Senior Director, Finance - Go-To-Market and Operations

Great Minds; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 182,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

Great Minds is seeking a Senior Director of Financial Planning, responsible for managing financial processes for Go to Market functions and Operations. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in financial planning, risk management, and provide strategic insights to support organizational goals.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in financial planning and analysis roles.
• 5+ years in leadership roles aligned with business objectives.
• Experience in Public Accounting and Educational Publishing Finance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute financial plans.
• Provide strategic financial advice to executive leadership.
• Monitor and control GTM project costs and outcomes.

Skills

Exceptional leadership

Collaboration

Analytical skills

Strategic commercial talents

Communication skills

Flexibility

Curiosity

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Who We Are

Great Minds is a high-growth, mission-driven organization founded by educators in 2007. As a for-profit, Public Benefit Corporation, we believe all students deserve access to meaningful, challenging content—and all teachers deserve tools that are intuitive, effective, and built for the realities of today’s classrooms.

We develop high-quality, knowledge-rich math, science and ELA curricula grounded in research and designed in collaboration with educators. Our materials reflect real classroom needs and are built to drive lasting student outcomes.

We are committed to usability, coherence, and practical implementation—supporting teachers not just through curriculum, but with professional learning, purposeful technology, and responsive service that enable strong adoption and impact.

What We Build

Our products—Eureka Math and Eureka Math², Wit & Wisdom, PhD Science, Geodes, and the newly launched Arts & Letters ELA—are trusted by thousands of schools and districts nationwide.

• Eureka Math is the most widely used math curriculum in the U.S., and is focused on balancing conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and application.

• Wit & Wisdom and Arts & Letters ELA anchor our reading strategy with content-rich, grade-level instruction that integrates literature, history, and the arts, grounded in the science of reading. Geodes complements our reading suite with decodable texts that pair phonics with meaningful content to support early literacy.

• PhD Science is a hands-on K-5 Science program that sparks curiosity as students build enduring knowledge of how the scientific world works.

These programs reflect a shared belief in high expectations, joyful rigor, and deep respect for educators and students.

Where We’re Headed

Great Minds is entering a new stage of growth and product maturity. We are focused on building more connected, customer-informed experiences across the full educator journey—from curriculum to professional learning to platform and support.

Our long-term vision is to become a true partner in impact—not just delivering curriculum, but supporting educators in achieving outcomes at scale.

Job Purpose

This role is responsible for managing all aspects of the company's financial planning processes for Go to Market functions (Sales, Marketing & Services) and Operations (Supply Chain). This role involves strategic and tactical financial planning, risk management, financial reporting, variance analysis and outcomes optimization advisory services. The role will connect the dots between sales forecasts for demand and Operations Supply Planning. The Senior Director will drive the effective utilization of data and analytics to support market yield management and effective cost management (samples, pilots, sales comp, events expenses, etc).

Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning and Financial Planning: Develop and execute near-term and long-range financial plans, including scenario analysis. Working with the GTM leaders and the VP of Finance, develop and implement long-term GTM financial models based on KPIs and aligned with the company's overall financial strategy and goals.

• Strategic Financial Support: provide strategic financial advice and support to executive leadership on various initiatives.

• Product Development Project GTM Factor Evaluation and Approval: Contribute to and evaluate the GTM elements of proforma projections of proposed capital projects to ensure reasonable expectations and sufficient funding to support outcomes.

• Project Monitoring and Control: Working with functional counterparts, put in place mechanisms to estimate, measure and report on costs and outcomes of GTM projects.

• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate financial risks associated with GTM activities and forecasts.

• Reporting and Analysis: Prepare reports on the financial performance of supported GTM and Operations teams, including revenue and price yield, cost variances, and marketing project performance metrics.

Leadership Skills

• Exceptional ability to lead direct reports and indirect contributors to initiatives

• Superior collaboration, analytical, and strategic commercial talents

• Compelling communication skills both written and verbal

• Flexibility, curiosity, humility, insatiable desire to add value and solve problems

Requirements

• Public Accounting experience

• 10+ years in financial planning and analysis roles with 5+ years in a leadership leading high performing teams strategically aligned with core business objectives.

• Revenue Operations Experience

• Educational Publishing Finance Experience

Required Education

Accounting or Finance degree; Master’s preferred

Status

Full-time

Location

Remote

The expected base salary range for this position is $182,000-$207,000, however the offered salarymay be higher or lower than the above range dependent on numerous factors including, but not limited to location, work experience, skills and internal equity considerations. The base salary is not inclusive of benefits or other incentives.

A cover letter and resume are required to be considered for this position.

New employees will be required to successfully complete a background check.

Any communication to applicants relating to the Great Minds hiring process will only come from email addresses with the domains greatminds.org or greatminds.recruitee.com. If in the course of the application or hiring process with Great Minds you are contacted through another domain, are requested to provide banking or other sensitive information, or you note any other suspicious activity, please contact [e-mail]

Great Minds is an equal opportunity employer. We will extend equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, disability, age, genetic information, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws. Our policy reflects and affirms the organization’s commitment to the principles of fair employment and the elimination of all discriminatory practices.

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