FP&A Analyst

About the position

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.

Responsibilities

• Prepare analysis to ensure business results are optimized (ie: Headcount, Operating Expenses, Net Retention rates, etc); Work with multiple data inputs to translate data into information that the business can use for decision making.
• Prepare, interpret, and use business balanced scorecard metrics, billings (revenue) drivers and other key metrics to model scenarios for the business.
• Model budget, forecast and long-range plans, summarizing variances, risks and opportunities; use business judgment to determine when to drill into underlying detail.
• Prepare reports on a weekly, monthly, or quarterly basis that enable decision making by the business; highlight important takeaways in concise executive summaries.
• Prepare other ad-hoc modeling to enable business decision-making.
• Partner with Segment accounting team on judgment-based accounting and ensuring appropriate business controls are in place.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in finance, business administration, business analytics, or other related fields.
• 3+ years of experience 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.
• Able to perform accurate detailed work while also staying focused on interpreting information; Good understanding of financial statements and key performance metrics.
• 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 data mining techniques and tools such as SQL or similar.
• Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, and other Microsoft Office applications essential; database and data visualization tools (e.g. Power BI or Tableau) a plus.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in technology, software and/or digital learning 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