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Strategic Finance Lead

Granola· Operations
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San Francisco Office$170k - $200kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Strategic Finance Lead to build and own the company’s financial operating rhythm, including FP&A, forecasting, and strategic decision support for Granola’s next growth stage.

Responsibilities

  • Own our company model and forecasting. Build and maintain the financial model that connects revenue, headcount, operating expenses, gross margin and cash, and continuously improve our ability to forecast the business.
  • Lead company planning. Drive our company planning and ongoing forecasting cadence, partnering with leaders across the business to translate operating plans into financial outcomes and inform resource allocation.
  • Help leaders understand performance. Partner with functional leaders on budgets, forecasts and performance, digging into the underlying drivers and turning them into clear insights and actions.
  • Deepen our understanding of unit economics. Build a robust view of the economics of our business, including gross margin, customer acquisition, retention and sales efficiency, and identify opportunities to improve them.
  • Drive strategic analysis and decision-making. Build scenarios and frameworks to evaluate investments, pricing, headcount and other important company decisions.
  • Build the Strategic Finance foundation. Help establish the models, processes and operating cadences that allow Finance to become an increasingly effective partner as Granola scales.

Qualifications

  • 5-8 years of experience across Strategic Finance, FP&A, Corporate Finance or similar roles.
  • Experience owning financial models, forecasting and planning processes in a high-growth technology company.
  • Strong financial modeling and analytical skills, with the ability to independently structure and solve ambiguous problems.
  • Experience partnering directly with functional and executive leaders and translating analysis into clear recommendations.
  • Strong understanding of SaaS business models and the operating metrics that drive growth and unit economics.
  • A track record of taking ambiguous strategic questions through to structured analysis, clear conclusions and recommended actions.

Skills

Required:Financial modeling

Benefits

  • equity
  • benefits
Last updated Oct 4, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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