Job Description:

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

The FP&A Sr Manager is critical to the Corporate FP&A team and is a key point of contact for all planning and forecasting across Ascend. This role is responsible for the consolidation of plans, forecasts, and related reporting and analysis. There is frequent interaction with senior finance executives including the CFO. This role produces important deliverables in support of Board presentations, senior lead team meetings, and other critical Finance materials.

WHERE YOU’LL WORK

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

HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME

• Coordinate financial forecasting and tracking, risks & opportunities, shareholder analysis and reporting, monthly senior leadership team reporting, Board reporting and analysis and annual and long-range planning


• Create, maintain and update multiple executive presentations to be used in key stakeholder meetings (i.e. Board, Board Working Group, senior leadership team)


• Maintain widely-used P&Ls throughout the year; includes updating for key events such as monthly close and forecasts


• Perform ad-hoc reporting and financial analyses at multiple levels of complexity, including cost analysis, and financial and expense performance comparisons


• Collaborate across corporate FP&A and systems finance to ensure FP&A software (Planful) is appropriately updated/maintained and key inputs are accurately updated on a timely basis.


• Compile Monthly reporting package for use of the CFO and other key leaders within Finance

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business administration, business analytics, or other related fields.


• Minimum 8 years of experience in FP&A (preferably both corporate and segment FP&A). Additional finance experience demonstrating breadth of experience is preferred


• Strong grasp of finance with very high level of attention to detail and quality


• Experience in budgeting/forecasting preferably within a corporate FP&A setting


• Strong collaboration and communication skills along with an ability to thrive in an fast-paced environment with frequent tight deadlines while maintaining effective executive presence


• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills. Datawarehouse, Microsoft BI or Tableau background beneficial. Prior experience with FP&A system highly 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 (Leawood, Gilbert, Burlington)


• 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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