Financial Planning Analyst

Unlock Learning for All:
Here at Ellucian, we are motivated by a mission - power education so institutions can empower student success. We are the global market leader in EdTech for higher education, serving more than 2,900 customers and reaching over 22 million students in 50 countries. We are dedicated to helping higher education unlock learning for all by providing solutions that support the entire student lifecycle and deliver insights needed now and into the future.

We embrace the power to **lead**, the courage to **innovate**, and the determination to **grow**. At our core, we believe in **humanizing** our approach, recognizing that our people are our greatest strength. With a shared vision of **transformation**, we endeavor to shape a brighter future for higher education.

About the Opportunity:
The Financial Analyst position reports to the Manager of Finance. In this role, the Financial Analyst will interact with a variety of levels of the organization and will be responsible for delivering value-added business analysis and meaningful financial/operational metrics that lead to

**Where you will make an impact**
- Monthly forecasting and annual budget, including risks and opportunities, as well as long-term projections.
- Month-end close analysis and reporting.
- Provide analysis and insights into variances between actual and expected results.
- Prepare/consolidate monthly financial reporting packages, including comprehensive key performance indicator (KPI) reporting, variance analysis, and executive commentary.
- Develop and maintain financial and operating KPIs, and ad-hoc financial analysis to drive better decision-making and prioritization for the organization.
- Various other ad-hoc analyses, reports, and special projects as needed.
- Exhibit flexibility and willingness to take on new responsibilities and assignments as needed.

**What you will bring**
- 2+ years relevant work experience in financial planning and analysis preferred, with strong quantitative and qualitative analysis skills.
- Strong business acumen, with a demonstrated ability to understand and analyze key performance drivers for a business, draw conclusions, and extend concepts/recommendations towards future business impact.
- Demonstrated ability to synthesize financials and KPI’s in simple business terms and turn conclusions into stories that operators can understand and respond to.
- Ability to work with large amounts of data and to translate results into meaningful metrics and recommendations aimed at improving business performance.
- Ability to build and execute analyses/metrics from conceptual requirements and to frame associated recommendations.
- Ability to inherit existing analyses/metrics, maintain and extend value, and to frame associated recommendations.
- Extensive experience with advanced features of Excel and PowerPoint; experience with data discovery / business intelligence tools preferred.
- Work well under pressure & within short timelines.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to comfortably engage with and build trust with business partners at higher levels of seniority.
- Communicates a sense of urgency and a commitment to delivering on time with quality.

What makes #Ellucianlife:

- Comprehensive health coverage: family major medical expenses, dental and life insurance.
- Christmas bonus 30 days
- Saving fund
- Monthly food coupon
- 15 workdays vacation
- Thrive Flex Program that allows you to contribute towards your health, financial or learning interests
- 5 charitable days to support the community that supports us
- Diversity and inclusion programs that promote employee resource groups such as: Women in Technology, Pride and Go Green to name a few.
- Parental leave
- Employee referral bonuses to encourage the addition of great new people to the team
- We Foster a learning culture with:

- Tuition Reimbursement Assistance
- Professional development opportunities

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