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Ascend Learning is seeking a Treasury Manager to lead treasury activities and support M&A initiatives from their Leawood, Kansas office. This role emphasizes cash management, financial modeling, and stakeholder collaboration within a dynamic, people-first culture.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include managing daily treasury activities, analyzing cash flows, maintaining debt agreements, managing external service provider relationships, and developing financial models for M&A support.

Skills: Candidates must have strong financial analysis, reporting, and presentation skills, with proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; experience with FP&A systems and data visualization tools is a plus.

Qualifications: A Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance is preferred, along with over 7 years of comprehensive treasury and finance experience.

Location: Leawood, Kansas, United States

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $90,000 - $130,000.

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  

In this role, you will provide critical leadership and support for treasury activities, lender calls and board materials. You will be responsible for performing daily treasury activities and coordinating with stakeholders. You will provide leadership support within Treasury, and the Mergers & Acquisitions Finance Team, supporting M&A activities. 

WHERE YOU’LL WORK  

This position will work a hybrid schedule from our Leawood, KS office. 

HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME 

• Independently perform treasury activities, including collecting cash balances on a daily basis and providing quantitative analysis, cash forecasting, and modeling. 
• Maintain debt agreements, including debt payments, compliance calculations, and reporting. Calculate and project leverage ratios. Perform reconciliations, identify, manage, and resolve discrepancies as needed. 
• Manage relationships with key external service providers like banking and merchant services. Oversee the opening and closing of corporate accounts and managing fees and expenses.  
• Complete corporate insurance applications and manage the data gathering process. 
• Develop lender and board presentation materials by collecting and analyzing data to support discussions. Proactively provide presentations, scripts, Q&A, and backup support for lender calls. 
• Lead treasury integration for M&A activities, including transitioning legacy banking, insurance, and merchant services relationships. 
• Assist with M&A support by evaluating, assessing, and quantifying the value of M&A, investment, and business development opportunities.  
• Prepare business cases and build financial models. Provide quantitative analysis for negotiations and deal execution, including scenario and sensitivity analysis, discounted cash flow, accretion/dilution analysis, comparable company, and precedent acquisition analyses. 
• Assist in financial due diligence efforts in partnership with Finance Director, M&A team, Controller, FP&A leadership, and other key finance team members. Develop executive-level materials for CFO, Corporate Development, and other senior executives. 

WHAT YOU'LL NEED 

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or other areas combined with relevant work experience is preferred  
•  7+ years of treasury experience; Finance and Accounting experience is required  
• Very high level of attention to detail and quality output 
• Ability to present financial information and models in a concise and easily comprehensible manner 
• Comfortable working in an environment with frequent tight deadlines and ability to adapt to changing priorities  
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills. Datawarehouse, Microsoft BI or Tableau background a plus 
• Prior experience with FP&A system preferred;  

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  
• 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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