Senior Financial Analyst – Remote Opportunity

  • Full Time
  • Portland, OR
  • TBD USD / Year
  • KinderCare Education profile




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KinderCare Education

About KinderCare Education ®

KinderCare Education operates more than 1,380 early learning centers, and more than 560 Champions sites, supported by a corporate team of nearly 600 headquarters employees in Portland, Oregon. In 2019, KinderCare Education earned their third Gallup Great Workplace Award – one of only 39 companies worldwide to win this award.

  • In neighborhoods with our KinderCare ®  Learning Centers that offer early childhood education and child care for children six weeks to 12 years old
  • At work through KinderCare Education at Work™, family benefits for employers including on-site and near-site early learning centers and back-up care for last-minute child care
  • In local schools with our Champions ®  before and after-school programs.

Job Overview

The Senior Financial Analyst – Field (SFA) is an integral member of our Financial Planning & Analysis team. The SFA will build partnerships with Regional Vice Presidents, District Leaders and cross functional business partners to drive financial performance and accountability within the field.

This individual will evaluate performance across multiple performance standards to set plans, identify trends and drive outcomes to meet company objectives. The ideal candidate will assist leadership in ensuring financial targets are met by problem solving and developing operational strategies to improve financial results and maximize business opportunities.

In additional to strong financial acumen, the Senior Field Financial Analyst must have a demonstrated ability to build relationships and influence leaders.

Job Responsibilities

In order to demonstrate success in role, the SFA will work closely with Field Leadership on the following:

  • Budgeting and forecasting.
  • Actively communicate, assess feedback and resolve concerns.
  • Working with partners, research variances, develop forecasts and analyze trends to achieve budget.
  • Understand and communicate underlying causes of variances.
  • Partner and challenge to think of varieties of options in achieving plan.
  • Identify trends in data and prepare executive-level presentation materials.
  • Ad hoc projects, reporting, and modeling.
  • Travel; less then 10%

Qualifications:

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Finance or related field. MBA degree a plus.
  • At least 5 years’ + experience in a similar position.
  • Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
  • Experience in developing and/or the ability to understand complex financial models.
  • Good overall understanding of accounting principles and financial planning concepts.
  • Intermediate level skills in MS Excel.
  • Experience in and/or strong understanding of financial reporting software a plus (TM1/Cognos, Hyperion Enterprise, Anaplan and Power BI).
  • Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
  • Detail orientation with high attention to quality and accuracy.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to work independently and be self-motivated.
  • Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills.
  • Experience presenting to groups and ability to conduct trainings.
  • Ability to interact with various levels of management and develop strong working relationships inside and outside of the department.

Our highest priority has always been to keep our employees, children, families, and communities as safe and healthy as possible. Starting October 18, 2021, we began requiring COVID vaccinations or weekly COVID testing for all unvaccinated employees who are required to be in a KinderCare Education community space or workspace to perform their work (center, National Support Center, and offsite meeting environments). We are also subject to state law, local ordinances, and Health Department requirements for employees working in child care and school facilities.

KinderCare Education employs more than 32,000 team members across 1,700 locations nationwide. Our devoted family of education providers leads the nation in accreditation and includes KinderCare® Learning Centers, KinderCare Education at Work®, Champions® Before- and After-School Programs, Cambridge Schools ™ , Knowledge Beginnings® and The Grove School®.

KinderCare Education is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.

Primary Location : Portland, Oregon, United States

Job : Corporate

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