Strategic Finance Lead

**About Go1**

Go1 is an Edtech SaaS company on a mission to unlock positive potential through a love of learning. The Go1 platform makes learning easy for companies and employees with thousands of courses offered in one simple platform. We provide the opportunity for individuals to develop themselves to face the future, and for organisations to achieve their strategy.

We've grown from humble beginnings in a Brisbane garage to achieving a valuation of over $2bn earlier this year. We are looking for collaborative, intellectually curious and dedicated team members to join us on the journey to reach 1 billion learners globally.

**About the Team**

The Strategic Finance team provides Go1's senior leaders with strategic, operational, and analytical thought partnership to scale and improve the performance of the business. As a member of the team, you will help drive Go1's financial planning and some of its critical cross-functional initiatives to scale the business and realise our vision to reach 1 billion learners.

**About The Role**

In this highly visible position as Strategic Finance Lead, you'll help drive the key operating cadences of the business (annual planning, monthly / quarterly reporting). You will also have significant ownership to drive business-critical initiatives in close coordination with multiple functional partners (RevOps, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Finance and more)

**Requirements**:
**What You'll Do**
- Refine and maintain the company's forecast model
- Help drive our strategic planning cadences by building positive relationships with collaborators in the business and understanding our operational levers
- Provide recommendations on how to adjust capital allocations to track towards our long-term strategic goals
- Prepare timely and accurate reporting to help our Board, Investors and Executive Team make better and faster decisions
- Support critical company initiatives including fundraising, M&A, 409A valuations and system and operational improvements to enable operating at scale

**What you'll need to thrive at this role**
- You have demonstrated ability at a top-tier investment bank (TMT), VC, strategic finance, commercial finance or FP&A team
- You have a keen analytical mind and expert financial modelling skills. You can accurately model the strategic and financial impact of commercial activities, providing financial analysis to support decision making
- You can zoom in and out of the details. Whilst you love to roll up your sleeves and get in the details, you can zoom out and explain your findings to your collaborators and a senior audience
- You are a project management ace and can work with a diverse set of collaborators to help drive cross-functional projects from inception to completion
- You understand accounting. Whilst we are not looking for accountants, a foundational knowledge of accounting is key as this role coordinates our three-statement financial model
- Last but certainly not least, you are a great teammate who will support and uplift other team members

**Benefits**

What makes Go1 special? Every one of our employees. When we work together, great things happen When you join the Go1 team, you not only get to work with an outstanding bunch of people, but you're also supported to continue your own personal growth and development in an inclusive and flexible environment, with benefits including:

- Annual Company Bonus Scheme
- Employee Stock Option Plan
- Flexible approach to work
- Home workspace reimbursement
- Unlimited access to the Go1 Learning Hub, including LinkedIn Learning
- Professional development fund
- Volunteer leave to give back to the community
- Flexible public holidays - take the days off that are important to you, swap out the ones that are not
- 18 weeks full pay parental leave, plus support for parents returning to work
- Wellness initiatives and an Employee Assistance Program
- Free on-site snacks and weekly lunch
- Dog friendly offices - bring your (furry) best mate with you to work

We are committed to facilitating a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. If you require any accommodations, we welcome you to let us know, so we can work with you to participate fully in our recruitment experience.

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