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Manager, Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis

The role:

As a member of our growing Finance team, the Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis will lead our Corporate FP&A team and gain valuable exposure to senior leadership. You'll build out and maintain Newsela's revenue, cash, and long-range financial modeling activities, which will be leveraged to make critical business decisions in support of long-term revenue growth. You will also manage the overall FP&A close process, enabling the entire FP&A team to gain efficiency and focus time on analytical activities that will help business leaders make more informed decisions. You will directly support the budgeting and forecasting for our G&A function, including Legal, HR, Finance, IT and Executive. Reporting to the Vice President, Financial Strategy & Operations, you will partner closely with Field FP&A, Accounting, Legal, HR, Executive and Financial Systems team members to improve our forecasting, build out and maintain our Adaptive Insights system and improve the reporting and analysis that Newsela delivers to key business partners.

Why you'll love this role:

You will gain invaluable experience with visibility into Newsela's business & operations and have a large impact within a growing Finance organization
You'll have the opportunity to make an impact on the strategic decision-making and trajectory of the organization and dive deep into analytics critical to our company's success
You will have significant exposure to the Finance leadership team, as well as Newsela's Executive leadership
You'll have the opportunity to help define the coordination and communication across our financial functions
Your work will help ensure the growth of a business that is transforming the way students learn through accessible, engaging learning content

Why you're a great fit:

You have 5+ years of FP&A related experience, with minimum 3+ years of Corporate FP&A experience
You bring extensive experience in Financial Modeling
You have demonstrated success in Business Partnership & Communication of Results across audiences, including executive leadership
You have experience in Management & Investor Reporting, FP&A Close Process management] and Adaptive Insights administration

Base compensation range: $150,000 - $160,000 at the Manager level. Total compensation for this role also includes incentive stock options and benefits. This compensation range and title may be adjusted based on actual experience.

About Newsela:

Newsela takes authentic, real world content from trusted sources and makes it instruction ready for K-12 classrooms. Each text is published at five reading levels, so content is accessible to every learner. Today, over 3.3 million teachers and 40 million students have registered with Newsela for content that's personalized to student interests, accessible to everyone, aligned to instructional standards, and attached to activities and reporting that hold teachers accountable for instruction and students accountable for their work. With over 15,000 texts on our platform and multiple new texts published every day across 20+ genres, Newsela enables educators to go deep on any subject they choose.

Why you'll love working at Newsela:

Health & Wellness: Access to the world's leading medical experts for healthcare (pets included!). Discounts and resources to stay healthy: mind, body, and soul.
Work From Home: Almost all of our roles are fully remote - tech stipend included!
Supporting ALL Families: Supplemental programs and time off to take care of your family and yourself.
Time Off: Flexible PTO to recharge, including Sabbatical Leave
Inclusive Experiences: Robust DEIB curriculum, Identity & Experience Groups (Affinity Groups + Employee Resource Group), Authentic & Transparent conversations with Executive Leadership Teams, and integration of DEIB lens across Talent lifecycle processes.
Professional Development: Holistic Learning & Development Programs that enable meaningful & inclusive experiences, programs that build future-focused competencies, cohort & community learning sessions that foster a sense of belonging, and individual development plans aligned with your personal and professional aspirations to turn goals into reality.
Make A Difference: No matter your role or department, the work you do each day helps share the future of education and improves the lives of students and teachers.