VP, Strategic Finance and FP&A

Who We Are

MasterClass is the streaming platform where the world’s best come together so anyone, anywhere, can access and be inspired by their knowledge and stories. We put you in the room with the creators, thinkers, makers and leaders who have changed the world, so that you can change yours.

Members get unprecedented access to 150+ instructors and classes across a wide variety of fields, including Arts & Entertainment, Business, Design & Style, Sports & Gaming, Writing and more. Step into Nas’ recording studio and Gordon Ramsay’s kitchen, and go behind the big screen with James Cameron. Design your career with Elaine Welteroth, get ready to win with Lewis Hamilton, perfect your pitch with Shonda Rhimes and discover your inner negotiator with Chris Voss.

It's a pivotal time for MasterClass – and we want you to be a part of the journey. With a HQ in San Francisco, offices in Beverly Hills and Waterloo, Ontario, we are looking to expand our team to support the business.

If you want to help make an impact on our members' lives – we want to hear from you!

We are looking for more than what a resume can show. If you don’t have the exact experience or skills, but think you’d be a great addition to MasterClass, please apply for the role.

Reporting to the CFO, as the VP, Strategic Finance and FP&A, you will lead the metrics, forecasting, and development of processes to support decision making and the strategic growth of MasterClass. You will manage and lead a team to execute on a broad array of responsibilities, including company-wide strategic initiatives; bookings, content investment, revenue and topline KPI reporting and forecasting; closely engage with the teams to manage pricing and other projects critical to the success of the business. You will be tasked to drive strategic analysis in a cross-functional, matrixed organization across marketing, data, finance, marketing, product, and sales teams. You will drive business insights and continuous improvement, bring a quantitative, data driven mindset, and have outstanding communication and interpersonal skills. Comfort interacting at all levels of senior management, including VP, SVP and C-suite is a must.

What You Will Do

• Own the planning and scenario analysis for the long-term financial plan, working closely with the CEO, CFO, and other key stakeholders
• Lead discussions and provide robust forecasting, reporting and input to senior stakeholders on both medium-term and short-term financial goals, opportunities and strategic priorities
• Lead and plan annual budget and regular forecasting cycles
• Drive tools, systems, and processes to enhance financial planning effectiveness and efficiency, including cost control
• Ensure that reporting to the business is succinct, consistent & insightful, providing business leaders with the insights they need to drive financial results
• Partner with finance colleagues and departmental leaders to ensure risks are understood & reported as necessary and opportunities are leveraged, whether to improve revenue or company efficiency and profitability
• Ensure effective partnership with key stakeholders and business leaders for clear alignment and visibility to their financial cost, plan, and forecasting
• Track strategic initiatives to ensure the business remains consistent, course correcting where necessary
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Finance, Sales Ops, Customer Success Ops & Marketing Ops, as well as build relationships with departmental stakeholder and senior Executive leaders
• Lead and grow the FP&A team, scaling it to fit the growth of the company
• Take a leadership role in ad-hoc commercial projects, including strategic exits, M&A activity and partnering with the business on transformation workstreams for product offerings etc
  
  

About You

• Extensive experience leading and developing the finance and FP&A function, with a proven track record in building and growing outstanding finance teams with best-practices in a fast-growing environment
• Experience with “Software as a Service” (SaaS) or consumer tech business model and metrics highly preferred. Experience in media, content, or edtech preferred but not required.
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills and proven experience in cultivating collaborative working relationships with teams across an organization
• Strong executive leadership skills with experience partnering at the Board, investor, and executive management levels
• Proven track record of developing people, leading, and managing high-performing teams
• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as commercial and business judgment, with demonstrated intellectual curiosity and rigor
• Comfortable with ambiguity, with a proven ability to operate in a highly flexible and dynamic environment.
• Strategic, innovative thinker with proven execution, leadership, & communication skills
• Prior experience in investment banking, management consulting, and/or private equity strongly preferred
  
  

At MasterClass, we believe we put our best work forward when our employees bring together ideas that are diverse in thought. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. In addition, MasterClass will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability or special need, we would like to know how we can better accommodate you.

The salary range listed is for NYC/CA/WA. As a company, we have a location based strategy, which means the disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location where the position may be filled.

MasterClass’s salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry. In addition to salary, we also offer equity and comprehensive benefits (medical, dental, vision, flexible PTO, and more). The range listed is for the expectations as laid out in the job description, however we are often open to a wide variety of profiles, and recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced (or more senior) than this job description as posted. If that ends up being the case, the updated salary range will be communicated with you as a candidate.

Salary Range

$249,000—$325,000 USD