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Financial Analyst
Benchmark Education CompanySummary
Financial analyst will join the FP&A team at Benchmark Education Company to support all aspects of financial planning and analysis, including monthly reporting, budgeting, and strategic initiatives. The role goes beyond periodic processes to derive key business insights and directly impact the business through process automation and technology implementation.
Job Description
*This position is on our hybrid schedule at our New Rochelle office.
Position Purpose: Financial analyst will join the FP&A team and assist with all aspects of financial planning and analysis function, including monthly reporting, companywide budgeting and analyses as well as other ad-hoc activities. The ideal candidate enjoys problem solving, is highly motivated and is comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. However, the role goes beyond periodic financial processes. We are looking for a highly analytical person to derive key insights and directly impact the business and support key initiatives. The candidate should find excitement in technology implementation and continuously look to increase efficiency through process automation. This hire will become an integral member of the finance team.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Assist with company-wide financial planning, budgeting and forecasting
- Lead the monthly/quarterly/annual closing process, assisting in generating financial statements and MD&A, partnering with the accounting team
- Manage, monitor, reconcile, and report on deferred revenues and revenue allocations
- Conduct scenario analyses to derive key business insights
- Prepare financial presentations and summary analyses
- Assist with the audit process
- Evaluate and conduct ERP system improvements
- Lead and support Ad hoc projects
Job Requirements
- 2 years of finance or accounting experience, demonstrating track record of success and excellent technical skills
- Strong accounting background, ideally with a leading accounting firm is a strong plus
- Excellent analytical, critical thinking, and quantitative skills
- Critical thinker, with ability to see beyond the numbers and understand the big picture
- Comfortable with multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to deliver high quality work under pressure
- Fast learner, willing to take on all challenging tasks
- Detail oriented
- CPA preferred
- NetSuite experience preferred
- Great communication skills
- BA/BS degree in business, finance, accounting, economics or related field
Salary Range: $60,000-$75,000
*The base salary range represents the low and high end of the expected salary range for the position. The base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors such as geographic location, experience, education, and skill level.
About Us
Benchmark Education Company is a leading publisher of core, supplemental, and intervention literacy and language resources in English and Spanish, both print and digital, as well as world-class professional development. Since its founding in 1998, our company has proven to be one of the most nimble and innovative content creators on the cutting edge of pedagogy and technology. The digital content in our many learning programs delivers all the rigor of its print counterpart and is designed for virtual and blended learning contexts.
Benchmark Education Publishing (BEC) and its affiliates are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
For further information, visit us at: https://www.benchmarkeducation.com