Director, FP&A and AI Finance

The Opportunity

As the Director, FP&A and AI Finance at Coursedog, you'll own the financial engine of the business while helping transform how Finance operates through AI-enabled workflows and automation. Working closely with executive leadership, Accounting, GTM, and business leaders across the company, you'll lead budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and strategic financial planning while building systems that accelerate insight delivery and reduce manual work.

You'll be responsible for driving the full planning cycle, delivering actionable financial analysis, and leading AI-driven process improvements across the Finance function. This role balances strategic thinking with hands-on execution in a fast-moving, mission-driven B2B SaaS environment. This role reports directly to the CFO and offers autonomy leading projects in a remote environment.

This position offers a competitive base salary between $185,000 - $200,000, based on experience and qualifications. The role also includes a performance-based variable compensation component, bringing total on-target earnings (OTE) to $220,000 - $240,000 when performance objectives are achieved.

What You'll Do

• Lead Coursedog's annual budgeting and financial planning process across all functions, ensuring alignment with company goals and strategic priorities.
• Own monthly forecasting and financial performance tracking against budget.
• Analyze business performance, identify key drivers of variance, and provide actionable recommendations to leadership.
• Develop strong partnerships with business leaders to understand operational metrics and translate them into financial insights.
• Lead monthly cross-functional budget reviews, proactively identifying risks, opportunities, and areas for investment.
• Develop and maintain executive and board-level reporting that clearly communicates business performance and financial outlook.
• Own GTM commission planning, tracking, forecasting, and reporting processes.
• Partner with the Accounting team on procurement-related activities, including vendor budgeting, spend management, and expense approval workflows.
• Spearhead AI-driven transformation initiatives across the Finance function, including automated workflows, agent-based tools, and always-on reporting capabilities.
• Evaluate, prototype, and deploy AI-enabled solutions that improve financial processes, reduce manual effort, and increase decision-making speed.
• Continuously improve FP&A systems, processes, and reporting frameworks to support a growing SaaS business.
• Serve as a trusted financial partner to executives and functional leaders across the company.

What You'll Bring

• 7+ years of FP&A experience in a high-growth SaaS environment, with increasing ownership and responsibility.
• 2+ years of investment banking or related rigorous financial training experience.
• Demonstrated success leading budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting processes in a fast-paced organization.
• Experience partnering with senior business leaders to influence decision-making through data and financial insights.
• Hands-on experience applying AI tools and automation within finance workflows, including platforms such as ChatGPT, Claude, n8n, or similar technologies.
• Ability to clearly articulate AI-driven solutions you've built, the problems they solved, and their business impact.
• Strong analytical and systems-thinking skills with a focus on process improvement and operational efficiency.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to producing high-quality work.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and operate independently in a remote environment.
• Ownership mentality with a bias toward action and a willingness to operate across both strategic and execution-focused work.
• Experience working successfully in a fully remote or distributed organization is a plus.

About Coursedog

At Coursedog, our mission is simple but ambitious: to break down barriers to student success. We are the Intelligent Academic Operations Platform, empowering 400+ colleges and universities to better serve over 3.3 million students. We're a remote-first, fast-growing company and a Forbes Top 500 U.S. Startup Employer.

Benefits

• Healthcare, Dental & Vision: Fixed contribution model for flexibility.
• Wellness Support: Access to Spring Health, XP Health, Carrot Fertility, and One Medical.
• Retirement Planning: Safe Harbor 401(k) with a 4% employer match.
• Paid Time Off: Unlimited policy.
• Remote-First: Work where you thrive best.
• Equity: All employees are granted equity in the company.
• Paid Parental Leave: Up to 12 weeks of fully paid leave for parents.