Senior Analyst, Financial Operations
College Board - Finance
Location: Thisis a remote role. Candidates who live near CB offices have theoptionof being fully remote or hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office). All CB employeesare required tooccasionally travel to meet in person for business purposes.
Role Type :This is a full-time position
About the Team
The Financial Operations controller’s team serves as financial stewards and ensures the integrity, accuracy, and transparency of financial reporting, by leading the month-end and year-end close processes for the College Board divisions, ensuring consistency, completeness, and compliance. They implement andmaintainrobust internal controls to safeguard assets and ensure the accuracy of financial data. They proactivelyidentifyfinancial risks and work to mitigate them through process improvement and policy enforcement. They also bridge the gap between strategic financial leadership and operational execution.
About the Opportunity
TheSeniorAnalyst, Financial Operationsprovides direct support to the Senior Director, Finance, in efforts to achieve organization-wide financial and business performanceobjectives. Chief responsibilities include providing support for the monthly close process by way of journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, deferrals, chargebacks, payment tracking, supporting budgetaryanalysesand forecasting.
This role will support multiple divisions including Learning and Assessment,BigFuture, the Office of the CEO,Operations, andCorporate, & Finance.
In this role, you will:
Month-EndCloseSupport(35%)
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Provides support to the Seniordirectorbyassistingwith all phases of the close process which includes accruals, reconciliations, monthly reporting, actual/budget varianceanalysisand resolution.
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Extracts and analyzes data from multiple sources, analyzing the results,identifiesinconsistencies, follows up on resolutions along with supporting documentation for journal entries.
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Prepares monthly journal entriesin accordance with College Board guidelines, including reviewing programsubmitteddata for validity using tools such as the Activity Ledger,Budget/Forecast reports, and AP Supplier Invoice reports.Ensuresall journal entriescontainaccuratedescriptions andappropriate supportingdocumentation.
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Monitors activity reports across supported programs and products toidentifyvariances and help ensurean accuratemonthly close process.
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Review and approve requisitions,Non-POsupplier invoices, and check requests.
Year-End Close support(35%)
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Researchesprogram and vendor invoices, reviews purchase order reports and helpsestablishprocesses foridentifyingunrecorded liabilities. Conducts meetings with program counterparts to resolve inquiries and prepareappropriate revenueand expense accruals, ensuring adequate support for all accruals.
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Back up to the Capitalized Software calculations, stay up to date with the items capitalized, any changes inmethodologyand data issues as they arise.
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Responsible for monthly revenue and expense accruals and deferrals including researching invoices from programs and vendors.
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Supports External and Internal Audit Processes.
Accounting Operations Efficiency Promotion(30%)
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Collaborates with the Operational Excellence and Strategic Sourcing teams to refine and improve the open purchase order closure process.
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Serves as point for the College Board Cares benefit working with the Talent and OCEO teams to set-up the charities, derive the contributions, serve point on the payment process with Accounts Payable, perform the financial analysis for special campaigns, the budget, and forecast process.
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Performs special projects and assignments for the finance department as assigned.
About You
To qualify for this role, you must have:
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Five to seven years ofdirectly related, progressively responsible work experience in a financial operations management environment with direct experience in per