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

As a FP&A Sr Manager, with a focus on pricing, you will lead the development and execution of pricing strategies to optimize revenue, profitability and market share.  This role involved collaborating cross-functionally with sales, marketing, product, and finance teams to drive data-driven decisions.  This role will be responsible for overseeing competitive pricing analysis, price setting, and discounting strategies while ensuring alignment with overall company financial goals.   There is frequent interaction with senior executives including the CPO and CFO. This role produces important deliverables in support of commercial reviews, senior leadership meetings, and other critical Finance materials.

WHERE YOU’LL WORK

This position will work a hybrid schedule from our Burlington, MA office location.

HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME

• Develop and implement pricing strategies for a company's products or services ensuring alignment with business goals


• Analyze market trends, competitor pricing and customer behavior to inform pricing strategies


• Conduct pricing sensitivity analysis, costs-benefit analysis and profitability analysis


• Collaborate with sales, product management, marketing, and finance to ensure alignment between pricing strategies and business objectives


• Drive initiatives to improve pricing processes, systems and data management for enhanced efficiency and accuracy


• Monitor and maintain discount and margin performance by product, region, and customer. They also establish performance benchmarks to measure the effectiveness of pricing strategies.


• Provide thought leadership and recommendation on pricing innovations and dynamic pricing models


• Present Findings, insights and recommendation to senior management and key stakeholders

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

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


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


• Ability to perform a variety of financial activities including planning, analysis, budgeting, and reporting


• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills


• Experience in budgeting/forecasting preferably within a commercial & marketing setting; Understanding eCommerce, Lead generation and marketing support is a plus


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


• Strong Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and other Microsoft Office applications essential; database and data visualization tools (e.g. Power BI or Tableau) a plus

 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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