FP&A Manager, Coursera
$104.8-131k
Online learning platform
Job no longer available
Online learning platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$104.8-131k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide life-transforming learning experiences to learners around the world.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for a talented and innovative finance manager to join our team
- You are a result-focused professional with experience managing or administering data and driving revenue and profitability
- You have experience working cross-functionally with executive management
- 5+ years of progressive, relevant experience in FP&A, supporting both revenue and expenses
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics or other relevant quantitative field
- Demonstrated background to build strong relationships and establish credibility with diverse audiences and work collaboratively to deliver meaningful analyses and decision support
- Direct experience with GSheet/ Excel, NetSuite, Planning Systems such as IBM TM1/Oracle Essbase, Looker
- Ability to work with large volumes of data, drive insights through analysis, and communicate to business partners
- Experience in Financial modeling, understanding of US GAAP revenue recognition standards
Desirable
- Advanced GSheet/Excel skills with the ability to manage detailed financial models and automated reporting
- Experience mobilizing across teams (Marketing, Partner Success, Accounting) to execute on forecast cycles, with process re-engineering and improvement in mind
- Proven experience working with large volumes of data to inform financial models and set OKR targets
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact effectively and communicate with all levels of the company
- Experience with early-stage tech companies, user of IBM Planning Analytics, Looker, Workday, Salesforce.com (a plus)
What the job involves
- The roles and responsibilities of the Coursera Finance team include accounting, financial reporting, analysis, planning, budgeting, and compliance
- Problem solvers at heart, this team works to fuel Coursera’s growth by developing creative solutions in response to accounting and finance challenges
- At Coursera, our Finance team supports our internal partners to maximize shareholder value
- Degrees Revenue model ownership: Partner with internal stakeholders to track, analyze, forecast and report on revenue earned from our online degrees. Work closely with key team members to support business transformation and assess new opportunities.
- Content & Credentials budget: Work with department owners across the C&C (Content & Credentials) organization to set the yearly financial plan and manage to budget through the monthly close and forecast process. Understand and track key trends in order to tailor recommendations to assist the Chief Content Officer and business in achieving the team’s long-term goals while staying within budget
- Content funding process: Responsible for the tracking, forecasting, and assessment of content and associated production costs of new courses funded by Coursera. Oversee end-to-end investment process from sourcing through production to launch. Improve upon existing framework to refine accuracy and efficiency
Our take
Coursera was founded by Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng in 2012 with a vision of providing life-transforming learning experiences to learners around the world. It partners with universities and other educational institutions to deliver online courses to 40 million students, covering subjects like technology, business, science, and even autonomous cars.
Coursera sees itself as helping people get ready for the next wave of technological advancement. It is preparing individuals, companies, and governments to meet that challenge head-on and turn this disruption into opportunity. To help achieve this, it also has specific product offerings for the corporate market, as well as for governments and nonprofits.
The model of online courses that anyone can attend is very scalable, making Coursera appealing to investors, especially when the online education market is expected to be worth $20bn+ by 2023. Further, it received B Corp certification in February 2021, propelling its efforts to reduce barriers to high quality education.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
30% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jul 2020
$130m
SERIES F
Apr 2019
$103m
SERIES E
Total funding: $443.1m
Company benefits
- Coursera covers the cost of tuition so you can earn a free master’s degree and develop new skills. That’s on top of free, lifelong access to courses and certificates on the platform
- We offer medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents. Plus, free access to counseling and mental health services
- Get up to 16 weeks of fully-paid parental leave when you grow your family and bring a new child into your life
- We host Make-a-thon events twice a year to promote community and innovation. During Make-a-thon, you’ll dedicate time to attend workshops, work on passion projects, and pursue ideas outside of your day-to-day work
- Take paid time off when you need it. We have time off policies that promote flexibility so you can tailor your work schedule when life calls
- Our flexibility extends to where you work. You can choose to work from home, work from one of our offices, or try a combination of the two
- Employees earn company stock, so you can own what we build together and share in our success
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Andrew Ng
(Co-Founder & Chairman)CEO of Landing AI (helping companies adopt AI). Also a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford.
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