WorldStrides

WorldStrides

Director, Strategic Finance & Capital Markets

US - Central US Region; US - East Coast Region · Director · Part-time

Sponsorship not specified$140k-$165kDetected 14 days ago
Financial ModelingFinancial AnalysisAccountingForecastingM&AFP&AERPLeadershipPublic Speaking

About the role

  • Company Introduction WorldStrides is the global leader in educational travel and experiential learning.
  • WorldStrides offers experiential learning programs in educational travel, performing arts, language immersion, career exploration, service-learning, study abroad, and sports.
  • Each of these experiences helps students to see beyond the classroom and to see the world - and themselves - in new ways.

Responsibilities

  • Own and continuously enhance the company's integrated three-statement, cash flow, and liquidity models, with increasing account-level detail and forecasting precision
  • Develop and own detailed multi-tranche debt schedules (e.g., revolvers, term loans) and interest modeling
  • Build pro forma capital structures to evaluate refinancings, growth initiatives, and strategic investments
  • Own a rolling 13-week cash flow forecast to support near-term liquidity planning
  • Own a comprehensive covenant compliance and sensitivity model, including EBITDA definitions, add-backs, and downside scenarios
  • Support lender reporting, data requests, and financing-related analyses, including amendment and refinancing support
  • Support interactions with Investors and Lenders
  • Partner closely with FP&A and business leaders to translate volume, pricing, staffing, and cost drivers into cash flow and EBITDA implications
  • Build and evaluate acquisition, divestiture, and build-versus-buy models

Requirements

  • 4 years of experience in strategic finance, FP&A, leveraged finance, or corporate development, including early career experience in private equity, or investment banking
  • Advanced expertise in three-statement financial modeling, cash flow forecasting, and debt/capital structure modeling and experience with modern FP&A, BI, or ERP tools
  • Experience proactively driving Board-level and Lender-facing financial analysis and presentations
  • Strong ability to synthesize complex financial concepts into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership
  • Comfort working in a fast-paced, high accountability environment with tight timelines and evolving priorities

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field (MBA or CFA a plus)

Compensation

  • The company was founded in 1967 to provide middle school travel programs to Washington, D.C. and has grown to provide a wide range of programs for more than half a million students annually to over 100 countries around the world.

Benefits

  • 10 paid floating corporate holidays, 1 paid volunteer day & 25 PTO days to start - accrue up to 28 over 3 years, 4 mental health days, and 5 bereavement days.
  • Tuition reimbursement up to five thousand, two hundred fifty dollars annually or one thousand dollars towards professional certification annually.
  • Encouraged participation in our Employee Resource Groups and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion council.
  • Paid Parental, Caregiver, and Disability leave.
  • Flexible work schedule providing on-site, remote, and virtual office opportunities.
  • Fitness Center and café onsite at select locations.

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