Strategic Finance & Operations Analyst

Apply Job Type Full-time Description ABOUT THE ROLE The Finance & Accounting Team is responsible for ensuring the financial health and sustainability of the organization, supporting general accounting, planning and forecasting, delivering timely and accurate insights, and partnering across teams to enable strong decision-making. We work closely with leaders across the organization to ensure resources are aligned to advance our mission and maximize impact. We are seeking a strategic finance professional who brings curiosity, analytical rigor, and a strong ability to translate data into action. This role sits at the intersection of strategy, finance, and operations, partnering closely with senior leadership to analyze and understand our financial position, shape priorities, evaluate tradeoffs, and drive key organizational decisions. A core focus of this role is developing and refining models that inform pricing, demand, and revenue strategy. Drawing on experience with commercial or consumer-oriented approaches, you will help the organization better understand the drivers of growth, sustainability, and program impact. You will build insights grounded in both financial analysis and a deep understanding of the underlying economics of our programs. Working closely with the CFAO, CEO, and President, you will play a key role in forecasting and planning efforts, evaluate strategic opportunities, and assess new initiatives and operating models. You will partner cross-functionally with program, development, and sales teams to align on priorities and develop financial models and budgets to support them. You will work closely with your Finance colleagues to manage financial operations and evaluate financial outcomes. This is an ideal opportunity for someone with experience in SaaS, marketplace, or other consumer-oriented environments who is excited to apply that lens in a mission-driven, education-focused organization. The role requires both strong analytical capabilities and an operator mindset, with a focus on turning insights into impact. WHAT THIS ROLE DOES Build and own financial and operating models that inform pricing, demand, revenue strategy, and long-term planning Generate insights from financial and operational data to drive strategic decisions, identify risks and opportunities, and improve performance Lead budgeting and forecasting processes, including scenario planning and variance analysis Work with the CEO and VP of Development to determine short- and long-term fundraising needs, develop grant budgets, and manage expenditures against grants Partner cross-functionally with program, development, and sales teams to align on priorities, track performance, and support execution Synthesize complex analyses into clear, actionable recommendations for senior leadership and the Board Evaluate new programs, partnerships, and growth opportunities through financial modeling and ROI analysis KEY COMPETENCIES OF THE ROLE Critical Thinking - You are a highly critical thinker who is able to critically analyze various approaches or solutions and can gather insights from a variety of inputs Excel Expert - You have advanced Excel / financial modeling skills and proven quantitative and analytical abilities; you live in Excel daily Insatiably Curious - You relentlessly strive to understand current and future programmatic plans, digging into data and translating your findings into strategic foresight that helps our org navigate pathways to growth Problem Solver - You are an inquisitive problem solver and lead with curiosity, successfully navigating whatever systems (whether data or people) to get the information you need to solve problems or propose solutions Communication - You are an effective communicator, with excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to capture and explain financial concepts to financial and non-financial stakeholders, especially at the executive and board levels Strategic and Tactical - You are passionate about numbers. You have an eagle eye for the decimal level of detail but can also zoom out and look at the big picture of what the numbers are telling you Flexibility - You are able to adjust to changing needs quickly, willing to create multiple versions of requested deliverables with tight turnaround times Business Acumen - You understand the underlying economic drivers of a business and can evaluate tradeoffs across growth, cost, and impact to inform strategic decisions WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR You embody our core values : Prioritize People, Initiate and Innovate, Lifelong Learning, Creative Collaboration, Purposeful Partnerships and Considered Confidence. Bachelor's degree, preferably in finance, economics or related analytical field Experience with commercial/consumer modeling and/or SAAS 3-5+ years of experience in FP&A role, corporate finance, consulting or investment banking, etc. Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail Comfort working in a highly collaborative and fast-paced work environment Ability to work easily with people at all levels of the organization Team player with a willingness and eagerness to help Self-starter able to work independently Ability to handle highly sensitive information and maintain strict confidentiality Proficiency with database applications like Excel VBA and other data analysis tools ROLE CLASSIFICATION AND BENEFITS This role is remote, full-time, and includes benefits such as rich medical, dental, and vision insurance, 41 paid days off per year (prorated for the period in which you work), paid parental leave, a professional development budget and a quarterly cell phone subsidy. The hiring salary range for this role is $69,120 - $74,304 and will be commensurate with experience. We have a hiring salary range of $76,800 - $82,560 for specific higher cost of labor locations, which include New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco/Oakland, San Jose, Seattle, Washington DC, and their metro areas. New Classrooms is a fully remote organization. All employees work from home, and occasionally travel for in-person get-togethers and off-sites. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality or sex. ABOUT NEW CLASSROOMS New Classrooms is a national non-profit organization focused on reimagining math education for all students. We are a fully remote team of educators, technologists, and advocates committed to the idea that all students deserve an educational pathway that meets them where they are and gets them to where they need to be. We partner with schools, districts, and states to support the implementation of our personalized, competency-based math solution, Teach to One Roadmaps, while also advocating for shifts across the K-12 landscape to create the conditions for more student-centered learning. Salary Description $69,120 - $82,560