decisions with the right context, not just when a big question comes up • Embed with the leadership team — attend weekly and monthly meetings, serve as the financial voice in operational decisions • Partner closely with the VP of Operations on an ongoing basis — providing financial context that shapes operating decisions and translating operational reality back into forecasts, models, and resource plans • Partner directly with department heads (content, product, marketing) on quarterly budget reviews, spend tracking, and resource allocation • Provide ad-hoc financial analysis to support cross-functional decisions • Coach non-finance stakeholders to understand and use financial data effectively • Support strategic initiatives and long-range planning across the business • Evaluate and recommend improvements to financial tools and workflows (ERP, billing, reporting) • Identify opportunities to automate manual processes, including AI-assisted reconciliation and reporting • Create runbooks and documentation for repeatable finance processes to build institutional knowledge

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, with meaningful time at a SaaS or subscription-based business • Controller-level depth in accounting: you’ve owned monthly close, revenue recognition (ASC 606 or IFRS 15), and financial statement preparation end-to-end • Deep command of revenue recognition, deferred revenue, and subscription billing operations — you understand exactly how billing data flows into the GL • Proficiency with subscription billing platforms (ChargeBee, Stripe, Recurly, or similar) and accounting software (QuickBooks, Xero, or NetSuite) • Solid FP&A skills: budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis are part of your toolkit, and you’re comfortable building models from scratch, not just tweaking templates • Experience with consumer or self-serve subscription models (high-volume, low-ACV) • Experience working at a startup or high-growth company under $25M in revenue, where you wore multiple hats and operated as a generalist • Strong English communication skills — you can present financial insights clearly to non-finance stakeholders and hold your own in leadership meetings • A collaborative, confident communicator who thrives in a fully remote environment • CPA, CMA, or equivalent professional certification, direct experience with ChargeBee, and comfort leveraging AI tools for financial analysis are all strong pluses

🏖️ Benefits

• Work with a distributed, global team in Latin America, Europe, and the US that has been remote-first since 2018 • - Competitive salary, benefits, and vacation policy • - Workspace improvement stipend • - Professional development and learning stipend