As the Manager of Finance and Strategy, reporting directly to the CFO, you’ll work closely with the executive team and departmental stakeholders to ensure we’re best managing the financials of the business and making the best business decisions possible --- which means opportunity for impact and exposure across the board. 

We’ll look to your expertise leveraging financial modeling & analysis, as well as your strategic planning skills, to provide key insights that drive the company’s strategic decisions, financial forecasts, and operating plans. 

What you'll do day- to-day:

• Support the CFO in the development and ongoing improvement of the FP&A function, including driving consistency and improvement in business analysis and reporting
• Perform strategic financial analysis and planning for key business opportunities, including international growth projections and modeling new revenue streams
• Assist with fundraising and investor relationships
• Facilitate the annual budget and monthly forecast process, including analysis of consolidated subscriber growth and revenue projections, and preparing board and management-level presentations.
• Create clear strategic presentations via Powerpoint or Google Slides including analysis for investors, the board, and senior management.
• Provide ad hoc analysis and modeling to support ongoing business decisions as requested.
• Work cross-functionally with various business and operational teams to analyze and incorporate go-forward business decisions into the financial rolling forecast model.
• Manage departmental cost center budgets and serve as a finance business partner to the respective budget owners.
• Work closely with the accounting team to understand and analyze historical financial performance.
• Analyze data and facilitate sound management decisions through financial reporting while highlighting material variances, trends, & risks/opportunities, and providing insightful commentary to the business and partners.

What you’ll need to be successful:

• Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to manipulate and model large volumes of data, interpret and identify pertinent issues.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to distill key issues and insights and deliver them in a meaningful and concise manner.
• Excel wizardry – advanced formulas; pivot tables; modeling, etc.
• Attention to detail is critical
• Experience creating clear and strategic PowerPoint presentations for senior level audiences. 
• Ability to work cross-functionally and guide non-finance teams with robust data and analysis.
• Investment banking or management consulting experience highly preferred.
• Experience with fundraising (private equity, venture equity, debt raise), bonus but not required. 
• Experience evaluating M&A deals (due diligence process, forecasting, integration strategy), bonus but not required.

Why you want this job:

• Impact: Leveraging and understanding our financial data is at the heart of our growth – your insights will be the foundation for many of our most strategic business decisions.
• Exposure: You will have a lot of exposure to the executive team, working directly with the CEO and CFO, and core operations of the company.
• Our growth: Skillshare is growing rapidly and we will need you to ensure our financial models and budgets give us visibility into our revenue and cash flow.
• Our mission: We’re doing work that matters – connecting lifelong learners around the world and empowering them to pursue their creativity.
• Our team: We have a passionate, talented team that is a lot of fun to work with.
• Flexibility: We believe that doing your best work means living a full life. That means different things for everyone, so we optimize for trust, invest to support remote teams, have an unlimited vacation policy (with a required minimum!), and encourage work-life balance.

About Skillshare

Skillshare is an online learning community for creatives. We have thousands of inspiring classes for creative and curious people, and millions of members who come together to find inspiration and take the next step in their creative journey. We are backed by Union Square Ventures, Spark Capital, Amasia, Spero Ventures, and Burda Principal Investments.

Skillshare is committed to building a diverse team that reflects a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We’re proud to be recognized as a top place to work by BuiltinNYC, Crain’s, and Forbes, in addition to being one of the five best places to work for women by Bpeace, and a top-rated workplace for dads by Fatherly. We work to ensure a consistent interview process, fair compensation, and inclusive work environment for all.