Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis

The role: 

As a member of our growing Finance team, the Director, Financial Planning & Analysis will lead our Corporate FP&A team and gain valuable exposure to senior leadership. You'll build out and maintain Newsela’s revenue, cash, and long-range financial modeling activities, which will be leveraged to make critical business decisions in support of long-term revenue growth. You will also manage the overall FP&A close process, enabling the entire FP&A team to gain efficiency and focus time on analytical activities that will help business leaders make more informed decisions. You will directly support the budgeting and forecasting for our G&A function, including Legal, HR, Finance, IT and Executive. Reporting to the Vice President, Financial Strategy & Operations, you will partner closely with Field FP&A, Accounting, Legal, HR, Executive and Financial Systems team members to improve our forecasting, build out and maintain our Adaptive Insights system and improve the reporting and analysis that Newsela delivers to key business partners.

Why you’ll love this role:

• You will gain invaluable experience with visibility into Newsela’s business & operations and have a large impact within a growing Finance organization 
• You’ll have the opportunity to make an impact on the strategic decision-making and trajectory of the organization and dive deep into analytics critical to our company’s success 
• You will have significant exposure to the Finance leadership team, as well as Newsela’s Executive leadership 
• You’ll have the opportunity to help define the coordination and communication across our financial functions 
• Your work will help ensure the growth of a business that is transforming the way students learn through accessible, engaging learning content  

Why you’re a great fit:

• You have 8+ years of FP&A related experience, with minimum 5+ years of Corporate FP&A experience
• You bring extensive experience in Financial Modeling 
• You have demonstrated success in Business Partnership & Communication of Results across audiences, including executive leadership 
• You have experience in Management & Investor Reporting, FP&A Close Process management] and Adaptive Insights administration 

Base compensation range: $160,000 - $200,000 at the Director level. Total compensation for this role also includes incentive stock options and benefits. This compensation range and title may be adjusted based on actual experience.