Vp Of Financial Planning & Analysis

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The Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis is a strategic business partner who will lead and scale our FP&A function across the organization. The successful leader will excel at driving business insights and continuous improvement, have built and scaled FP&A processes and infrastructure, and possess a quantitative, data-driven mindset. In addition, you have outstanding communication, management, and interpersonal skills.

Your Impact

• Serve as a strategic business partner and advisor to the leadership team, identifying and monitoring KPIs and metrics that drive business decisions and accelerate outcomes
• Lead monthly/quarterly business reviews and develop relevant reporting for the business and Board of Directors
• Lead the company financial planning processes including the annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and long term plans
• Increase the speed, efficiency and automation of our financial planning and analysis processes to support the timely delivery, quality and transparency of information
• Drive financial discipline, fact-based decision-making, and financial visibility across the company
• Lead an impactful and high performing team; establish clear team and individual objectives, support performance and career development, and bolster team engagement
• Prepare financial analyses and strategic models to inform business decisions and strategic growth opportunities

About You

• Superior attention to detail - nothing gets by you
• Proven ability to effectively manage multiple, large-scale projects and dynamically shift focus and reprioritize when needed
• Outstanding communication, management, and interpersonal skills
• A strategic mindset that is committed to growth and collaboration
• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or equivalent
• 10+ years of Financial Planning & Analysis experience, including 3+ years leading an FP&A team in a high growth and fast paced environment
• Comfortable with ambiguity, ownership, and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Proven ability to influence across functions and levels

Bonus Points

• Experience with subscription models preferred
• Private equity portfolio company experience preferred

Working At Prodigy

• Why Prodigy? Here at Prodigy, our employees are the foundation of our organization - an asset that transforms our mission into a reality! For this reason, we offer our employees a Total Rewards Program that is geared towards their financial, physical and mental well-being.

Benefits

• Employees receive full health benefits from day one! Including separate allocation for mental health.
• $500.00 to create your own work from home set-up
• Prodigy Savings Program (RRSP, TFSA)
• We pride ourselves on constant learning, which is why we offer our employees an annual learning fund of $1200.00
• We value wellness, so in addition to wellness classes and benefits, we also offer an additional $720.00 fund to all employees
• Employee stock options and savings plan

Prodigy Perks

• Extended long weekends throughout the year!
• Monthly “no meeting day” Tuesdays
• Flexible working hours
• Want to work from anywhere in the world? We offer 4 weeks of "work from anywhere" per year!
• Flexibility to choose whether you work from home or in-office, based on what works best on any given day

Please note: the privacy and security of our users are of the utmost importance to us, and all employees will be expected to act in accordance with Prodigy’s stringent security policies.

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• Get a sense of our culture through one of our news article written by the Toronto star There’s more to corporate culture than mandatory fun!, following an interview with our Chief People officer on how we create an engaging, flexible and fulfilling work environment! https://www.thestar.com/business/mars/2023/04/10/theres-more-to-corporate-culture-than-mandatory-fun.html

Come as you are. We believe the power of our collective potential will transform education. We are building towards a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace to empower and create access and opportunity for all. We welcome applications from people from all underrepresented groups, including (but not limited to) people of any gender, age, or religion, members of the LGBTQIA2+ community, BIPOC and other underrepresented races and nationalities, people with disabilities, veterans, and anyone who may contribute to the further diversification of Prodigy Education. If you feel like you don’t have all the qualifications for this position and are willing to use your initiative to learn the rest, we’d still love for you to apply!

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA). Prodigy Education will provide accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodation, please notify us at [email protected], and we will work with you to meet your needs.