Business Planning / Bizdev

Money Forward is hiring a Business Planning and Bizdev member for the planning division that serves its small-business domain. The division gives planning support across the direct sales organization and the partner sales organization for accounting professionals, for SaaS, fintech and outsourcing (BPO) offerings aimed at small businesses and sole proprietors.

Early on, the person plans and carries out strategy for a specific domain such as SaaS, fintech or BPO, using data to analyse the current state with business heads. Tasks include designing revenue measures, setting and reporting KPIs, improving processes and building the operations behind the strategy. In the medium term the person drafts and carries out the roadmap for the company's mid-term plan, designs new business models and plans group acquisitions through to post-merger integration.

Applicants need experience in intangible-goods industries such as IT or web services, two or more years in business planning, business development or sales planning including KPI management, strategy formation and parallel project leadership, and the ability to draw insights from market and competitor analysis. Accounting knowledge is preferred.