Vice President, Go-To-Market Finance

Vice President, Go-To-Market FinanceFinance

2025-50083

Folsom, CA

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Overview

PowerSchool's mission is to power the education ecosystem with unified personalized solutions that help educators and students realize their full potential. We are a dedicated team of innovators guided by our shared purpose of powering personalized education for students around the world. From the central office to the classroom to the home, PowerSchool supports the entire educational ecosystem as the global leader of cloud-based software for K-12 education. Our employees make it all possible, and a career with us means you're joining a successful team committed to engaging, empowering, and improving the K-12 education experience everywhere.

Team Overview

Our Finance team is a passionate, high-performing group committed to supporting PowerSchool operations through accurate and timely financial management. The team provides critical business guidance on a broad range of accounting, reporting, and analytical projects, ensuring the integrity of financial data.

Responsibilities

PowerSchool's Vice President of Go-To-Market Finance will oversee the effective planning, forecasting, reporting, and management of PowerSchool's nearly $800 million revenue base. Partnering with the Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Product teams, the VP GTM Finance will align profitable growth with our business strategy while providing valuable guidance, insights, and financial acumen to all aspects of PowerSchool's revenue base, growth opportunities, and go-to-market functions. The individual must have a collaborative, consultative, influential, and analytical mindset to achieve success.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Business thought partner - Align business strategy with financial value creation by collaborating with multiple business functions and leadership teams, including Executive, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Product
Strategic leadership - Key member of Deal Desk, Pricing, and Solution Leadership teams, providing the financial lens to complex customer, profitability, and sales opportunities to ensure sound and effective decisioning
Financial insights - Ensure accurate, timely, analytics-driven, and effective financial and operational insights and KPIs to enable effective and efficient decisioning
Innovation - Challenge the status quo and drive continuous improvement in processes, workflows, automation, and reporting
Forecast revenue - Analyze market trends, S&M pipeline, and customer data to continuously improve the accuracy and timeliness of revenue forecasting and identify risks and opportunities
Own ARR integrity - Track, report, and forecast ARR while ensuring bookings convert to revenue efficiently and in compliance with policies and best practices
Planning - Advise leadership teams in functional budgeting, forecasting, and capital allocation
Nimble project management - Provide ad-hoc analyses and research as necessary to serve critical and changing business needs

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting; MBA/CPA/CFA a plus
15+ years' experience in FP&A/corporate finance with heavy exposure to Sales and Marketing operations
5+ years in SaaS with deep knowledge of recurring subscription revenue models
Consultative, self-starter mindset with strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with and influence cross-functional leaders
Strategic thinker with the ability to dive down into the details to analyze and-problem solve complex financial and business issues with high attention to detail
Player-coach with strong financial analytics, presentation creation and delivery, and data analytics abilities
Demonstrated ability to innovate to simplify processes while improving the quality and integrity of deliverables

Compensation & Benefits

PowerSchool offers the following benefits:

Comprehensive Insurance Coverage (including Medical, Dental, Vision, Pharmacy benefits, Life Insurance and AD&D)
Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts
Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability
Comprehensive 401(k) plan
Generous Parental Leave
Unrestricted paid time off (known as Discretionary Time Off - DTO)
Wellness Program, including ClassPass & Employee Assistance Program
Tuition Reimbursement
Optional Benefits: Pet Insurance, Identity Theft Protection, Student Debt Repayment Program and Prepaid Legal coverage

A reasonable estimate of the base compensation range for this position is $199,900 - $261,600 USD. This compensation range is specific to the United States and it incorporates many factors including but not limited to an applicant's skills and prior relevant experience and training; licensures, degrees, and certifications; specific geographic location; internal equity; internal pay ranges; and market data/range parameters.

EEO Commitment

PowerSchool celebrates a diverse and inclusive workplace. PowerSchool is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers PowerSchoolers to deliver the best results for our customers. We not only celebrate the diversity of our workforce, we celebrate the diverse ways we work. If you have a disability and need an accommodation regarding our recruiting process, please let us know by emailing accomodations@powerschool.com.

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