We Impact Lives Through Purpose-Driven Work in A People First Culture

Ascend Learning is the connection between a powerful portfolio of brands serving students, educators, and employers with outcomes-based, data driven solutions across the lifecycle of learning.

Our values-driven culture unifies our teams and inspires a mindset of action, innovation, and collaboration, with a relentless focus on customers.

We're always looking for talented, passionate professionals to join us in our mission to help change lives. If this sounds like an environment where you'd thrive, read on to learn more.

Ascend Learning leads the way in innovation and solution creation to improve outcomes and deliver results for students, educators, and healthcare workers in the ever-changing field of healthcare. We offer advanced resources that drive nursing success, empower front-line certified allied health workers, help physicians pass boards and stay current, and provide education management tools for medical education programs.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

The FP&A Manager is critical to the Commercial FP&A team and is a key point of contact that interacts with the commercial and marketing team across multiple business categories. This role is responsible for providing insightful analysis and reporting to help drive performance. This includes items such as monthly results/analysis, forecasting and long-rang planning. There is frequent interaction with senior executives including the CFO. This role produces important deliverables in support of commercial reviews, senior leadership meetings, and other critical Finance materials.

WHERE YOU’LL WORK

This position will work a hybrid schedule from our Burlington, MA office location.

HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME

• Provide critical insight on business trends and strategic initiatives; Develop insightful analysis over and above conventional reporting to add value to the business

• Prepare annual commercial budget, quarterly forecasts, and actual reporting against plan; Drive corrective action planning

• Develop appropriate reporting/dashboards to provide visibility into trends, pricing performance and other key business KPIs

• Support initiatives targeted at financial processes improvement and the implementation of changes to achieve efficiencies and the company’s objectives

• Use business balanced scorecard metrics, billings (revenue) drivers and other key metrics to model scenarios for the business and mitigate risks and/or capture opportunities

• Partner closely with sales operations to provide accurate billing and revenue forecasts; work to increase granularity of data driven drivers for market and billings visibility.

• Partner closely with Segment accounting team on judgment-based accounting and ensuring appropriate business controls are in place across the business

• Perform ad-hoc reporting and financial analyses at multiple levels of complexity, including commercial billings, marketing, cost analysis financial performance comparisons

• Collaborate across corporate FP&A and systems finance to ensure FP&A software (Planful) is appropriately updated/maintained and key inputs are accurately updated on a timely basis.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business administration, business analytics, or other related fields.

• 7+ years in FP&A (preferably both corporate and segment FP&A). Additional finance experience demonstrating breadth of experience is preferred.

• Ability to perform a variety of financial activities including planning, analysis, budgeting, and reporting

• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills

• Experience in budgeting/forecasting preferably within a commercial & marketing setting; Understanding eCommerce, Lead generation and marketing support is a plus

• Strong collaboration and communication skills along with an ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with frequent tight deadlines while maintaining effective executive presence

• Strong Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and other Microsoft Office applications essential; database and data visualization tools (e.g. Power BI or Tableau) a plus

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

• Hybrid work

• On-site workout facilities (Leawood, Gilbert, Burlington)

• Community outreach groups

• Tuition reimbursement

Fostering A Sense of Belonging

We seek out and celebrate all people and perspectives and cultivate an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued and be their authentic selves. Our culture is firmly rooted in the belief that by embracing our differences and drawing on diverse perspectives, we are a stronger, more innovative, and more successful organization where employees experience a sense of belonging.

About Ascend Learning

As a tech-enabled services company, Ascend Learning is a national leader in developing and delivering data-driven online educational content, software, assessments, analytics, and simulations serving institutions, students and employers across healthcare, fitness and wellness, public and workplace safety, skilled trades, insurance, financial services, cybersecurity, and higher education. We're committed to accelerating the learning pathways that can move people into careers where they have the knowledge and skills to have an impact and help change lives in the communities they serve. Headquartered in Burlington, MA with additional office locations and hybrid and remote workers in cities across the U.S., Ascend Learning was recognized by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group as one of America's 2023 Greatest Workplaces for Diversity.

Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Applications for U.S. based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

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