Senior Finance Analyst, Corporate FP&A

Ascend Learning, LLC•Burlington, OR

2d•Remote

About The Position

Ascend Learning, a leading healthcare and learning technology company, is the connection between a powerful portfolio of brands serving students, educators, and employers with outcomes-based, data-driven solutions across the lifecycle of learning. From testing to certification, Ascend Learning products are used by physicians, emergency medical professionals, nurses, allied health professionals, certified personal trainers, financial advisors, skilled trades professionals and insurance brokers. Headquartered in Burlington, MA, with additional office locations and hybrid and remote workers in cities across the U.S., Ascend Learning was recognized by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group as one of America’s 2025 Greatest Workplaces as well as America’s Best Places to work for Mental Well-Being for 2025. The Senior Finance Analyst, Corporate FP&A is critical to the Corporate FP&A team as this role is the subject matter expert for Planful and will own the administration of the system. This includes ensuring data from other systems is captured accurately, managing planning templates, and collaborating across FP&A to ensure Planful is consistently supporting the needs of the Finance and Accounting organization. The Senior Finance Analyst will also serve as the main point of contact with the Planful team and their help desk on trouble tickets and resolving data issues. This role also will evolve into a data steward for FP&A ensuring Planful and related spotlight reporting accurately reflect various adjustments made for planning purposes.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED required. Bachelor's degree in a related field, such as Business Administration, Accounting, Business Analytics, or Finance preferred.
Miniumum 5 years of Finance/Accounting experience required; prior FP&A experience strongly preferred
Demonstrated experience and knowledge of FP&A software packages, preferably with Planful (or similar)
Collaborative in approach and working style with a customer first mindset
Comfortable working in an environment with frequent tight deadlines
Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills; Datawarehouse, Microsoft BI or Tableau background a plus

Nice To Haves

FP&A experience such as variance analysis, forecasting, planning and reporting for Corporate FP&A function and/or Segment FP&A (in addition to prior system responsibilities) is highly desired

Responsibilities

Oversee the integrity and accuracy of data within the Planful system, including managing data loads, reconciliations, and validation; includes scenario management and related pro-forma and top-side adjustments within Planful; data steward for Corp FP&A.
Manage all aspects of user administration, role-based security, access, and training new users
Serve as the primary contact for Planful technical support, resolving issues and providing assistance to users; understands Ascend configuration and linkages to other systems and can collaborate with Planful support team on needed resolutions and improvements to prevent future issues
Partner with finance and other business units to identify and implement opportunities for process improvements and increased automation within Planful. Work with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, understand business needs, and translate them into effective Planful solutions
As a part of Corporate FP&A team, provide support for ad hoc analyses and other Corp FP&A deliverables primarily during busy planning cycles and at quarter-end