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Senior Financial Analyst, Digital
Location
Pennsylvania
Posted
7 days ago
Salary
$67K - $87.1K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Financial Analyst, Digital
Cengage Group
• R&D Project-Based Analysis including budgeting & forecasting • 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
Job Requirements
- 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 PowerPoint
- 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.
Benefits
- Comprehensive and rewarding Total Rewards package designed to support and empower our employees.
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