Ascend Learning

FP&A Sr Manager

Ascend Learning • $100K — $130K *
Leawood, KS 66209In-Person
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or related field
  • 8+ years of Finance/Accounting experience, preferably in FP&A
  • Experience with Revenue FP&A in SaaS environment
  • Expertise in revenue forecasting and analysis, including price/volume/mix
  • Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint; experience with data analytics tools

Responsibilities

  • Own Revenue planning processes for Annual Operating Plan and Quarterly Forecasts
  • Develop Revenue models by brand with high-quality data and solid assumptions
  • Translate Revenue trends and insights into guidance for forecasts and plans
  • Provide Revenue insights and scenario analysis to support Finance leadership
  • Enhance Revenue reporting to articulate variances clearly
  • Communicate key variance drivers and perform impact analysis
  • Collaborate across FP&A on pricing changes and product mix analysis

Benefits

  • Flexible and generous paid time off
  • Competitive medical, dental, vision and life insurance
  • 401(k) employer matching program
  • Parental leave
  • Wellness resources
  • Charitable matching program
  • On-site workout facilities
  • Community outreach groups
  • Tuition reimbursement
Full Job Description
WHAT YOU'LL DO

The Finance Sr. Manager, Corporate FP&A role is critical to the Corporate FP&A team as you will be the Subject Matter Expert for Revenue FP&A at Ascend. This role will interact across FP&A and with Finance Executives to appropriately analyze and plan Revenue while providing key insights on variance drivers for results and impacts to future revenue plans/forecasts. This role will continue to enhance current Revenue planning with more robust analysis to better articulate key variance drivers.

WHERE YOU'LL WORK

  • This position will work a hybrid schedule from our Leawood, KS or Burlington, MA office location preferred. Remote will be considered.


HOW YOU'LL SPEND YOUR TIME

  • Own Ascend's Revenue planning processes for the Annual Operating Plan, the Long-Range Plan, and Quarterly Forecasts.
  • Develop detailed Revenue models by brand and at the appropriate product level to ensure Ascend's Revenue is underpinned with high quality data and solid assumptions.
  • Translate Revenue trends, price/volume/mix insights and Revenue recognition timing into clear guidance for brand-level forecasts, annual plans and long-range plans.
  • Provide timely and thoughtful Revenue insights and scenario analysis to support Finance leadership in landing forecasts and plans.
  • Enhance comprehensive Revenue reporting package to articulate variances to forecasts and plans for the period.
  • Ensure key variance drivers are appropriately communicated to Finance leadership, including price/volume/mix analysis.
  • Collaborate across FP&A to quantify the financial impact of pricing changes, discounting, and shifts in product and/or customer mix.
  • Explain key variance drivers and highlight important takeaways in presentation decks.
  • Often requires close collaboration with Finance executives to determine how best to articulate key variances.
  • Provide supporting analysis as backup for data presented to SLT and Board.
  • Perform ad-hoc reporting and financial analyses at multiple levels of complexity in support of Corporate FP&A.


WHAT YOU'LL NEED

  • Bachelor's degree in related fields, such as Business Administration, Accounting, Business Analytics, Finance, or other areas combined with relevant work experience is required.
  • 8+ years of Finance/Accounting experience; prior FP&A experience strongly preferred including Revenue FP&A experience for similar company / SaaS is highly preferred.
  • Proven ownership of revenue forecasting, planning and analysis including expertise in price/volume/mix analysis is a plus.
  • Strong attention to detail, ability to manage multiple deliverables under tight timelines
  • Advanced Excel and Powerpoint skills. Datawarehouse, Microsoft BI or Tableau background highly preferred. Prior experience with FP&A system preferred (Planful, Anaplan or similar).


BENEFITS

  • Flexible and generous paid time off
  • Competitive medical, dental, vision and life insurance
  • 401(k) employer matching program
  • Parental leave
  • Wellness resources
  • Charitable matching program
  • On-site workout facilities (Leawood, Gilbert, Burlington)
  • Community outreach groups
  • Tuition reimbursement

About Ascend Learning

Ascend Learning is a leading provider of educational content, software and analytics solutions for healthcare and other vocational industries. The company's products and services are designed to help students and professionals improve their knowledge and skills, and to help employers improve their workforce performance. Ascend Learning's portfolio includes more than 1,000 digital and print-based products, including textbooks, online courses, simulation tools, and certification and licensure exam preparation materials. The company serves a wide range of customers, including colleges and universities, healthcare organizations, and government agencies. Ascend Learning was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts.
Learn more about Ascend Learning
Size
1,500 employees
Industry
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Founded
2010
* Ladders Estimates

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