Fast Facts

Kiddom is looking for a Director of FP&A and Strategic Finance to enhance financial planning and support business decision-making across the company, working closely with various departments while establishing scalable FP&A systems.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include business partnering with leaders, managing forecasting and budgeting processes, designing FP&A systems, and supporting strategic finance initiatives such as annual planning and investment analysis.

Skills: Candidates should possess strong financial modeling abilities, business partnering skills, experience in FP&A or strategic finance, and excellent communication skills, preferably with a background in SaaS.

Qualifications: A bachelor's degree is required, with an MBA preferred, alongside 6–10 years of relevant experience in finance, particularly in high-growth environments.

Location: This position is based in San Francisco, California.

Compensation: $180000 - $200000 / Annually

About Kiddom

Kiddom is a groundbreaking educational platform that promotes student equity and growth by uniting high-quality instructional materials with dynamic digital learning. Through unparalleled curriculum management functionality, Kiddom empowers schools and districts to take ownership of their curriculum – resulting in learning experiences tailored to meet the unique needs and goals of local communities. Kiddom’s high-quality curriculum is layered with robust teacher and leader data insights to drive the continuous improvement of instructional decisions, school/district programming, and professional learning.

About the role:

Kiddom is seeking a hands-on Director of FP&A & Strategic Finance to strengthen our financial planning function and elevate business decision-making across the company. This role will lead business partnering, working closely with GTM, PDE (Product, Design, Engineering), and other departments, while also building scalable FP&A systems and processes to support Kiddom’s next stage of growth. We’re looking for someone who combines strong strategic finance instincts with the ability to model, analyze, and operationalize insights. This is a highly visible role that reports directly to the VP of Finance and will partner closely with the executive team.

You will...

Business Partnering

• Serve as a trusted advisor to GTM, PDE, Content, and Operations leaders, translating operational drivers into financial plans and actionable insights
• Lead forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning processes across functional teams; challenge assumptions and identify improvement levers
• Develop and track KPIs that connect operational performance to company-level results
• Partner with leaders to evaluate new markets, products, and state adoptions; develop ROI analyses and scenario models that inform investment decisions

FP&A Systems, Processes, and Infrastructure

• Design and implement scalable FP&A systems, tools, and automation
• Establish a unified “source of truth” for financial and operational data by collaborating with Accounting, RevOps, and Data teams
• Drive monthly and quarterly forecasting cadence; lead post-close variance reviews and synthesize insights for leadership
• Build management and board reporting packages that communicate performance clearly and visually

Strategic Finance & Planning

• Partner with the VP of Finance on the annual operating plan, 3-year financial model, and capital allocation frameworks
• Collaborate with Accounting to support cash forecasting, debt compliance, and financial policy development
• Support fundraising and investor communications by contributing analysis, scenarios, and strategic narratives
• Lead or contribute to special projects (e.g., pricing analysis, M&A diligence, margin optimization, etc.)

What we're looking for...

• 6–10 years of experience in FP&A, strategic finance, or investment banking, with experience in a startup or high-growth operating environment.
• Proven experience in financial modeling, including three-statement models, scenario analysis, and driver-based forecasting
• Strong business partnering skills; able to influence senior stakeholders and synthesize complex financial insights into clear recommendations
• Hands-on operator with a track record of building and improving FP&A systems
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; ability to translate financials for non-financial leaders
• Comfort with SaaS, print, and services revenue models is a plus
• Bachelor’s degree, MBA is a plus

$180,000 - $200,000 a year

Salary range is dependent on geographic location, prior experience, seniority, and demonstrated role related ability during the interview process.

What we offer

Full time permanent employees are eligible for the following benefits from their first day of employment:

* Competitive salary

* Meaningful equity

* Health insurance benefits: medical (various PPO/HMO/HSA plans), dental, vision, disability and life insurance

* One Medical membership (in participating locations)

* Flexible vacation time policy (subject to internal approval). Average use 4 weeks off per year.

* 10 paid sick days per year (pro rated depending on start date)

* Paid holidays

* Paid bereavement leave

* Paid family leave after birth/adoption. Minimum of 16 paid weeks for birthing parents, 10 weeks for caretaker parents. Meant to supplement benefits offered by State.

* Commuter and FSA plans

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Kiddom is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, transgender status, national origin, citizenship status, uniform service member status, pregnancy, age, genetic information, disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.