Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Outschool; United States; Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Hybrid & Remote-Friendly

Professional development budget

Job summary

Outschool is seeking a driven FP&A and Strategic Finance Manager to join the Finance team. The ideal candidate will own budgets, forecasts, and financial models while partnering with business teams to guide strategic decisions.

You will work with multiple departments across the organization to measure performance, support growth, and communicate insights to executives and investors. This role emphasizes strategic finance in a fast-growing online marketplace.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of FP&A experience with budgeting and forecasting
• Experience building financial and operating models for growth-stage companies
• Experience shaping financial strategies for public and/or private companies
• Ability to frame finances in the context of mission and social impact
• Excellent communication skills with senior leadership and stakeholders
• Ability to challenge status quo and identify opportunities for growth
• Experience building reports and metrics for leaders
• Strong data-centric approach to business judgement
• Proactive mindset with urgency to improve the Finance function
• Experience in Revenue Forecasting and LTV/CAC analysis with Marketing teams

Responsibilities

• Support company-wide budgeting and forecasting with stakeholders
• Maintain forward-looking financial models for long-term growth
• Track financial and operational performance metrics for scaling
• Provide monthly/quarterly/annual reporting to board and investors
• Collaborate on growth initiatives with Marketing and Growth teams

Skills

FP&A experience

Financial modeling

Finance strategy

Communication with leadership

Data-driven decision making

Job description

The Company:

Outschool’s mission is to inspire kids to love learning. In our fast-changing world, the traditional educational system struggles to meet the diverse and evolving needs of young learners. Outschool reimagines this system, offering flexible and engaging learning experiences as a supplement and alternative to traditional education. By connecting learners with a global community of teachers and peers through our online platform, we make learning personal, dynamic, and deeply human.

We've made significant strides since launching our marketplace of live online classes in 2017. Finding initial success with secular homeschoolers, we then expanded to enrichment learning to meet the needs of a wider audience, growing our business 16x since 2019. Post-pandemic, we have evolved our platform to power academic learning, incorporated AI, and have begun to grow our international community. We're proud to have served over 1.5M passionate learners with more than $100M in annual bookings.

Driving disruptive, positive change in education is rewarding and hard. Outschool team members are encouraged to challenge themselves, take risks, and grow in their careers. We look for talented people whose sense of urgency, innate curiosity, and determination to drive impact will help Outschool achieve outsized results in pursuit of our mission. We invite you to be part of an ambitious team dedicated to ensuring every learner can navigate the future with curiosity, resilience, and a love of learning.

The Role

Outschool is growing its Finance team and is looking for a driven FP&A and Strategic Finance Manager to join our team. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated FP&A experience setting and owning a budget, maintaining a forecast, building financial & operating models, and has a proven track record of working closely with business partners to help make sound financial decisions. You will join Outschool as a critical member of the team as we build and expand the sophistication of our financial processes which will enable us to effectively scale our business.

You’ll work collaboratively with members of every team at Outschool as a strategic finance partner. You'll partner in our budgeting and reporting process and help our team to measure performance. You ideally have experience in assisting in the development of comprehensive budgets and an ability to help leaders become more fluent in financial strategy.

Core Responsibilities:

• Support our company-wide budgeting and forecasting processes in collaboration with stakeholders across the organization in order to drive accountability and exceptional results

• Assist in maintaining a forward-looking financial model that accurately predicts performance and can be used to drive long-term growth

• Partner in the tracking of financial & operational performance metrics that allow Outschool to scale and grow

• Provide reporting and data-driven insights to our team, board, and investors on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis

• Collaborate on key growth initiatives by assisting our marketing leads to scale new buyer acquisition and track customer acquisition costs (CAC), as well as be a trusted partner to our supply-side and international growth teams

Desired Experience & Skills:

• 5+ years of experience scaling FP&A efforts, owning budgets, and managing key stakeholder relationships

• A track record of building financial and operating models for a growth-stage business

• Demonstrated experience shaping and implementing financial strategies for public and/or private companies

• An aptitude and motivation to frame finances in the context of mission and social impact

• Exceptional communicator with ability to present complex concepts, recommendations and analyses to business leaders in a clear, concise and actionable manner

• An ability to think differently and the bravery to act on it. You push against the status quo because you see the gap between the opportunities of the future, emerging finance trends, and current practices

• Experience building materials and providing detailed reports and metrics to leaders

• A data-centric mind with an ability to dive deep into the details of our business to make the right judgment calls

• The ideal candidate has a sense of urgency to their work, and brings a proactive approach to identifying areas of opportunity for the Finance team and overall business

• Areas of experience that will be essential for success in this role include Revenue Forecasting and work supporting the analysis of LTV/CAC while partnering with our Marketing team

Other Considerations:

• A plus if you have an investment banking background

• A plus if you have experience and understanding of large-scale online marketplaces or business

• A plus if you have experience in both B2C and B2B companies

Compensation:

Outschool recruits across the US and Canada, and sets employee salaries to reflect local compensation and cost of living. In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for equity and benefits. Additional details are provided during the interview process.

This role is available in the following US Pay Zones:

US Tiers

US Tier 1: San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, and Seattle Metro

US Tier 2: All California excluding San Francisco Bay Area, Boston Metro, Chicago Metro, Denver Metro, Austin Metro, Portland Metro

US Tier 3: All other cities and states

US Pay Zones

US Tier 1: This role is not available in this pay zone

US Tier 2: This role is not available in this pay zone

US Tier 3: $165,375 - $183,750

Benefits & Culture:

At Outschool, we believe that taking care of one another enables us to do our best work. To us that means:

• Shared Financial Success: Competitive salaries, stock options, and retirement plans.

• Health: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.

• Wellness: Annual wellness stipend, access to coaching & therapy, and pet wellness plans.

• PTO & Family Benefits: Generous PTO and family leave policies.

• Hybrid & Remote-Friendly: Outschool has a distributed team across the U.S. and Canada and an office in San Francisco. Bay Area-based employees work in the office part of the week and receive commute-related benefits. Team members outside the Bay Area remain fully remote, with support for expensable home office setup and internet to stay connected no matter where you are.

• Lifelong Learners: Annual budgets for professional development and DEI learning; budgets for children to take Outschool classes.

• Community Impact: Outschool matches employee donations to eligible charities and supports Outschool.org’s nonprofit programs.

Outschool is an equal opportunity employer. We view diversity as a moral imperative and competitive advantage. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We plan and structure our interviews to directly assess skills and experience.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [e-mail].

Benefits packages are included for full-time employees only. Please note benefits and perks may vary for employees based outside of the US and Canada.

Full-time employees must be a citizen or legal residents of the U.S. or Canada and reside in U.S. or Canada, unless specifically indicated otherwise.

Once you submit your application, Outschool will process your personal data to evaluate your candidacy for employment. Unless specifically indicated otherwise, we hire employees only in the U.S. and Canada. Applicants else where should be aware that we may discard your application upon submission or we may ask if you would like us to retain it later should there be consideration (this is not typical at all). If you are selected for interviewing, your data will be shared with interviewers and personnel involved in that process. If not hired, your application will be retained for one year in case there is another suitable role. You may opt out of this at any time. Please see our Employee/Applicant Privacy Notice for more detailed information. If applicable, as you progress through the process, we will be clear about what information is being asked for and what happens with that information.