Company
Teachers of Tomorrow is the nation’s leading Teacher Education provider, having certified more than 85,000 teachers nationwide across over 3,100 districts. With a 20-year history, we provide industry-leading certification, test prep, and continuing education for teachers.
Under new ownership as part of TPG’s The Rise Fund, the world’s largest private impact fund with a mission to deliver measurable social impact at scale, Teachers of Tomorrow is well-positioned to address the growing need for high quality teachers. Our goal is to help reinvent the role of teaching as a societal good and make a meaningful difference in the lives of students.
The Rise Fund TPG’s Rise Fund is a global impact investing platform that backs mission-driven, growth-stage companies delivering measurable social and environmental benefits alongside competitive financial returns. Launched in 2016 by TPG in partnership with Bono and Jeff Skoll, it targets sectors such as education, financial inclusion, healthcare, food and agriculture, climate, and conservation to scale solutions aligned with major societal challenges.
Opportunity
Reporting to the CEO, the Chief Finance Officer will lead both the financial and people functions of a high-growth, mission-driven organization. This individual will serve as a key partner to the CEO and private equity sponsors, driving operational performance, financial discipline, and execution against the company’s value creation plan.
With a team of approximately 300 employees, the CFO will oversee all aspects of finance and HR, ensuring the organization has the structure, insight, and talent needed to scale effectively.
Primary responsibilities:
Lead financial performance: Oversee all financial operations, ensuring the company meets or exceeds revenue, margin, and EBITDA targets
Lead investor and board reporting: Deliver clear, timely reporting and insights to private equity sponsors and Board stakeholders
Act as strategic partner to the CEO: Provide financial insight to guide decision-making and execution against the company’s value creation plan
Lead finance and HR functions: Oversee finance and People & Culture, ensuring alignment of workforce strategy, compensation, and organizational design with business objectives
Drive KPI discipline: Track and optimise core business metrics including applications, enrollments, hires, and revenue
Lead FP&A and forecasting: Drive budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning
Drive performance visibility: Develop reporting on unit economics, funnel conversion, and operational performance drivers
Ensure cost discipline and cash management: Manage SG&A, cash flow, and working capital with a strong focus on liquidity and operational efficiency
Oversee core finance functions: Ensure excellence across accounting, tax, audit, and financial compliance
Ensure operational rigor: Strengthen financial processes, controls, and reporting to support scalable growth
Support growth strategy: Evaluate investments such as new market expansion, balancing near-term impact with long-term return
Shape organizational effectiveness: Support leadership in workforce planning, hiring strategy, and performance management
Prepare for future exit: Help position the company for a successful transaction and maximise enterprise value
Lead M&A activity (as needed): Support acquisition strategy, diligence, and integration where relevant
Leverage technology for scale: Identify opportunities to improve efficiency through systems and tools
Ideal Candidate
You are a hands-on, commercially minded financial leader who thrives in fast-moving, resource-constrained environments. You bring both strategic perspective and operational depth, and you are comfortable building structure where it doesn’t yet exist. You are as effective working through ambiguity as you are driving discipline, and you are motivated by the opportunity to have a meaningful impact within a mission-driven organization.
You should have the following experiences and skill sets:
Experience in scaled, but lean environments: Proven success operating in small to mid-sized, high-growth organizations where resources are limited and leaders are hands-on
Education or similar sector experience (preferred): Background in education, lead generation, or other marketing-driven industries with similar revenue dynamics
Proven financial leader: Track record of leading finance with full ownership of financial performance in a growing organization
Strong FP&A expertise: Deep experience in forecasting, modeling, and using data to guide decisions in evolving environments
Revenue and funnel-oriented mindset: Experience modeling and managing P&L performance driven by funnel conversion, lead generation, and operational metrics
Private equity experience: Familiar with PE-backed environments, including investor expectations and reporting cadence
Transaction exposure: Experience supporting acquisitions or preparing a company for exit
Commercially minded: Understands how financial decisions impact growth, margins, and enterprise value
Analytically sharp: Able to generate insight and make decisions with imperfect or evolving data
Finance-for-operations mindset: Partners closely with the business to drive performance, not just report results
Hands-on leadership style: Comfortable operating with limited support and actively engaging in the work
Scales with growth: Experience building financial infrastructure, systems, and processes
Collaborative executive presence: Brings a strong point of view and engages as a true peer to leadership
Culturally aligned: Thrives in a mission-driven, performance-oriented organization
Adaptable and pragmatic: Comfortable navigating ambiguity and change
Learn More
The Knowledge Leaders search process is thorough and may include: a written assessment, multiple interviews (recorded and in person), background and social media checks, employment and education verifications, and professional reference checking. After all, our mission is to transform education by recruiting the best world leaders.
Submit your resume to Peggy Williams.
Knowledge Leaders, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and candidates for employment. Knowledge Leaders, LLC prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
