Financial Analyst

We believe in the power and joy of learning

At Cengage, our employees have a direct impact in helping students around the world discover the power and joy of learning. We are bonded by our shared purpose – driving innovation that helps millions of learners improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education. Cengage's portfolio of businesses supports student choice by providing a range of pathways that help learners achieve their goals and lead a choice-filled life.

Our culture values inclusion, engagement, and discovery

Our business is driven by our strong culture, and we know that creating an inclusive workplace is absolutely essential to the success of our company and our learners, as well as our individual well-being. We recognize the value of diverse perspectives in everything we do, and strive to ensure employees of all levels and backgrounds feel empowered to voice their ideas and bring their authentic selves to work. We achieve these priorities through programs, benefits, and initiatives that are integrated into the fabric of how we work every day. To learn more, please see https://www.cengagegroup.com/about/inclusion-and-belonging/.

Eager to develop your career in a company that values your growth? Excited to be part of a team improving its technology and processes? The Financial Analyst, Digital and IT is a hands-on position that delivers a wide range of responsibilities serving Cengage’s end to end Product and Technology estate.

What you will do here:

• Own and maintain select monthly technology journal entries
• Produce timely and accurate financial reporting to a variety of stakeholders including cash spend reporting, vendor reporting, and cost center spend analytics
• Retrieve and analyze vendor invoices for accuracy (of both billing and P&L placement), booking correcting entries as necessary
• Produce weekly time-tracking reports, identifying and remediating any underperformance identified
• Create capitalization reporting to share budget/actual performance by project
• Learn from and assist the team’s Senior Managers and Senior Financial Analyst, helping with ad hoc projects as needed

Skills you will need here:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in finance, accounting or a related field
• Minimum of 2-4 years’ experience in FP&A, private equity, or a similar role
• Excellent working knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience using SAP or a similar large-scale ERP for data extraction and financial analysis
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills with an ability to balance multiple activities
• Experience and comfortability working in a multinational, dispersed workforce, with teammates in the US
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Outstanding analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills
• Curiosity, resourcefulness, flexibility, and a willingness to collaborate
• Self-starter who takes initiative; confident under pressure and meets deadlines

About Cengage

Cengage, a global education technology company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms. We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching and research markets worldwide. Through our scalable technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited, we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.

Cengage is committed to working with broad talent pools to attract and hire strong and most qualified individuals. Our job applicants are considered regardless of any classification protected by applicable federal, state, provincial or local laws.

Compensation

At Cengage Group, we take great pride in our commitment to providing a comprehensive and rewarding Total Rewards package designed to support and empower our employees. Click here to learn more about our Total Rewards Philosophy.

The full base pay range has been provided for this position. Individual base pay will vary based on work schedule, qualifications, experience, internal equity, and geographic location.  Sales roles often incorporate a significant incentive compensation program beyond this base pay range.