Manager, FP&A

Thanks for your interest in Success Academy! Running the largest, fastest-growing, and highest-performing network of public charter schools in New York City takes a village - families, children, teachers, staff and faculty, advocates, and supporters alike. We would love to welcome you to our community! We work tirelessly every day to ensure each child in NYC has access to a fun, rigorous, whole-child education regardless of zip code or economic status. When you join SA, you play a part in giving every student who walks through the doors of one of our 57 schools in NYC a fair shot at reaching his or her potential.

Success Academy’s mission is to reimagine public education. From the classroom to the halls of government, this means finding profoundly different approaches to how to deliver a high-quality education at scale. We re-conceive every aspect of school design, from writing rigorous new curricula to drawing regularly on the advances in technology and business that are transforming every sector except education.

This school year marks the 19th anniversary of Success Academies and the launch of our mission to drive public education as an excellent, efficient, and equitable pillar of American society. During this time, Success Academies has grown faster than any charter network in the nation, building a vibrant network of 55 elementary, middle, and high schools. Our 20,000 children – from underrepresented communities – are out-performing students at top city and suburban schools across New York State. Looking forward, our goals are even more ambitious: to grow to 100 schools and to educate 50,000 children across New York City in a uniquely holistic pre-K-12 system, bringing transformational change here and across the country through extraordinary school quality. 

About the Role

We are looking for a high-performing analytical and collaborative person to work with the FP&A team to provide dedicated Finance coverage to the organization.

This person will collaborate with schools and corporate office departments to support operational and financial processes and ensure consistency in data collection and analytical execution. This role will report to the Head, FP&A for functional direction and development.

Key responsibilities include 

• Ownership of annual budgeting and monthly re-forecasting processes for Schools, including building and maintaining relevant models and dashboards

• Maintain and publish detailed reporting on school-level performance, including monthly actuals vs. budget/forecast variance analysis, risks/opportunities tracking and KPI/trend analysis 

• Serve as the primary Finance point of contact for all key stakeholders in school economics, including leaders in school operations and network functions

• Lead meetings with management across the organization to deliver financial updates and drive fiscal responsibility

• Train new business partners on financial systems and budget management best practices 

• Participate in updating monthly financial reporting materials for Senior Management 

• Drive operational efficiencies throughout the organization – automating tasks wherever possible 

• Provide ad hoc financial and business decision support as needed by the CFO, CEO, and other functional leaders 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5-7 years of relevant financial planning & analysis experience

• Experience managing others

• Strong analytical, quantitative and problem-solving skills

• Ability to build and work in complex financial models

• Solid understanding of financial statements including P&L, balance sheet and cash flow

• Takes ownership of accuracy and timeliness of deliverables

• Highly detail-oriented, while also balancing the big picture view

• Adapts quickly to changes and able to multitask with competing priorities

• Excellent communication skills, able to clearly and accurately convey messages to various audiences across the organization

• Advanced knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, Google Sheets and Slides

• Experience with an ERP system and/or similar reporting tools 

Success Academy Charter Schools is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience. Success Academy offers a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth.

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