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Eager to develop your career in a company that values your growth? Excited to be part of a team improving its technology and processes? The Financial Analyst, Digital and IT is a hands-on position that delivers a wide range of responsibilities serving Cengage’s end to end Product and Technology estate.
What you will do here:
- Own and maintain select monthly technology journal entries
- Produce timely and accurate financial reporting to a variety of stakeholders including cash spend reporting, vendor reporting, and cost center spend analytics
- Retrieve and analyze vendor invoices for accuracy (of both billing and P&L placement), booking correcting entries as necessary
- Produce weekly time-tracking reports, identifying and remediating any underperformance identified
- Create capitalization reporting to share budget/actual performance by project
- Learn from and assist the team’s Senior Managers and Senior Financial Analyst, helping with ad hoc projects as needed
Skills you will need here:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in finance, accounting or a related field
- Minimum of 2-4 years’ experience in FP&A, private equity, or a similar role
- Excellent working knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience using SAP or a similar large-scale ERP for data extraction and financial analysis
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills with an ability to balance multiple activities
- Experience and comfortability working in a multinational, dispersed workforce, with teammates in the US
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Outstanding analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills
- Curiosity, resourcefulness, flexibility, and a willingness to collaborate
- Self-starter who takes initiative; confident under pressure and meets deadlines
About Cengage
Cengage, a global education technology company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms. We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching and research markets worldwide. Through our scalable technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited, we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.
Cengage is committed to working with broad talent pools to attract and hire strong and most qualified individuals. Our job applicants are considered regardless of any classification protected by applicable federal, state, provincial or local laws.
Compensation
At Cengage Group, we take great pride in our commitment to providing a comprehensive and rewarding Total Rewards package designed to support and empower our employees. Click here to learn more about our Total Rewards Philosophy.
The full base pay range has been provided for this position. Individual base pay will vary based on work schedule, qualifications, experience, internal equity, and geographic location. Sales roles often incorporate a significant incentive compensation program beyond this base pay range.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in finance, accounting, or a related field
- 2-4 years of experience in FP&A, private equity, or a similar role
- Excellent working knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience using SAP or a similar large-scale ERP for data extraction and financial analysis
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, with the ability to balance multiple activities
- Experience working comfortably in a multinational, dispersed workforce with teammates in the United States
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Outstanding analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills
- Curiosity, resourcefulness, flexibility, and willingness to collaborate
- Self-starter who takes initiative, remains confident under pressure, and meets deadlines
What We Do
Cengage is a global education technology and content company serving learners, educators, institutions, and professionals from K–12 through higher education and career development. It combines trusted instructional content, digital learning platforms, simulations, databases, personalized support, and AI-enabled tools to connect education with employment. Its mission is to enrich education through dynamic, globally relevant content while helping learners build skills, confidence, and meaningful careers.
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