Edtech.com's Summary

BrainPOP is hiring a Senior Finance Manager. The role involves providing actionable insights to support decision-making across the company, partnering with senior leaders for financial performance planning, monitoring, and reporting. The Senior Finance Manager will also develop processes and solutions to ensure efficiency in forecasting, analysis, and decision support.

Highlights

Partnering with management to optimize company performance.
Building relationships across various teams for enhanced decision-making.
Creating financial models to ensure accurate forecasts and reports.
Providing analysis on monthly reporting and future business risks.
7+ years of progressive financial analysis experience required.
Proficiency in NetSuite, Adaptive Planning, Tableau, and Excel.
Experience in SaaS and as a finance business partner is a plus.
Compensation ranges from $100,000 to $140,000 USD annually.
Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting; MBA is a plus.

Senior Finance Manager Full Description

For over two decades, BrainPOP has been trusted by educators and parents worldwide as a source of engaging and impactful learning experiences for all kids. With a presence in over two-thirds of U.S. districts through school and district subscriptions and an estimated annual reach of 25 million students, BrainPOP is empowering kids to take agency over their learning and excel in and out of the classroom.

The company was acquired in 2022 by KIRKBI, the family-owned holding and investment company of the LEGO brand, marking a significant milestone as their first acquisition in the digital learning realm. We are thrilled to continue making learning fun and accessible with the strategic guidance and support of KIRKBI.

About the Role

As Senior Finance Manager, you will report to the VP of Decision Support, and will play a critical role in providing actionable insights to support decision-making across the company. You will partner with senior leaders on their overall planning, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of financial performance in their functional area of the business. This involves developing and managing processes and solutions to ensure efficiency in forecasting, analysis, and decision support.

This role may be hybrid in NYC (spending time in our NYC office as well as flexibility to work remotely) or remote (Eastern time zone strongly preferred).

In this role you will:

Partner with management at all levels to improve business outcomes and optimize company performance.
Build deep business partner relationships across the Product, Technology, People, and Operations teams to drive visibility & decision-making.
Serve as a key collaborator to VP of Decision Support to build business presentations for executive and Board of Directors meetings. Be at the heart of strategic planning, driving clarity and catalyzing BrainPOP’s success.
Create robust financial models, ensuring the accuracy and reliability of financial forecasts and reports.
Provide direction and collaborate with budget owners to assist with the efficient execution of budget and forecasting.
Provide analysis on monthly reporting, distilling/synthesizing key trends, assessing current and future business risk, and communicating key messages.
Partner with the accounting team to ensure proper alignment of expenses and that all financial deliverables are met.
Lead development of business cases to evaluate new product investment opportunities.

You are:

Able to prioritize workload and manage multiple projects and tasks.
A highly collaborative business partner; strong track record of building and maintaining productive relationships with a wide range of partners.
An experience communicator verbally, in writing and storytelling through data
Analytical with strong problem-solving skills

On your resume:

7+ years of progressive financial analysis experience and demonstrated professional growth
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field; MBA a plus
Superior analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on attention to detail while delivering against tight deadlines.
Strong proficiency in financial software and tools, including NetSuite, Adaptive Planning and Tableau (or similar systems).
Demonstrated high proficiency in Microsoft Excel modeling a must.
Demonstrated experience leveraging data and analytics to drive internal and customer value
Experience as a finance business partner supporting product development/technology teams a plus
Experience in SaaS a strong plus

Location:

The BrainPOP team operates in a hybrid work environment: Each role has remote flexibility and an in-person component at our New York headquarters or other meeting locations. Based on the requirements of a specific position, we may prioritize hiring within a commutable distance of our New York headquarters or in another region relevant to that role.

We can employ individuals residing in the following approved hiring states*:

Arizona
California
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Massachusetts
Missouri
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas

#LI-DNI

We take a geo-neutral approach to compensation within the US, meaning that we pay based on job function and level, not location. We have competitive pay bands for all other countries based on market standards. Individual compensation decisions are based on a number of factors, including experience level, skill set, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company. Based on these factors, we expect most of the candidates offered roles at our company to fall healthily throughout the range. We recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced (or more senior) than this job description, as posted. If so, the updated salary range will be communicated to you as a candidate.

USA Pay Scale

$100,000—$135,000 USD

Life at BrainPOP

At BrainPOP, our work directly impacts how teachers teach and students learn. They inspire us to build solutions that facilitate joy and meaningful learning outcomes. Our commitment to educators and kids is reflected in our dedication to the BrainPOP team: ensuring their experience is empowering, creative, collaborative, playful, and anchored in learning and growth.

Our team is made up of educators, data scientists, published authors, engineers, artists, bakers, film buffs, cyclists, dual citizens, and so much more. We value diversity and inclusion, collaboration, and learning from multiple perspectives.

We believe that a diverse organization is a more effective organization. BrainPOP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Original Job Description

About the Role

This role may be hybrid in NYC (spending time in our NYC office as well as flexibility to work remotely) or remote (Eastern time zone strongly preferred).

In this role you will:

Partner with management at all levels to improve business outcomes and optimize company performance.
Build deep business partner relationships across the Product, Technology, People, and Operations teams to drive visibility & decision-making.
Serve as a key collaborator to VP of Decision Support to build business presentations for executive and Board of Directors meetings. Be at the heart of strategic planning, driving clarity and catalyzing BrainPOP’s success.
Create robust financial models, ensuring the accuracy and reliability of financial forecasts and reports.
Provide direction and collaborate with budget owners to assist with the efficient execution of budget and forecasting.
Provide analysis on monthly reporting, distilling/synthesizing key trends, assessing current and future business risk, and communicating key messages.
Partner with the accounting team to ensure proper alignment of expenses and that all financial deliverables are met.
Lead development of business cases to evaluate new product investment opportunities.

You are:

Able to prioritize workload and manage multiple projects and tasks.
A highly collaborative business partner; strong track record of building and maintaining productive relationships with a wide range of partners.
An experience communicator verbally, in writing and storytelling through data
Analytical with strong problem-solving skills

On your resume:

7+ years of progressive financial analysis experience and demonstrated professional growth
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field; MBA a plus
Superior analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on attention to detail while delivering against tight deadlines.
Strong proficiency in financial software and tools, including NetSuite, Adaptive Planning and Tableau (or similar systems).
Demonstrated high proficiency in Microsoft Excel modeling a must.
Demonstrated experience leveraging data and analytics to drive internal and customer value
Experience as a finance business partner supporting product development/technology teams a plus
Experience in SaaS a strong plus

Location:

We can employ individuals residing in the following approved hiring states*:

Arizona
California
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Massachusetts
Missouri
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas

#LI-DNI

USA Pay Scale

$100,000—$135,000 USD

Life at BrainPOP

We believe that a diverse organization is a more effective organization. BrainPOP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Let me find your next job.

Thanks - you're signed up.

Senior Finance Manager

Edtech.com's Summary

Senior Finance Manager Full Description

Senior Analyst, Strategic Finance

Discount and Payment Processor - Senior

Commissions and Payroll Analyst

Payment Solutions Specialist

Business Specialist