Director, FP&A

2 Months ago • 10 Years + • Finance

Job Summary

Job Description

The Director of Corporate FP&A at Coursera will build and lead an FP&A organization in India, serving as a strategic partner to corporate and regional teams. Responsibilities include establishing efficient planning, forecasting, and reporting processes; driving strategic decision-making through data analysis; optimizing resource allocation across departments; assisting with financial reporting and the annual planning process; preparing executive presentations; and collaborating cross-functionally. This role requires hands-on involvement in developing financial plans, forecasts, and analysis, and preparing management reports and dashboards. The ideal candidate possesses a strong FP&A background in the technology sector, a proven track record of leading teams, and expertise in financial modeling and analysis.
Must have:
  • 10+ years FP&A experience in technology
  • Team leadership experience in revenue & P&L planning
  • Financial modeling expertise, US GAAP knowledge
  • Proficient in Gsheet/Excel, NetSuite, Planning systems
Good to have:
  • International organization experience
  • IBM Analytics, Looker, Workday, Salesforce experience
  • Finance transformation and process improvement experience
  • Advanced Gsheet/Excel skills, complex financial modeling
Perks:
  • Flexible workspace options
  • Virtual interviews and onboarding

Job Details

Coursera was launched in 2012 by two Stanford Computer Science professors, Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller, with a mission to provide universal access to world-class learning. It is now one of the largest online learning platforms in the world, with 162 million registered learners as of September 30, 2024.

Coursera partners with over 350 leading university and industry partners to offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, Guided Projects, and bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Institutions around the world use Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, citizens, and students in fields such as data science, technology, and business. Coursera became a B Corp in February 2021.

Join us in our mission to create a world where anyone, anywhere can transform their life through access to education. We're seeking talented individuals who share our passion and drive to revolutionize the way the world learns.

We at Coursera are committed to building a globally diverse team and are thrilled to extend employment opportunities to individuals in any country where we have a legal entity. We require candidates to possess eligible working rights and have a compatible timezone overlap with their team to facilitate seamless collaboration. 

Coursera has a commitment to enabling flexibility and workspace choices for employees. Our interviews and onboarding are entirely virtual, providing a smooth and efficient experience for our candidates. As an employee, we enable you to select your main way of working, whether it's from home, one of our offices or hubs, or a co-working space near you.

Job Overview:

The Director of Corporate FP&A is a critical role within our finance team. This leader will be tasked with building and leading an FP&A organization in India, serving as a strategic partner to the corporate as well as the regional team. They will establish efficient planning & analysis, forecasting, and reporting processes that adapt to our company's growth.

In the FP&A realm, covering both all business segments, this role will drive strategic decision-making through comprehensive analysis of results and forecasts. This is pivotal in optimizing resource allocation amongst Marketing, Product, and Tech departments, and maintaining a balance between our rapid growth ambitions and operational improvements.

On the Corporate Finance side, this position would assist the Corporate Finance team with financial reporting (including dashboarding and analytics) along with  Annual Planning process and monthly forecasts. Additionally, they will partner with other operational teams to handle aspects that have a significant impact on our financial outlook.

This comprehensive role includes preparing executive presentations, providing strategic advice, and contributing to cross-departmental collaborations to create annual operating plans, develop reliable forecasts, and define and measure key metrics. The role also supports financial review meetings and other ad hoc projects.

As the Director of Corporate Finance, this professional plays a significant role in our company's sustained growth, contributing to financial strategy, process optimization, operational performance, and decision-making within the organization.

Responsibilities:

  • Build team to support planning and analysis workstream for Corporate and FP&A functions
  • Collaborate with Corporate, FP&A and accounting teams to support plan, forecast, analysis and close processes
  • Partner with data and  analytics on dashboards and delivering results. Transition segment FP&A infrastructure to IBM Planning system 
  • Be a strategic partner and become a key advisor to the regional leadership team, focusing on growth opportunities, expense control, profitability of the business and executing against OKRs
  • You will have hands-on involvement in  developing annual operating plans, quarterly and monthly financial forecasts, and ongoing analysis of actuals versus prior periods, plan and/or forecasts. 
  •  You will prepare management reporting / dashboards for Executives - analyze results, distill/synthesize business performance indicators, assess business risk and operating performance, and timely communicate risks and opportunities to management

 

Basic Qualifications:

 

  • A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics or other relevant quantitative field
  • 10+ years in FP&A role; business to consumer and/or enterprise experience in technology required
  • Track record of leading teams  for Revenue and P&L related planning and analysis 
  • Experience in Financial modeling, understand US GAAP revenue recognition standards
  • Direct experience with Gsheet/ Excel, NetSuite, Planning Systems like IBM TM1/Oracle Essbase, Looker

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with international organizations
  • Experience with IBM analytics, Looker, Workday, NetSuite, Salesforce.com (a plus)
  • Proven experience with finance transformation, process re-engineering and improvements
  • Ability to work with employees at all levels of the organization and thrive in a highly collaborative, high-growth  environment
  • Advanced Gsheet/Excel skills with the ability to create and operate complex financial models and automated reporting
  • Proven experience working with large volumes of data 
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact effectively and communicate with all levels of the company
  • Experience with international organizations/consumer/ enterprise SAAS business, user of IBM analytics, Looker, Workday, Salesforce.com (a plus)

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Coursera is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected class.
 
If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please contact us at accommodations@coursera.org.
 
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