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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 experienced 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
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.
