Coursera was launched in 2012 by Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller with a mission to provide universal access to world-class learning. Today, it is one of the largest online learning platforms in the world, with 191 million registered learners as of September 30, 2025. Coursera partners with over 375 leading universities and industry partners to offer a broad catalogue of content and credentials, including courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, and degrees. Coursera’s platform innovations — including generative AI-powered features like Coach, Role Play, and Course Builder, and role-based solutions like Skills Tracks — enable instructors, partners, and companies to deliver scalable, personalized, and verified learning. Institutions worldwide rely on Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, students, and citizens in high-demand fields such as GenAI, data science, technology, and business, while learners globally turn to Coursera to master the skills they need to advance their careers. Coursera is a Delaware public benefit corporation and a B Corp.
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Job Overview:
We are seeking a Business Analyst, Finance to lead the development of financial data infrastructure, dashboards and reporting that enables the FP&A team and Executive team to make data-driven decisions. In this role, you will design and maintain dashboards in Looker, define and track new financial metrics and manage key data pipelines across systems such as Salesforce, Workday, TM1 and Greenhouse. You will also play a critical role in automating finance workflows, including processes for month-end close, and in building scalable reporting solutions to support executives and business partners.
The ideal candidate is a proactive problem-solver with a strong technical foundation in analytics, reporting, and automation, who is eager to partner with Finance teams and deepen their understanding of financial concepts.
Standard working hours of 4 PM to 12 AM IST
Responsibilities:
- Build, maintain, and optimize dashboards in Looker to provide actionable insights to Finance and business stakeholders
- Partner with Finance leaders to develop new financial and operating metrics that improve visibility into business performance
- Design and manage data pipelines and integrations across systems including Looker, Salesforce, Workday, and Greenhouse
- Develop and maintain recurring financial reports to support planning, forecasting, and executive reviews
- Drive automation of finance processes, including workflows related to month-end close, forecasting, and reporting
- Perform ad-hoc analysis to support Finance team priorities and strategic decision-making
- Identify and implement process improvements to enhance accuracy, efficiency, and scalability across Finance reporting and analytics
Basic Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in data analytics, business intelligence, or a related field
- Strong proficiency in Looker (or similar BI tools) and SQL, familiarity with Databricks (or similar large database)
- Experience building and maintaining data pipelines and system integrations
- Proven track record of designing dashboards and reports that drive business impact
- Strong problem-solving skills with ability to translate ambiguous business needs into structured data solutions
- Self-starter with demonstrated proactivity and ownership of projects
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience automating finance processes or workflows for accounting/FP&A teams
- Familiarity with financial concepts and interest in developing deeper finance expertise
- Background working with enterprise systems such as Looker, Tableau, Salesforce, Workday, TM1, Netsuite and Greenhouse
- Experience in a consumer technology or SaaS company
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Coursera was launched in 2012 by Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller with a mission to provide universal access to world-class learning. It is now one of the largest online learning platforms in the world, with 183 million registered learners as of June 30, 2025. Coursera partners with over 350 leading university and industry partners to offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, and degrees. Coursera’s platform innovations enable instructors to deliver scalable, personalized, and verified learning experiences to their learners. Institutions worldwide rely on Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, citizens, and students in high-demand fields such as GenAI, data science, technology, and business. Coursera is a Delaware public benefit corporation and a B Corp.
We’re a global platform aiming to transform lives through learning by offering transformative courses, certificates, and degrees that empower learners worldwide to advance their careers through skill mastery. We’re looking for inventors, innovators, and lifelong learners eager to shape the future of education. If you’re ready to build the global programs and tools that fuel the power of online learning, join Team Coursera.
Why Work With Us
People who thrive at here are customer-first builders who deeply understand our learners and partners, translate their needs into simple, high-impact solutions, and refuse to stop at “good enough.” They own outcomes end to end, move fast, simplify ruthlessly and iterate relentlessly on the metrics that matter to invent the future of learning.
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