Finance & Business Operations Lead

About Growth Assistant

Growth Assistant embeds elite global talent with growth-obsessed founders and marketing teams. We help companies scale faster, smarter, and more affordably. In just four years of profitable growth, we’ve scaled to over $20M in revenue and work with industry-leading clients such as Door Dash, Shopify, and Harry’s.

We’re a fast-growing, entrepreneurial company focused on building scalable systems, strong teams, and long-term partnerships.

Growth Assistant is entering its next phase of scale and is looking for a Finance & Business Operations Lead to own the finance function end-to-end while building the operating rhythm, performance architecture, and cross-functional execution that helps the company run faster and make better decisions.

This is a hands-on leadership role that blends strategic finance, data-driven performance management, and business operations. You’ll partner closely with the CEO and executive team to set targets, allocate resources, and drive high-impact initiatives across the business. This role will report directly to the CEO.

• Own finance end-to-end, partnering closely with accounting on month-end close, cash flow management, revenue recognition, payroll, and budget vs. actuals tracking.
• Drive a culture of accountability by owning the operating model and running monthly/quarterly business review cadences.
• Lead FP&A, including annual planning, forecasting, scenario modeling, and headcount planning.
• Establish and continuously improve core processes across AP/AR, billing, spend management, controls, and reporting.
• Oversee company spend: refresh and enforce spend policies; improve cost visibility and accountability.
• Build and maintain financial models for strategic decision-making (e.g., growth investments, pricing/packaging, new monetization, expansion).
• Support capital strategy and board reporting, including monthly/quarterly board updates and board-ready financial narratives.
• Serve as primary finance point of contact for external partners (banking, accountants, tax advisors, auditors).
• Maintain best-in-class finance tool stack (ERP/billing/expense management), with a strong bias toward automation and clean data.

• Define and own the company KPI framework and operating metrics (including recurring revenue metrics, retention/cohort performance, unit economics, funnel performance, and efficiency).
• Build dashboards and deep dives that translate data into clear insights for leadership.
• Develop models, forecasts, and scenarios to support goal-setting, resourcing, and performance improvement.
• Partner with GTM and recruiting to measure and improve ROI across spend, capacity planning, and productivity.

• Manage leadership cadences: ensure the right conversations happen with the right context, materials, and follow-through.
• Facilitate strategic working sessions, offsites, and critical alignment moments; help shape how leadership prioritizes time and decisions.
• Lead high-impact, cross-functional initiatives (e.g., marketplace dynamics, Rev Ops, audience/ICP focus, pricing & packaging, new product/monetization strategy).
• Partnerships (as needed): evaluate pipeline, run diligence, model partnership ROI, and coordinate cross-functional execution across recruiting/Legal/GTM.

• 6+ years in strategic finance, FP&A, Business Operations, or a closely related role; strong fundamentals in financial modeling and accounting.
• Demonstrated ability to build and own complex models, forecasts, and decision-support analysis—and turn them into clear recommendations.
• Strong communication skills: able to simplify complex financial and operational concepts for non-financial stakeholders.
• Track record of leading high-visibility, cross-functional projects from scoping to implementation and reporting.
• Experience managing and developing a high-performing team (or readiness to do so immediately) and building scalable operating processes.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment; high initiative, high ownership, high judgment.
• Eagerness to leverage AI tools/automation to streamline workflows, reporting, and analysis.

• Foundational training and experience with M&A via investment banking or private equity.
• Fluency with recurring revenue (e.g. SaaS) metrics and the operational levers that drive retention and growth.
• Experience building scalable finance and operations systems in a high-growth environment.
• Prior ownership of annual/semi-annual planning cycles and KPI-driven business reviews.

• Competitive Compensation
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• 401k plan with Company Match
• Dependent and Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts