Lead Specialist, Finance Business Partner

Overview

This role provides proactive, strategic financial support to the US Higher Education Commercial Portfolio and Content teams. You will own core planning and reporting processes while developing analytical insight that helps the business evaluate opportunity, profitability, and performance.

The position is embedded in the business and partners across Portfolio, Content, Finance, and cross-functional teams. Work combines FP&A, financial modeling, and commercial strategy, with autonomy to improve models, automate reporting, and create forward-looking views.

Responsibilities

• Own the annual operating expense budget and rolling forecast.
• Own the capital investment budget and forecasting, including risks, trade-offs, and prioritization.
• Build, maintain, and present monthly reporting for business stakeholders.
• Support revenue planning and analysis, including ownership of the core revenue model.
• Build and improve revenue, gross-margin, and profitability models.
• Provide ad hoc analysis to support strategic and commercial decisions.
• Partner directly with business leaders on investment, pricing, channel, and growth decisions.
• Use advanced Excel and data/AI-enabled approaches to improve speed, quality, and insight.

Requirements

• Proven experience in FP&A, finance business partnering, corporate finance, or comparable experience.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, and business-planning experience.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling capability, including driver-based models.
• Commercial curiosity and confidence working directly with business leaders.
• Strong communication and financial storytelling for non-finance audiences.
• Demonstrated end-to-end ownership and autonomy.
• Experience operating across multiple stakeholders in a matrix or global organization.
• Practical experience using AI tools to improve finance work.
• Education, publishing, subscription, platform, or SaaS experience is helpful, not essential.

Compensation & Benefits

• Pay range (minimum full-time salary): $89,600 - $166,400
• This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program.
• Benefits information is available as required by law.

Location & Working Pattern

• United States, remote
• East Coast time zone is preferred, but candidates in other US locations may be considered.

Application Deadline

Applications will be accepted through October 25th. This window may be extended depending on business needs.