Cuemath - Business Finance Head

About Cuemath :

Cuemath is a globally recognized education technology company, known for its exceptional learning outcomes primarily in math and applied-math cores (coding and more) for K-12 education. It has a presence in 20+ countries, with 60,000+ students in India, 20,000+ students in the USA, and 10,000+ students in MEA learning with Cuemath's proprietary online learning program for math and coding.

Cuemath's curriculum has been designed by experts from top-tier institutions like IIT and Cambridge, which is accredited by STEM.org (the leading STEM organisation in the USA) and its learning outcomes have been certified as exceptional by Grant Thorton.

Cuemath is a mission-driven education company and it aims to make the world's children great at math and coding, and create invincible problem-solvers who will go on to solve humanity's biggest problems, and has been ranked in the top 50 global education companies at Global Forum for Education and Learning, Dubai

It is backed by the top investors in the world including CapitalG (formerly Google Capital), Sequoia, Unitus Ventures, Alpha Wave, Lightrock, Manta Ray, Trifecta among others, and is utilising this world-class support to rapidly expand all over the world.

You can learn more about the company and its journey at https://www.cuemath.com/about-us/

Position Overview :

We are looking for a trusted finance business partner to support Business team. This position reports directly to the CFO, but is the primary business partner to the Business Leader.

The candidate must demonstrate independence, excellence and integrity in decision making and business judgment. A strong knowledge of information systems, financial planning, accounting, strategic planning, risk assessment and business development is required, preferably in a E-Commerce or software company. The right candidate for this role will demonstrate strong collaboration skills, financial aptitude, excellent business intuition, and the capability to work at multiple levels, including high-level strategy and day-to-day financial details.

Responsibilities :

- Partnering directly with the Business Team, INDIA/International territory sales/Ops as a member of his line management staff.

- Providing the INDIA & International territory sales/ops team weekly billings and ACV forecast.

- Analyzing business performance and provide financial insights and advices

- Providing the INDIA/International territory sales/ops team KPIs and metrics and collaborating with Sales/Ops Leads for consistency

- Assisting process and tool for team's pipeline analysis and management

- Supporting Channel Partner programs and creating partner targets

- Approving all deal discounts related to the sales/ops resources

- Providing deal support, in partnership with Deal Desk team in Sales Operations, to develop agreements and agreement proposals

- Leading the cross-functional team to close fiscal month/quarters.

- Assisting in Commission analysis on commission costs forecasting

- Assisting in formulating incentives plan, validation and analysis.

- Analysis and pre validation of various schemes and discounts.

- Building Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) and Quarterly Business Planning (QBPs), present EOQ finance decks to review performance and metrics

- Managing the Opex budget (headcount and variable) for the sales/ops team

- Playing the key role for compliance and fiduciary

Minimum Qualifications

- Bachelor in Accounting or Finance preferred; MBA or CA a plus

- Minimum 10+ years of relevant experience with finance or business analysis background

- Prior experience in a technology/software/SaaS company is a plus

- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

- Hands on experience with financial software (e.g. Business Objects, Qlikview, SAP BPC, etc)

- Articulate and concise with strong communication skills

- Ability to adapt to a complex and changing environment

- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage tight deadlines

- Ambitious and ability to learn quickly

- Strong team player and leadership potential