Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. SuperSummary is an EdTech company building a literature platform with expert-crafted study guides, interactive reading tools, and AI-powered features. The Finance Manager will lead FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, SaaS subscription metric reporting, business partnership, and end-to-end accounting operations for the remote subscription business.
Responsibilities
- 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
- 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
- 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
Skills
- 8+ years of progressive finance and accounting experience, with meaningful time at a SaaS or subscription-based business
- Hands-on FP&A depth: budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modeling are your core toolkit — you build driver-based models and rolling forecasts from scratch, not just tweak templates
- A track record of turning numbers into decisions: scenario modeling, leadership reporting, and partnering with non-finance leaders on operating and investment choices
- Fluency in SaaS/subscription metrics — MRR/ARR, churn, LTV, CAC, payback, and net dollar retention — and the consumer subscription economics behind them
- Controller-level accounting foundation: you've owned or closely overseen monthly close and revenue recognition (ASC 606 or IFRS 15), so you can run the accounting function, not just analyze its output
- Proficiency with subscription billing platforms (ChargeBee, Stripe, Recurly, or similar) and accounting software (QuickBooks, Xero, or NetSuite)
- 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 — you seek out cross-functional partnership rather than waiting for requests to come to you
- This is a part-time position for 10-20 hours per week
- Remote — Americas time zones (Latin America, US, or Canada)
- CPA, CMA, or equivalent professional certification, direct experience with ChargeBee, and comfort leveraging AI tools for financial analysis are all strong pluses
Benefits
- Workspace improvement stipend
- Professional development and learning stipend
- Fully remote work arrangement for Americas time zones (Latin America, US, or Canada)
- Vacation policy
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