[Remote] Senior Director, Strategic Finance

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The College Board is a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding educational opportunities. They are seeking a Senior Director of Strategic Finance to lead financial planning and analysis, manage expense management, and ensure strategic allocation of resources to support their mission.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the subject matter expert on expense management, ensuring accurate tracking, reporting, and forecasting of expenses
• Analyze expense trends across divisions and fiscal years, and identify opportunities for efficiency improvements and reinvestments that support our mission
• Collaborate with finance business partners to develop and manage budgets, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and sharp tracking of returns on key investments
• Forecast personnel expenses in partnership with HR and department leads, incorporating staffing plans and compensation changes
• Implement a consistent, transparent process for corporate allocation of shared expenses across departments
• Provide financial modeling and scenario analysis to support strategic decision-making
• Lead and manage a team of select finance business partners that are expense experts for their portfolios
• Set vision and priorities for the team; track and manage progress to goals; and provide coaching, thought partnership, and performance feedback to ensure team members deliver excellent work, remain engaged, and contribute meaningfully to our mission
• Cultivate an inclusive and high achieving culture that enables all team members to live out College Board’s Operating Principles
• Bring proven leadership experience and consistently embody College Board’s Manager Expectations in your work
• Foster a collaborative and high-performance culture within the strategic finance team
• Consolidate detailed financial data across divisions into comprehensive organization financials
• Prepare and present monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports that explain variances and highlight actionable trends and insights for senior management
• Prepare YTD and FY P&L analyses and summaries for presentations to the Board
• Design, test, implement, and maintain financial tools and software to enhance reporting accuracy and efficiency, often in collaboration with the Finance divisions’ Operational Excellence team
• Provide oversight and ownership of budget structure and reporting setup in Adaptive
• Drive continuous improvement in financial processes and systems, leveraging technology and best practices

Skills

• A Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics or related technical field preferred
• 12+ years of relevant and progressive experience in FP&A roles, with a focus on expense management plus finance business partner experience; extensive experience in financial modeling and quantitative analyses
• A strong understanding of corporate finance
• Experience with financial planning systems preferred, especially Workday and Adaptive Planning
• The ability to succinctly summarize complex financial analysis, present key findings to senior management, and influence decisions
• Project management skills and the ability to prioritize and independently manage multiple time-sensitive projects
• A solutions-oriented approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement, with a willingness to iterate and adapt; the ability and willingness to both teach others and learn from colleagues
• Advanced MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Word skills. Proficiency in other Microsoft Suite Tools or a willingness to learn
• Exceptional attention to detail
• A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work
• Evidence of skills and mindsets required to live out College Board's Operating Principles
• The ability to travel 4-6 times a year to College Board offices or on behalf of College Board business
• Authorization to work in the United States
• A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work
• Authorization to work in the United States for any employer
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a willingness to experiment with and adopt new AI-driven solutions and a comfort learning and applying new digital tools independently and proactively
• Clear and concise communication skills, written and verbal
• A learner's mindset and a commitment to growth: welcoming diverse perspectives, giving and receiving timely, respectful feedback, and continuously improving through iterative learning and user input
• A drive for impact and excellence: solving complex problems, making data-informed decisions, prioritizing what matters most, and continuously improving through learning, user input, and external benchmarking
• A collaborative and empathetic approach: working across differences, fostering trust, and contributing to a culture of shared success

Benefits

• This is a fully remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have the option of being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office).
• All CB employees are required to occasionally travel to meet in person for business purposes.

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