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About Amplify
Amplify helps teachers bring delight and rigor to students every day. We have become a leader in K–12 literacy, biliteracy, math, and science by building inspiring teaching and learning experiences based on research. The Amplify Classroom platform combines curriculum, assessment, and supplemental learning into one coherent high-quality instructional system. A pioneer in education since 2000, Amplify has developed deep relationships in states and districts by partnering with educators to drive implementation quality and improved outcomes. Today, Amplify serves more than 18 million students and teachers across all 50 states and on six continents. For more information, visit Amplify.com.
Job Description Summary:
The Senior Financial Analyst provides advanced financial insight, analysis, and modeling to support strategic and operational decision-making across the organization. This role partners closely with executive and functional leaders in Finance, Product, Operations, and other key business areas to evaluate performance, identify growth opportunities, and inform investment decisions. The Senior Financial Analyst plays a critical role in budgeting, forecasting, and process improvement efforts, offering strategic recommendations that help Amplify achieve its financial and product development goals. The ideal candidate takes pride in producing accurate work on time, taking initiative to solve complex business problems, and communicating effectively with a diverse set of key partners.
Essential Responsibilities:
Serve as the primary FP&A partner for multiple departments across the organization, proactively identifying financial risks and opportunities and improving processes.
Lead monthly financial performance reviews with department heads, delivering variance analysis, root cause assessments, forward-looking recommendations, and communicating actionable insights to leadership.
Lead cross-functional process improvement initiatives, developing scalable workflows and automated solutions that reduce manual effort and increase reporting accuracy.
Develop and maintain executive-level dashboards and reporting packages that track key financial and operational KPIs to guide data-driven decision-making.
Lead the end-to-end FTE reporting process for budgeting and forecasting, serving as the subject matter expert for workforce data.
Drive data integrity initiatives by partnering with the People/HR team to improve cross-functional workforce planning processes.
Define, propose, and champion system enhancements and data infrastructure improvements based on business challenges, performance trends, and strategic outcomes to improve reporting and forecast accuracy.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
5+ years of financial analysis experience within a corporate Finance or FP&A environment.
Demonstrated experience leading budgeting, forecasting, and project-based analysis.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and/or Google Sheets.
Proven ability to analyze complex business problems using financial modeling and large data sets.
Experience presenting insights and recommendations to senior leadership.
Ability to extract, manipulate, and synthesize data from financial and operational systems.
Strong project management and excellent communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple high-priority deliverables simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in the Education, Technology, or Publishing industries.
Advanced financial modeling expertise.
Familiarity with Salesforce, NetSuite, Pigment, Tableau and/or Looker.
Experience with 3-statement modeling.
Prior experience at a Big 4 accounting firm or management consulting firm is a plus.
Amplify is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Amplify makes employment decisions based on qualifications and merit, and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic or status.
Amplify is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities, including disabled veterans. If you have a disability and need an accommodation in connection with the application or hiring process, please email [email protected].
If you are selected for employment, a background check will be required. As required by state and local laws and district policies, you may be required to provide additional documentation, such as proof of vaccination, or submit to enhanced background screening, such as fingerprinting.
Amplify is an E-Verify participant.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
- 5+ years of financial analysis experience in a corporate Finance or FP&A environment
- Experience leading budgeting, forecasting, and project-based analysis
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and/or Google Sheets
- Experience analyzing complex business problems using financial modeling and large data sets
- Experience presenting insights and recommendations to senior leadership
- Ability to extract, manipulate, and synthesize data from financial and operational systems
- Strong project management and communication skills, including managing multiple high-priority deliverables
- Experience in the Education, Technology, or Publishing industries
- Advanced financial modeling expertise
- Familiarity with Salesforce, NetSuite, Pigment, Tableau, and/or Looker
- Experience with three-statement modeling
- Prior experience at a Big 4 accounting firm or management consulting firm
Amplify Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Amplify and has not been reviewed or approved by Amplify.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad and effective from the date of hire, with HSA contributions and mental-health and fertility benefits noted. Feedback suggests this breadth is especially valued by full-time salaried employees.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Unlimited PTO for salaried staff and a PTO bank for hourly employees are highlighted, alongside paid holidays and disability coverage. Feedback suggests time-off policies and flexibility contribute positively to work-life balance.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with employer match and Roth options is cited, along with an equity incentive plan for full-time staff. These features are positioned as meaningful components of the total rewards package.
Amplify Insights
What We Do
Our captivating core and supplemental programs in ELA, math, and science engage all students in rigorous learning and inspire them to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves. Our formative assessment products turn data into practical instructional support to help all students build a strong foundation in early reading and math. All of our programs provide teachers with powerful tools that help them understand and respond to the needs of every student. Today, Amplify serves more than 15 million students in all 50 states.
Why Work With Us
Amplify employees are a diverse and passionate group of innovators and optimists from the fields of education, technology, design, and media. If you want to support teachers and students, are interested in the lived reality of classrooms, and want to make schools great places to teach and exciting places to learn, then Amplify is the place for you!
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