Sr Financial Analyst, Digital; REMOTE

Senior Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis R&D

Eager to develop your career in a company that values your growth? Excited to be part of a team improving its technology and processes? The Senior Analyst, Corporate FP&A contributes to financial performance by supporting R&D spend and ROI.

• Responsible for tracking time and cost spent in R&D supporting various Business Units, corporate initiatives, and alignment to strategic priorities
• Monitors and analyzes R&D resource deployment activity and trends over time. Conveys those findings to Executives and Senior leaders in presentations, dashboards, and other communications
• Builds and maintains labor/financial models that efficiently ladder from person/time to rollup financial summaries
• Develops critical business case inputs for planning and investment decisions
• Liaises with Technical Accounting and Fixed Assets to ensure proper treatment and documentation of capital projects
• Assists in crafting budgeting and forecasting decks for executive discussions

• Prepares and distributes monthly financial reports detailing performance
• Proactively identifies key insights in performance trends and provides analysis
• Streamlines project tracking and transparency to stakeholders
• Supports investor presentations and data requirements for reporting

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in accounting, finance, or a related field
• Minimum of 2-4 years' experience in FP&A, private equity, or a similar role
• Prior experience in a Finance role supporting the R&D function with specific expertise with time-tracking tools, Jira, and/or similar; ability to translate those non-financial tools into financial metrics
• Excellent working knowledge of Excel and Power Point
• Experience, confidence, and capability to collaborate with and influence senior leaders
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills with an ability to balance multiple activities
• Aptitude for utilizing AI and partnering in operational transformations
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Outstanding analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills
• Curiosity, resourcefulness, flexibility, and a willingness to collaborate
• Self-starter who takes initiative; confident under pressure and meets deadlines

At Cengage Group, we take great pride in our commitment to providing a comprehensive and rewarding Total Rewards package designed to support and empower our employees.  to learn more about our Total Rewards Philosophy.

$67,000.00 - $87,100.00 USD

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