About the role
KnowBe4 empowers the modern workforce to make smarter security decisions every day. Trusted by more than 70,000 organizations worldwide, KnowBe4 is the pioneer of digital workforce security, securing both AI agents and humans. The KnowBe4 Platform provides attack simulation and training, collaboration security, and agent security powered by AIDA (Artificial Intelligence Defense Agents) and a proprietary Risk Score. The platform leverages 15-years of behavioral data to combat advanced threats including social engineering, prompt injection, and shadow AI. By securing humans and agents, KnowBe4 leads the industry in workforce trust and defense.
Remote positions open in the US office only.
The Commercial Finance Lead will serve as a Finance expert to the Company. This role is responsible for supporting a select business area with strategic decision-making and strategic initiatives, will be providing oversight and analytical support for key strategies and initiatives, and making recommendations that will drive growth, profitability, and competitive success.
Responsibilities:
- Act as the finance and strategy business partner to a dedicated sales team
- Responsible for monthly results reporting
- Analyze business drivers and communicate findings to Finance and Sales leadership
- Foresee key business issues and provide regular reporting, forecasting, and as-needed analyses as well as data-driven recommendations to the Company
- Responsible for the area budget and monthly forecasting
- Responsible for personnel planning to ensure area sales goals are met
- Assess financial impact of business decisions as they pertain to the sales team
- Work alongside Sales leadership and Analytics team to create and manage and evaluate the effectiveness of commission plans
- Coordinate with Operations, Financial Systems and Analytics teams to obtain data needed for complex analyses
- Coordinate with the Sales and Analytics teams to develop pricing and discount recommendations to maximize profitability margins
- Provide genuine recommendations as to the hiring, firing, promotion, and discipline of subordinate employees to which the Company gives significant weight
Minimum Qualifications:
- MBA preferred
- Bachelors in Finance or Economic preferred
- Minimum 5 years of progressive experience working in Corporate Finance or on Strategic Teams
- Experience in a Public company preferred
- Experience in Technology industry preferred
- CFA preferred
- Working knowledge of GAAP
- Proficiency in building financial models
- Proficiency in working with large data sets with Access, Excel (including modeling and VBA) and SQL
- A high degree of analytical capability with the demonstrated ability to structure business case around a high-level strategic vision
- Strong strategic skills, with the proven ability to identify and assess key points, implications and recommendations
- An advanced understanding of corporate financial planning, reporting & analysis, and costing/profitability methodologies and processes
The base pay for this position is up to $225,000, which will vary depending on how well an applicant's skills and experience align with the job description listed above.
Application deadline: 7/26/2026. This is our good-faith estimate of the date the application window is anticipated to close. KnowBe4 reviews applications on a rolling basis and reserves the right to close the application window early if a qualified candidate for the position is identified.
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Note: An applicant assessment and background check may be part of your hiring procedure.
Individuals seeking employment at KnowBe4 are considered without prejudice to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/request-accommodation.
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