FP&A Manager
Description
Great Purpose. Great People. Great Opportunities.
At Imagine Learning we empower potential by creating educational solutions that inspire boundless possibilities for every student, every day. We are passionate about innovating together to support educators in creating those special moments when students experience the joy of learning at its best.
We empower our team through a strong culture focused on career growth and development, flexible work arrangements, interesting and meaningful work, and supportive and connected colleagues. The majority of our employees enjoy the opportunity to work remotely from home within the US, or in a hybrid capacity in our offices in Tempe, AZ (headquarters), Austin, TX, Petaluma, CA, Rock Rapids, IA, Grand Rapids, MI, or Bloomington, MN.
Imagine Your Impact.
The FP&A Manager drives financial planning, analysis, and decision support within our organization. This role is critical in driving strategic financial initiatives, providing actionable insights to senior management, and ensuring alignment between financial goals and business objectives.
Position Type: This is a regular, full-time position.
Compensation: Base pay is anticipated to be between $100,758 and $130,000 per year. Eligible employees may also receive incentive/commission/annual bonus pay based on individual and/or company performance. Compensation may vary based on factors such as, but not limited to, individual skills, experience, training, education/certifications, geographic location, internal equity, and local market conditions.
Location: In this US-based position your location will be hybrid in our Tempe, AZ office.
Benefits: Eligible employees may receive the following benefits-
- 401k plan with a company match
- Flexible work schedules and work-from-home opportunities that foster work/life balance
- Employee referral bonuses
Additional benefits available to eligible full-time and partial full-time employees (partial full-time employees receive prorated benefits), include:
- Multiple health, dental, and vision plans, including medical plans with zero employee premiums
- 16 paid holidays, which include 2 floating holidays and a winter shutdown from Christmas Eve through New Year’s Day
- Paid Time Off
- Maternity and Fertility benefits
- Paid bonding leave when a new child joins your family
- Life and short and long-term disability insurance
- Pre-tax savings plans
- Paid volunteer hours and annual giving events
- A wide variety of professional development programs, including tuition reimbursement
Envision Your Experience.
In this role you’ll have the opportunity to:
- Develop robust financial models to support budgeting, forecasting, and long-term strategic planning.
- Coordinate the consolidation and analysis of departmental budgets to ensure accuracy and alignment with overall financial objectives.
- Develop a robust cash flow forecasting model.
- Oversee the preparation and distribution of regular financial reports and dashboards, providing insights into key performance metrics and variance analysis to internal and external stakeholders.
- Conduct in-depth financial analysis to identify trends, opportunities, and risks, and provide recommendations to senior management for informed decision-making.
- Enhance and own our segment and functional P&L views.
- Leading and implementing new processes to support Product P&L’s.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to department heads and senior leadership, providing financial insights and support to drive business performance.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business drivers, challenges, and opportunities, and provide financial guidance to support strategic initiatives.
- Foster strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment on financial goals and priorities.
- Identify opportunities to streamline and improve financial planning and analysis processes, leveraging technology and best practices to increase efficiency and accuracy.
- Implement enhancements to financial reporting tools and systems to enhance visibility and transparency into financial performance.
- Partner with IT and other stakeholders to drive system enhancements and integrations to support evolving business needs.
- Administer day-to-day management of Adaptive Insights financial planning tool, including process improvements and enhancements.
Share Your Expertise.
Experience, education, and qualifications essential for success in this role, include:
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, or economics and 5+ years of FP&A experience in a high-growth environment, ideally in a corporate FP&A function; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- Previous experience with cash flow forecasting and external reporting strongly preferred.
- Excellent interpersonal, and verbal & written skills.
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills to work with large amounts of data and convey data and storylines.
- Proven ability to build strong collaborative working relationships with business partners and executives.
- Effective communication at a detailed technical level while having the ability to elevate for high-level consumption by executives.
- Excellent financial modeling and advanced analytical and quantitative abilities.
- Ability to think creatively with high standard of accuracy and precision.
- Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and stay flexible through growth and change.
- Large ERP experience; prior experience with Adaptive Insights strongly desired.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB+).
Diversity and inclusivity strengthen our Imagine Learning team, enrich our lives, and help us design equitable educational experiences where learners see themselves and can also learn about people, cultures, experiences, and perspectives different from their own. We strive to hire, develop, and retain talented people who represent the diversity of the districts we serve. By developing initiatives that focus on the needs, expectations, and lives of our people, we’ve created an inclusive environment where all employees can contribute to their fullest potential.
Imagine Learning is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce, providing equal employment and advancement opportunities to qualified individuals. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, transgender status (including whether or not you are transitioning or have transitioned), sexual orientation, marital status, religion (including religion dress and grooming practices), age 40 and over, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information (including results of genetic testing and characteristics), veteran and/or military status, or service in the military, and any other basis or status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws.
To all recruitment agencies: Imagine Learning does not accept agency resumes. Please do not submit candidates for consideration via our online application system, to Imagine Learning employees, or to any other organization location. Imagine Learning is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.