Senior Director of Finance, Noodle
$175-190k
+ Equity
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Higher education growth partner
Open for applications
Higher education growth partner
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$175-190k
+ Equity
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To increase access to life-changing learning by making our partners more resilient, responsive, efficient, and interconnected.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field. Experience in investment banking, private equity, or advanced financial modeling roles is a strong plus
- 10-15 years of progressive experience in corporate finance or FP&A, including leadership roles
- Startup or high growth company experience is preferred, particularly environments that require both strategic thinking and hands on execution
- Advanced financial modeling skills and strong analytical capability
- Proven ability to partner with senior executives and influence strategic and operational decisions
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to distill complex financial information into clear and actionable insights
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast paced, mission driven organization
- Even if you don't think you check off every bullet point on this list, we still encourage you to apply! We value both current experience and future potential
What the job involves
- Noodle is seeking a results driven Senior Director, Finance to lead financial planning, analysis, and strategic decision support for our growing organization
- This is a highly visible role that partners with and reports directly to the CFO and senior leadership to strengthen financial performance, improve forecasting accuracy, support investment decisions, and ensure scalable financial operations
- You will play a central role in aligning financial strategy with Noodle’s mission and long term goals
- This is a hands-on leadership position suited for a finance expert who excels at the intersection of strategy, analytics, and operational execution
- Strategy & Leadership:
- Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders across the organization
- Support business cases for new programs, partnerships, pricing strategies, and capital allocation
- Partner with the CFO to prepare materials for the board and executive leadership
- Financial Planning and Analysis:
- Provide insights on revenue performance, margin optimization, cost efficiency, and investment prioritization
- Translate financial insights into clear, actionable recommendations that drive strategic outcomes
- Deliver timely, accurate, and actionable monthly and quarterly reporting
- Lead the budgeting, forecasting, and long range planning processes
- Develop financial models that guide resource allocation and support strategic initiatives
- Operational Finance Leadership:
- Strengthen financial systems, processes, and internal controls to support a scaling business
- Collaborate closely with Accounting to ensure accuracy, compliance, and transparency
- Improve workflows across procurement, spend management, and financial operations
- Identify opportunities to increase automation, efficiency, and data integrity
- Team Leadership:
- Lead, develop, and mentor a high performing finance team
- Foster an environment focused on accountability, continuous improvement, and professional growth
- Establish best practices that elevate the impact of the finance function across the company
Our take
Noodle is a certified B Corp creating online and agile programs for US universities that elevate campus-wide teaching and technology. It is the country's fastest-growing online learning network.
Noodle develops and manages more than 100 graduate, degree completion, and certificate programs at 25 leading US universities. Its highly-rated online programs are collaborative, engaging, and supportive, fostering a vibrant community of students and faculty that frequently engage, discuss and share ideas.
The company has experienced several years of tremendous growth; it has signed more degree programs with elite schools than any of its competitors combined. On top of this, enrolments to date in Noodle-managed programs will produce $400M in lifetime revenue for its university partners.
Noodle is continuing to activate hyper-growth for its university partners by investing in acquisitions and innovation that help it to keep marketing and student support costs low. The company eventually plans to move beyond degree programs to compete in the lifelong learning market. With competitors in this space include Keypath, Academic Partnerships, Elsmere Education, 2U and Bisk.
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Insights
1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Manhattan, New York, NY
Leadership
John Katzman
(Founder & CEO)Before founding Noodle, John founded and ran another online learning platform 2U and was CEO and Chairman of The Princeton Review, which also aimed at helping students get into and pay for higher education. They have also served as a director for numerous education charities, including Carnegie Learning.
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