Strategic Finance Lead, Grammarly
Marketing and Product
$216-297k
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
AI-powered writing assistant
Open for applications
AI-powered writing assistant
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$216-297k
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
Grammarly's mission is to improve lives by improving communication.
Role
Who you are
- We are seeking candidates who are excellent communicators and analytically strong. These candidates must be able to identify business opportunities and lead appropriate analyses and diligence to inform a course of action. Candidates must also be able to apply critical judgment to drive decisions that will impact the business
- Has 10+ years of Professional experience in Finance with strong operational knowledge of SaaS business models. Earlier career experience could have been in a combination of Strategic Finance, FP&A, equity research, private equity, hedge fund, investment banking, or corporate finance
- Has a deep fluency in LTV, the acquisition and retention dynamics of an optimization-focused subscription business with millions of paid users
- Is highly analytical and detail-oriented, with a strong aptitude and enthusiasm for complex problem-solving involving financial modeling and working with large data sets. Thinks strategically and drives nuanced, detailed analyses
- Has proven experience working cross-functionally and is a thoughtful collaborator and great listener, keenly focused on understanding business challenges, building strong relationships, and driving impact
- Has experience with and passion for hyper-growth, dynamic, driven organizations
- Has been a part of high-impact teams in strategic business partnering, forecasting/FP&A, retention analytics, marketing analysis, or product support, ideally in a hyper-growth, resource-constrained environment
- Can communicate complex financial concepts with precision and clarity
- Displays a high level of genuine curiosity about our business, exhibits eagerness to learn, and is biased toward action
- Embodies our EAGER values—is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable
- Is inspired by our MOVE principles, which are the blueprint for how things get done at Grammarly: move fast and learn faster, obsess about creating customer value, value impact over activity, and embrace healthy disagreement rooted in trust
- Is able to meet in person for their team’s scheduled collaboration weeks, traveling if necessary to the hub where their team is based
- Grammarly team members in this role must be based in the San Francisco Bay Area and able to work in our San Francisco Hub an average of three days per week
What the job involves
- To achieve our ambitious goals, we’re looking for a Strategic Finance Lead, Marketing & Product to join our Strategic Finance team that supports our Self-Serve operation. This team helps shape and scale the growth of our Self-Serve efforts by partnering with Marketing and Product teams across the Company to improve our business model's profitability, scalability, and long-term defensibility
- We are looking for a candidate experienced with Self-Serve business models who can model the future and collaborate to help carry projects from conception through execution. On a typical day, you may find yourself extracting and analyzing data to uncover trends, working with cross-functional partners to build business cases for new initiatives, and helping establish and drive some of the most impactful projects the Company undertakes
- This role will report to the Senior Director of Finance
- Partner with senior leaders in Product and Marketing organizations to support strategic initiatives and high-impact decisions, including investment trade-offs, goal setting, and more
- Drive strategic decision-making—monitor key signals and utilize data to Identify trends in funnel and Customer performance. Provide visibility to stakeholders and collaborate with partners to accelerate strategic decisions that drive scale and profitability to our Self-Serve operations
- Build complex driver-based models that support special projects and help drive well-informed real-time decisions around future business investment decisions and resource allocation
- Partner and offer support on all SaaS-based forecast models for our Self-Serve operations, including new bookings and renewal models
- Draft critical narratives and present performance trends to members of our executive team
- Work with key partners on our Data Science, Business Intelligence, Product, Marketing, and Finance teams to design critical metrics to measure business performance and incorporate them into our operational decision-making process
- Program and project manage OKRs to deliver near and long-term success for the business
- Support board presentations, materials, investor reporting, and communications
- Partner with our Corporate Finance team on financing, corporate development, and strategic partnership activities, including financial assessments and analysis, due diligence, and integration
Our take
From professional writing to everyday correspondence, effective communication is critical. Grammarly is an AI-powered writing assistant that helps people write clearly and without mistakes, checking spelling, grammar, and other potential pitfalls.
Grammarly was originally launched as a subscription service for students, although the platform has moved into the mainstream in the last decade. It went freemium in 2015 and now works across more than 500,000 applications and websites including email clients, enterprise software, and word processors. Paid tiers give users more tools beyond grammar and spelling checks to include things like word choice, sentence rewrites, tone adjustments, fluency, and formality level.
The company has been profitable since the beginning and now has a valuation of more than $13 billion, placing it among the 10 most valuable startups in the US. The AI writing assistant space is heating up, and Grammarly is hoping to defend its positions against offerings including Scalenut, Ginger and Microsoft's Editor by the release of its SDK, making it far easier to integrate Grammarly into other applications. So far this has been used in over 4,000 products and earned excellent ratings and increased user numbers of Grammarly's service.
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Company Specialist
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Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
44% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Nov 2021
$200m
LATE VC
Oct 2019
$90m
LATE VC
Total funding: $400m
Company benefits
- Support for professional development with training, coaching, and regular feedback
- Global, local, and team-specific events and programs
- Catered lunches
- Gym and recreation stipends
- Admission discounts
- Work from home opportunities
- Medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits, as well as equity
- Support to set up a home office
- Ample and defined time off
- 401(k) matching
Company values
- Ethical - Be honorable and earn trust by doing the right thing even when no one is watching, every time.
- Adaptable - Embrace change to evolve and succeed, with a positive, problem-solving attitude.
- Gritty - Achieve with passion and perseverance for goals, by doing whatever it takes to get the job done, whenever it’s necessary.
- Empathetic - Treat others as they want to be treated to work well together, by actively listening to put yourself in their shoes and then responding accordingly.
- Remarkable - Always be learning to develop quickly and be exceptional yet humble, by continually seeking out mentors and learning opportunities.
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Alex Shevchenko
(Board Member)Studied at Vienna's International University before receiving an MBA from the University of Toronto. Co-founded MyDropBox.com in 2006. The company was bought by Blackboard Inc. three years later. Co-founded Grammarly in 2009.
Max Lytvyn
(Head of Revenue & Board Member)Studied for an MBA at Vanderbilt University before joining Blacboard Inc. as Director of Product Strategy in 2007. Was General Manager and then Partner at Sciworth Labs from 2004 to 2013. Was a Board Member at Uniweb and invested in farmland investment platform FarmTogether.
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