Strategic Finance Manager, Grammarly
Sales Finance
$137-189k
More information about location
2 days a week in office
AI-powered writing assistant
Open for applications
AI-powered writing assistant
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$137-189k
More information about location
2 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 highly analytical, detail-oriented, motivated, and dependable candidates who will thrive in a fast-paced environment that requires adaptability
- Embodies our EAGER values—is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable
- Is able to collaborate in person in San Francisco and potentially other hubs 3 weeks per quarter
- 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 collaborate in person 3 weeks per quarter, traveling if necessary to the hub where the team is based
- Has 5+ years of experience overall, including 1+ years in Strategic Finance or FP&A at a SaaS company and ideally with a sales finance GTM or revenue focus. Earlier career experience could have been in Strategic Finance, FP&A, equity research, private equity, hedge fund, investment banking, or corporate finance
- 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
- 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 and passion for hyper-growth SaaS and/or enterprise software business models and collaborating with SaaS sales teams
- 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
- All team members meeting in person for official Grammarly business or working from a hub location are strongly encouraged to be vaccinated against COVID-19
What the job involves
- To achieve our ambitious goals, we’re looking for an experienced Sales finance-focused Strategic Finance Manager to join our Finance team
- The person in this role will undertake financial analysis and develop strong partnerships with Grammarly Business leaders to help the company make informed strategic decisions and drive efficient revenue growth for our Managed Enterprise business
- This role is an individual contributor position reporting to our Grammarly Business Finance Lead
- As a Strategic Finance Manager, Sales Finance, you will collaborate cross-functionally within finance and partner with sales leaders, revenue operations, product, and marketing to perform financial and strategic analyses to support decision-making and accelerate growth
- Drive forecasting and annual planning for bookings, operating expenses, headcount, and performance optimization to support the scaling of Grammarly Business, focusing on the managed (sales-serve) channel
- Provide analyses and insights into key metrics to serve as thought partners to the sales leaders of Grammarly’s enterprise product in their strategic and operational decision-making
- Share valuable insights on operational and financial metrics as part of monthly and quarterly business reviews
- Provide financial and strategic perspectives on business planning workstreams, including commissions, sales compensation, and pricing/packaging
- Assist with process and systems improvements to drive the company’s continued growth and scaling
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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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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