Senior Financial Analyst Jobs

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Here at Ellucian, we are motivated by a mission ~ the power of education to transform lives and change the world. We are the global market leader in EdTech for Higher Education, serving more than 2,900 customers and reaching over 22 million students in 50+ countries. We are dedicated to helping Higher Ed thrive by transforming their institutions to agile, digitally connected campuses that enable student success.

About The Opportunity

The Senior Financial Analyst position reports to the Manager of Sales Operations. In this role, the Senior Financial Analyst will have extensive interaction will all levels of the organization and will be responsible for delivering value-added business analysis and meaningful financial/operational metrics that lead to insightful, accurate business decision making for our Revenue (Sales and Marketing) organization. The ideal candidate is a motivated self-starter, able to prioritize tasks, and has excellent communication skills.

Where you will make an impact

• Month-end close analysis, accruals, and reporting
• Exhibit flexibility and willingness to take on new responsibilities and assignments as needed
• Hold quarterly forecast review meetings with each leader within the Revenue organization
• Develop and maintain financial and operating KPIs, and ad-hoc financial analysis to drive better decision-making and prioritization for the Revenue organization.
• Prepare/consolidate monthly financial reporting packages, including management P&L’s, comprehensive key performance indicator (KPI) reporting, variance analysis, and executive commentary
• Monthly forecasting and annual budget, including risks and opportunities, as well as long-term projections
• Various other ad-hoc analyses, reports, and special projects as needed
• Provide analysis and insights into variances between actual and expected results to the corporate FP&A team
• Maintaining detailed headcount, non-labor, and 3rd party expense schedules

What You Will Bring

• Strong business acumen, with a demonstrated ability to understand and analyze key performance drivers for a business, draw conclusions, and extend concepts/recommendations towards future business impact
• Ability to inherit existing analyses/metrics, maintain and extend value, and to frame associated recommendations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to comfortably engage with and build trust with business partners at higher levels of seniority
• Extensive experience with advanced features of Excel and PowerPoint; experience with data discovery / business intelligence tools preferred – Tableau, Planful, Spotlight, and PowerBI
• 5+ years relevant work experience in financial planning and analysis preferred, with strong quantitative and qualitative analysis skills
• Communicates a sense of urgency and a commitment to delivering on time with quality
• Experience with financial modeling of expense and revenue plans
• Ability to work with large amounts of data and to translate results into meaningful metrics and recommendations aimed at improving business performance

What makes #Ellucianlife

• Maternity & Paternity Leave
• Professional development opportunities
• Wellness
• Tuition Reimbursement Assistance
• Ginger (mental health)
• 401k w/ match & Bright Plan - to help you save for the future
• Diversity and inclusion programs which provide access to internal employee resource groups
• Rethink & Wellthy– caregiver support
• Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision
• Flexible time off
• Charitable leave – 40 hours/year
• Telemedicine
• Wellbeats (virtual fitness classes)
• Thrive Flex Program that allows you to contribute towards your health, financial or learning interests