Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A

Cambium Learning® Group is an award-winning educational technology solutions leader dedicated to helping all students reach their potential through individualized and differentiated instruction. Using a research-based, personalized approach, Cambium Learning Group delivers SaaS resources and instructional products that engage students and support teachers in fun, positive, safe and scalable environments. These solutions are provided through Learning A-Z® (online differentiated instruction for elementary school reading, writing and science), ExploreLearning® (online interactive math and science simulations, a math fact fluency solution, and a K–2 science solution), Voyager Sopris Learning® (blended solutions that accelerate struggling learners to achieve in literacy and math and professional development for teachers), and VKidz Learning (online comprehensive homeschool education and programs for literacy and science). We believe that every student has unlimited potential, that teachers matter, and that data, instruction, and practice are the keys to success in the classroom and beyond.

Job Location: US, Remote. Candidate must work and reside within the US.
Position Summary:

Cambium Assessment is seeking an experienced Senior Financial Analyst to join its Financial Planning & Analysis team. Reporting to the Senior Director of FP&A, this person will play a central role in the company’s annual budgeting, monthly and quarterly re-forecasting, management reporting, and financial analysis processes.

The successful candidate will have sufficient FP&A experience to assume meaningful responsibilities, work autonomously with finance and business stakeholders, and produce accurate, insightful, and executive-ready financial deliverables. This person will be responsible for reviewing financial and operational information and preparing budgets, forecasts, reports, dashboards, and presentations for review by the Senior Director of FP&A. The Senior Financial Analyst will also periodically present analyses and results directly to senior leadership.

This position requires exceptional financial modeling and analysis, attention to detail, sound business judgment, and the ability to translate complex financial and operational information into clear conclusions and actionable insights. Experience working in a private equity-backed organization is highly preferred. Familiarity with percentage-of-completion revenue recognition, estimates at completion, and estimates to complete would also be beneficial.
Key Responsibilities:
Budgeting and Forecasting

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Play a lead role in preparing the company’s annual operating budget, monthly forecasts, quarterly re-forecasts, and related financial packages.

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Coordinate planning timelines, inputs, assumptions, and deliverables across finance and business partners to ensure the timely completion of budgeting and forecasting cycles.

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Work closely with the Program Finance team to develop revenue and direct-cost budgets and forecasts.

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Prepare budgets and forecasts for indirect costs, research and development, and general and administrative expenses.

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Partner with department executives to develop employee and contractor labor, headcount, and other departmental budgets and forecasts.

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Maintain detailed supporting schedules, assumptions, and financial models underlying the company’s budgets and forecasts.

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Prepare scenario and sensitivity analyses to evaluate changes in revenue, hiring, labor mix, costs, and other key business assumptions.

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Evaluate forecast accuracy and identify opportunities to improve planning assumptions, methodologies, and processes.

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Support long-range financial planning, strategic modeling, and multi-year business outlooks used to evaluate growth initiatives, investments, and strategic priorities.

Financial Analysis and Management Reporting

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Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly financial and operational reports for senior management.

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Develop executive-re