Manager, Corporate FP&A (Remote)

We believe in the power and joy of learning

At Cengage Group, our employees have a direct impact in helping students around the world discover the power and joy of learning. We are bonded by our shared purpose – driving innovation that helps millions of learners improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.

Our culture values inclusion, engagement, and discovery

Our business is driven by our strong culture, and we know that creating an inclusive workplace is absolutely essential to the success of our company and our learners, as well as our individual well-being. We recognize the value of diverse perspectives in everything we do, and strive to ensure employees of all levels and backgrounds feel empowered to voice their ideas and bring their authentic selves to work. We achieve these priorities through programs, benefits, and initiatives that are integrated into the fabric of how we work every day. To learn more, please see https://www.cengagegroup.com/about/inclusion-and-belonging/

Join us at Cengage in this highly visible role as a Manager, Corporate FP&A where you will have the exciting opportunity to contribute to our mission by continuously improving our finance team operations and evaluating opportunities to generate value for the Group. This would be an attractive role for someone with an investment banking, private equity, or consulting background who is interested in pivoting to corporate finance to develop skills in business partnering, advanced financial modeling, and complex analysis.  ​

What you will do here:

• Collaborate with FP&A team members and business partners to develop and lead financial planning activities, including budgeting, short- and long-term forecasting, and revenue and expense driver analysis

• Lead long-range planning process and activities for Cengage, including modeling, coordination, and consolidation of business unit financial projections and initiatives

• Design, build and maintain models to support long-term business decision-making by understanding P&L, cash flow, working capital and other impacts 

• Identifies revenue-generating and expense efficiency opportunities based on understanding of business unit economics

• Develops financial projections to support planning and investment decisions

• Assist in developing market, industry and competitor intelligence and analyzing business opportunities, including acquisitions or divestitures

Advanced Financial Modeling & Analysis

• Collaborate with key stakeholders (Strategy, Treasury, Corporate Development, etc.) to support with ad hoc analysis regarding business efficiency, capital structure, and M&A opportunities 

• Proactively identify areas of improvement across Cengage Group, develop analysis to communicate opportunities to executive leadership, then support business partners in implementing change to realize benefits

• Support maintenance of Group 3-statement model with evaluation of actual results and impact on future trends to develop rolling forecasts

• Lead capital allocation analysis to identify areas across Group with the greatest capacity for investment; manage portfolio of projects in partnership with business stakeholders while tracking revenue generations, expenses incurred, and evaluating ROI

• Lead the development of budgeting and forecasting decks for discussion with the executive team, sponsors, and board of directors

Skills you will need here:

• Minimum of 3-5 years’ in a FP&A, analytics consulting, private equity, or investment banking role

• Proven knowledge of financial statements - Balance Sheet, P&L, Cash Flow

• Familiarity with mechanics of financial transactions, including M&A, debt refinancing, and equity raises

• Excellent working knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint. Experience with SAP S/4HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), Hyperion, or Power BI is a plus.

• Excellent interpersonal and organization skills with an ability to balance multiple activities, prioritize and manage workload, and perform multiple tasks simultaneously

• Strong verbal and written communications

• Outstanding analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills

• Curiosity, resourcefulness, flexibility, and a willingness to collaborate

• Self-starter who takes initiative; confident under pressure and able to consistently meet deadlines

Cengage Group is committed to working with broad talent pools to attract and hire strong and most qualified individuals. Our job applicants are considered regardless of race, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, age, veteran status, and any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, provincial or local laws.

Cengage is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities including during our job application process. If you are an applicant with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in our job application process, please contact us at [email protected] or at +1 (617) 289-7917

About Cengage Group

Cengage Group, a global education technology company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms. We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching and research markets worldwide. Through our scalable technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited, we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education. Cengage Group offers digital products and services to help learners develop proficiencies for job readiness.

Compensation

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. Click here to learn more about our Total Rewards Philosophy.

The full base pay range has been provided for this position. Individual base pay will vary based on work schedule, qualifications, experience, internal equity, and geographic location.  Sales roles often incorporate a significant incentive compensation program beyond this base pay range.