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We are NYC based, but remote friendly unless specified. (US & Canada based candidates only)

Hello, World! Codecademy is on a mission to build inspiring careers in technology through engaging, accessible, and interactive online coding education.

Our learners have gone on to start new jobs, launch new companies, and lead new lives thanks to their work with Codecademy, and our platform has transformed the way businesses develop and retain their teams.

Since 2011, our team has grown to over 200 employees serving 50+ million learners from 190+ countries. We've raised over $82M in venture capital funding from top investors including Prosus, Owl Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, and more--which gives us the capital to get stuff done in an impactful way.

Join us to help build a business that empowers tens of millions of people to lead better lives!

We are seeking an eager, curious and passionate finance professional that demonstrates critical thinking skills and is always looking for ways to think thoughtfully about the data.

As a FP&A Manager here at Codecademy, you will work cross-functionally to understand our financial levers, create revenue forecasts, and track budgets. This is a high impact role: you will ultimately help the company to achieve its financial goals by ensuring alignment across teams, evolving our financial analytics, and providing actionable, meaningful insights to the executive team.

What you'll do

  • Own the Codecademy financial model and P&L. This includes leading topline and OPEX forecasts, scenario modeling, and annual planning.
  • Partner cross-functionally with business operations, product, data science, curriculum, and marketing teams to better understand financial drivers and KPIs, as well as to provide insights into results
  • Build dynamic financial models to forecast revenue for new and existing product lines; influence key stakeholders through analysis.
  • Lead budget versus actuals process and variance reviews with budget owners, including OPEX forecasting.
  • Lead ad-hoc strategic finance projects that may include curriculum unit economics, assessing investment tradeoffs, and others, to aid executive decision-making.

What you'll need

  • 5+ years of progressive finance experience (ideally in a fast-growing technology company, investment banking, or consulting)
  • Fluency in the SaaS business model; experience at a SaaS company preferred
  • Excel whiz, experience with Adaptive and BI tools such as Looker.
  • Data driven: you must possess excellent analytical and financial modeling skills with the ability to verify, analyze, and draw conclusions from data.
  • You're a self-starter who loves wearing different hats and have an enthusiastic spirit that no job is too small or too big
  • You like to create things from scratch and can operate within ambiguity, whether individually or in collaboration with others

What will make you stand out

  • Interest in coding or passion for empowering others through education
  • Proficiency with SQL and analyzing large datasets

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Codecademy, we are committed to teaching people the skills they need to upgrade their careers. Codecademy aims to educate a richly diverse demographic of learners with our product and in order to accomplish this, we believe our team should reflect that rich diversity. Our company celebrates diversity in all of its forms-- race, gender, color, national origin, marital status, sexuality, religion, veteran status, age, ability, disability status-- and works to create an inclusive workplace where people of all backgrounds and beliefs are empowered to better their futures.




Summary
Company name: Codecademy
Remote job title: FP&A Manager
Job tags: pre-revenue, freemium, education

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