ApplySarthiStrategic Finance & FP&A Manager
Duolingo
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Practise the Strategic Finance & FP&A Manager at Duolingo interview free →Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in!
At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun.
Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.
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About the role...
The Financial Planning & Analysis team is looking for a finance professional to advance Duolingo’s mission by delivering financial insights and driving high-impact decisions across the business. You will work closely with our FP&A Director and teams including Growth, Monetization, and Data Science to inform decisions that support Duolingo’s continued growth and profitability.
You’ll become an expert on Duolingo’s monetization engine—including how user and subscriber growth translates into revenue at more than $1 billion scale. This role is based in our New York City office on a hybrid schedule.
🧠 You will...
- Develop and maintain financial models that support forecasting, earnings calls, strategic planning, and budgeting.
- Translate complex financial analysis into clear, actionable insights for our partners and executives.
- Recommend and own workstreams that shape decisions across Duolingo.
- Analyze how product experiments, pricing, packaging, and new initiatives could affect Duolingo’s financial performance.
- Contribute to high-profile materials for our Board of Directors, earnings calls, and senior executives.
✅ You have...
- Experience in investment banking, private or public equity investing, or strategic finance/FP&A at a high-growth technology company.
- Advanced financial modeling skills and experience designing and owning analytical models that improve business decisions.
- A strong 80/20 mindset, with the ability to identify the core problem, focus on the insights that matter most, and prioritize the steps needed to solve it.
- Sound judgment, with the ability to make well-reasoned decisions in ambiguous situations and establish a clear path forward.
- Structured thinking, a strong command of the details, and the ability to turn complex analysis into compelling, decision-focused narratives.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting financial insights to cross-functional partners and senior leaders.
- A track record of owning projects, managing competing priorities, and delivering high-quality work on time.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets.
⭐ Exceptional candidates will have...
- Experience with consumer technology, subscription, or digital product business models.
- Experience analyzing monetization, subscriber growth, or revenue drivers at scale.
- Experience supporting quarterly earnings or preparing materials for a public-company board or senior executives.
- Experience using AI tools to speed up analysis, improve financial models, and make everyday workflows more effective.
- An impressive Duolingo streak!
The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role!
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