Overview
At PowerSchool, we are a dedicated team of innovators guided by our shared purpose of powering personalized education for students around the world. From the central office to the classroom to the home, PowerSchool supports the entire educational ecosystem as the global leader of cloud-based software for K-12 education. Our employees make it all possible, and a career with us means you're joining a successful team committed to engaging, empowering, and improving the K-12 education experience everywhere.
Team Overview
Our Finance team is a passionate, high-performing group committed to supporting PowerSchool operations through accurate and timely financial transaction management. The team provides critical business guidance on a broad range of accounting, reporting, and analytical projects, ensuring the integrity of financial data.
Responsibilities
Description
Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- Support members across the Corporate Finance team on SaaS revenue, expense, and cashflow modelling, reporting and variance analysis and other ad-hoc analysis
- Prepare financial plans & forecasts including monthly/quarterly projections
- Administer and provide management variance analysis for company planning, forecasting and reporting including all dashboard, operating and board reporting packages
- Organize and evaluate quantitative data to identify and explain trends, problems, and root causes
- Work cross-functionally to create visibility into financial performance and understand key operational metrics within the organization to recommend new opportunities and risks
- Support internal and external financial reporting
- Assist with ad-hoc modelling and analysis
To be considered for and to perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- 8 or more years of FP&A experience
- Expert with Excel and PowerPoint; experience with PowerBi, Adaptive Insights and DOMO an asset
- Excellent analytical and modelling skills
- Functions well under pressure; consistently pays attention to accuracy and quality of work.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Experience with financial statement analysis and a strong understanding of corporate finance concepts
- Experience with SaaS Revenue Recognition concepts and cash flow modelling is a plus
Preferred Qualifications
- (These are NICE to haves. Add up to 5, keep them objective and qualifiable/quantifiable if possible)
EEO Commitment
EEO Commitment
PowerSchool is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. PowerSchool is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers PowerSchoolers to deliver the best results for our customers. We not only celebrate the diversity of our workforce, we celebrate the diverse ways we work. If you have a disability and need an accommodation regarding our recruiting process, please let us know by emailing [Confidential Information].
