Role Overview:
As Marker Learning’s Finance Manager you will play a critical role in the building of Marker's in-house Finance function. You will own the financial model, forecasting, budgeting, and strategic finance research for key initiatives. In addition, you will manage the Accounting function (outsourced). This role will report directly to our Chief Executive Officer and will be highly cross-functional.
What you’ll do:
- Own the financial model dynamically in support of company and product strategy, including frequent scenario analyses
- Manage existing Accounting partnership with external partner focusing on monthly financial closes, audit readiness, and effective control implementation
- Analyze, recommend, and help execute capital strategies in service of the company strategy and necessary corporate milestones
- Implement company and team-level budgeting (annual and quarterly)
- Implement and drive monthly BvA analysis with the Leadership Team
- Establish a high bar of financial literacy and shared Finance ownership across the Leadership Team
- Partner with the Business Operations team to reliably surface the business critical KPIs
- Contribute to board deck preparation and financial performance reporting with investors
- Own the centralized contracting function across school district clients and vendors to ensure supported and responsible cash flow management
Qualities of the ideal candidate:
- Proven track record in a Finance role, specializing in implementing tech-enabled service solutions for both commercial and enterprise clients.
- Experience working within companies that are Series A-C.
- Experience working in education or healthcare is a plus, in order to demonstrate deep domain knowledge and understanding of industry-specific challenges and requirements.
- Motivated by Marker Learning’s mission to provide affordable and accessible learning disability support to all students who need it.
- Willingness to get into the weeds, be scrappy, always be a team player, and familiar with remote team management
