Senior Financial Analyst, Enterprise

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About this role

You'll lead operating expense forecasting and financial planning for our Global Enterprise business. In this role, you'll own OpEx across monthly and quarterly closes, manage forecasting and budgeting cycles, and partner with accounting and business teams to analyze variances and refine forecasts. You'll prepare insightful monthly and quarterly financial reviews for leadership, highlighting key performance drivers, budget shortfalls, and growth opportunities. Reporting to the Head of Enterprise FP&A, you'll be part of the Headcount/OpEx pod, working at the intersection of finance strategy and operational execution.

About your skills

Financial Forecasting

Core responsibility; essential for owning OpEx forecast and predicting future financial performance.

Financial Review

Directly supports monthly and quarterly financial review preparation for leadership teams.

Business Reporting

Necessary for generating monthly and quarterly reports communicating OpEx trends to leadership.

What you'll be doing

• Execute monthly and quarterly close processes for operating expenses, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of financial records
• Develop and maintain operating expense forecasts, updating projections based on business performance and changing conditions
• Collaborate with accounting teams to identify and explain variances between actual spending and forecasted amounts
• Create monthly and quarterly financial review materials for leadership that surface key insights, performance gaps, and strategic opportunities

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in financial planning and analysis or corporate finance
• Experience building and maintaining OpEx forecasts and budgets across monthly and quarterly cycles
• Experience supporting month-end and quarter-end close processes in partnership with accounting teams
• Strong variance analysis skills, with the ability to explain results and refine forecasts
• Experience preparing and presenting financial reviews for senior leadership

Compensation

At Coursera, we offer competitive, zone-based pay aligned to your location, experience, and role level. Our total rewards package goes beyond salary, with comprehensive health and wellness benefits, bonus and RSU equity programs, and global perks designed to help you grow and thrive wherever you are.

This role is only available for hire in the zones below:

US Zone 1: $110,075 - $129,500

US Zone 2: 107,100 - $126,000

US Zone 3: $97, 750 - $115,000

US Zone 4: $90,950 - $107,000

US Pay Zones

• US-Z1: Bay Area (within 75 miles)
• US-Z2: NYC and Seattle Metro (within 75 miles)
• US-Z3: CA, WA, NY, NJ, CO, CT, DC, GA, IL, MA, MD, OR, RI, TX, VA
• US-Z4: AK, AZ, DE, FL, HI, ID, IN, IA, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NV, NH, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, UT, VT, WI
  

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