Head of Finance

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🕒 June 24

🏄 California, Colorado, +3 more states – Remote

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💵 $200k - $250k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

💸 Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

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Acely

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11 - 50 employees

💼 Consulting

📚 Education

☁️ SaaS

Consulting • Education • SaaS

Acely is an online, personalized test-prep platform that helps high-school students raise their SAT, ACT, PSAT, and AP exam scores through adaptive diagnostic testing, customized daily study plans, and a large library of true-to-test practice questions and full-length exams. The service combines algorithm-driven personalization and curriculum-authored content to deliver tutor-like guidance at a lower subscription cost, with progress tracking, score guarantees, and offerings for individual students as well as school and tutor partnerships.

📋 Description

• Own Acely’s finance function end-to-end, including FP&A, financial reporting, accounting oversight, compliance, cash management, and board reporting • Ensure continuity and rigor across existing finance processes while improving speed, clarity, accuracy, and strategic impact • Maintain and evolve the company’s operating model, including revenue forecasting, expense planning, headcount planning, cash projections, and scenario analysis • Partner with the CEO and leadership team on strategic planning, resource allocation, growth investments, pricing, unit economics, and company-wide operating priorities • Own financial reporting and monthly close processes in partnership with external accounting resources, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and appropriate internal controls • Lead budgeting and forecasting cycles, translating company strategy into actionable financial plans • Partner with Marketing, Product, Engineering, and Customer Support to connect financial outcomes to operating drivers • Analyze growth performance across channels and customer segments, helping the team understand what is working, where to invest, and where to pull back • Support board reporting by preparing clear, concise, insight-driven financial updates and strategic analysis • Own vendor management, contract review support, expense controls, and purchasing discipline • Manage compliance requirements, tax coordination, state registrations, insurance, and other finance-related operational needs • Help prepare the company for potential future financing conversations, strategic partnerships, and diligence processes • Use modern tools, automation, and AI-native workflows to create leverage across reporting, analysis, forecasting, and operational finance

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of finance experience, ideally across strategic finance, FP&A, investment banking, growth equity, venture-backed startups, or high-growth consumer subscription businesses • Strong strategic finance skill set, with the ability to connect financial analysis to company strategy and operating decisions • Demonstrated ability to own financial models, forecasts, budgets, and scenario plans • Deep understanding of SaaS or consumer subscription metrics, including ARR, retention, CAC, LTV, ROAS, payback, gross margin, burn, runway, and cash conversion • Comfortable owning financial reporting and accounting oversight, even if supported by external accounting partners • Strong analytical judgment: you can work through ambiguity, identify the signal in the noise, and translate data into clear recommendations • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present financial concepts clearly and concisely to executives, investors, and cross-functional partners • High ownership and strong attention to detail: you care deeply about accuracy, but you also know how to move quickly • Comfortable operating in a lean startup environment where you will need to be both strategic and hands-on • Strong business judgment and intellectual curiosity across growth, product, pricing, operations, and company strategy • Low ego, high integrity, and motivated to help build something meaningful • A team player who is able to work collaboratively with cross-functional partners • **Not required, but a strong plus:** • Experience in consumer subscription, edtech, marketplace, or prosumer businesses • Experience supporting a venture-backed company through a fundraise, strategic process, or board-heavy operating cadence • Experience with paid acquisition economics and performance marketing analysis • Experience building AI-enabled workflows for reporting, analysis, forecasting, or finance operations

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary ($200 - $250k based on experience) + equity • Remote-first (with optional quarterly SF meetups) • Full health benefits (medical, dental, vision) • 401(k) with company match • Flexible PTO + company holidays • Professional development budget • Home office stipend • Wellness resources • Monthly hackathons