Success Academy Charter Schools

Lead, Financial Planning & Analysis

New York

No sponsorship$150k-$170kDetected 16 days ago

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About the role

We are looking for a strategic, high-performing finance leader to serve as a senior member of the FP&A team and a trusted advisor to leaders across the organization.
This role has broad exposure across all levels and functions, so the ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with the leadership presence and communication skills to influence decisions at the most senior levels.

Responsibilities

Strategic Partnership: Serve as the senior Finance point of contact for school operations and network functions, partnering with leaders to inform strategic and operational decisions and to drive fiscal responsibility across the organization.
Executive Reporting: Lead the preparation of monthly financial reporting and presentation materials for senior management, and present financial updates directly to executive leadership and other key stakeholders.
Scenario & Decision Support: Develop financial impact models and sensitivity analyses for key business scenarios, and provide ad hoc decision support to the CFO, CEO, and other functional leaders.
Process & Systems Improvement: Drive operational efficiencies throughout the organization-automating tasks wherever possible and strengthening financial systems, controls, and processes to support consistency and scale.
Enablement: Establish and lead training for business partners on financial systems and budget management best practices to ensure consistency in data collection and execution across the organization.
Serve as the senior Finance point of contact for school operations and network functions, partnering with leaders to inform strategic and operational decisions and to drive fiscal responsibility across the organization.
Develop financial impact models and sensitivity analyses for key business scenarios, and provide ad hoc decision support to the CFO, CEO, and other functional leaders.
Drive operational efficiencies throughout the organization-automating tasks wherever possible and strengthening financial systems, controls, and processes to support consistency and scale.
Demonstrated experience leading and developing a team
Expertise building and working in complex financial models

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and 7-10 years of relevant financial planning & analysis experience
Strong understanding of financial statements including P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow
Advanced knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, Google Sheets, and Slides
Experience with an ERP system and/or similar reporting tools
Takes pride in taking a high degree of ownership

Compensation

$150,000 - $170,000 USD
Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience.
Financial Planning & Forecasting: Own the annual budgeting and monthly re-forecasting processes for your area of the business, establishing standard methodologies for short-, medium-, and long-term forecasts and overseeing the models and dashboards that support them.

Company info

Thanks for your interest in Success Academy!
Running a large, fast-growing, and high-performing network of public charter schools takes a village - families, children, teachers, staff and faculty, advocates, and supporters alike.
We are growing fast in New York and expanding to Florida, and we would love to welcome you to our community!
We work tirelessly every day to ensure children have access to a fun, rigorous, whole-child education regardless of zip code or economic status.
When you join SA, you play a part in giving every student who walks through our doors a fair shot at reaching his or her potential.

Equal opportunity

equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization.
Success Academy Charter Schools is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization.

Visa & Work Authorization

Success Academy Charter Schools does not offer employment-based immigration sponsorship.

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