Job Description

Senior Financial Analyst

Coursera was founded in 2012 by Stanford professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller to make world-class learning accessible to everyone, everywhere. Today, over 190 million learners and 375+ university and industry partners use our platform to gain skills in fields like AI, data science, technology, and business. As a Delaware public benefit corporation and Certified B Corp, we're driven by the belief that learning can transform lives through learning.

At Coursera, we're looking for inventors, innovators, and lifelong learners ready to shape the future of education. You'll help build global programs and tools that power online learning for millions turning bold ideas into real impact. People who thrive here are customer-first builders who move fast, simplify ruthlessly, and iterate relentlessly on the metrics that matter.

We're a globally distributed team and let you choose the best way you work, whether it's from home, a Coursera hub, or a co-working space near you. Our virtual hiring and onboarding make it easy to join us and start making an impact from anywhere. If you're ready to make a global impact, scale unique products exclusive to Coursera, and expand your career horizons, apply below.

Job Overview

This role will join Coursera's Finance team and play a strategic role in forecasting, business planning, performance reporting, and business analytics activities. In this role, you will own key components of Coursera's revenue forecasting and planning processes, build and maintain key performance metrics, analyze and drive insights on those metrics. You will bring outstanding planning and modeling skills with a willingness to learn about the industry. This role will be dedicated to helping stakeholders make well informed decisions based on Company financial analysis and performance. The ideal candidate has strong analytical skills, business acumen, and a passion for connecting data to meaningful business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Partner with internal consumer team stakeholders and FP&A team to define, track, analyze and report on key metrics
• Own analysis and reporting of underlying drivers of monthly business performance
• Build and manage scalable financial models, such as regional forecast models, LTV/CAC, content benchmarking and marketing to support planning and strategic decisions
• Play a leading role in delivering daily/weekly business topline performance updates to executive leadership teams, and performing analysis to drive strategic business decisions
• Partner with data analytics team & FP&A on creation and maintenance/update of dashboards
• Support improvements to forecast/planning processes and systems to streamline efficiency

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive, relevant experience in FP&A
• Demonstrated background to build strong relationships and establish credibility with diverse audiences and work collaboratively to deliver meaningful analyses and decision support
• Direct experience with Excel, G-suite, NetSuite, Planning Systems like IBM TM1/Oracle Essbase
• Ability to work with large volumes of data, drive insights through analysis, and communicating to business partners
• Experience in Financial modeling, understand US GAAP revenue recognition standards

Nice to Haves

• A Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Economics or other relevant quantitative field
• Advanced Excel/Gsheet skills with the ability to create and operate complex financial models and automated reporting
• Proven experience working with large volumes of data
• Experience with process re-engineering and improvement
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact effectively and communicate with all levels of the company
• Internet Consumer business experience preferred

Compensation

This role is available in the following US Pay Zones:

US Zone 3: $92,862 - $109,250

US Zone 4: $86,402 - $101,650

At Coursera, we offer competitive, zone-based pay aligned to your location, experience, and role level across four U.S. pay zones. Our total rewards package goes beyond salary, with comprehensive health and wellness benefits, bonus and RSU equity programs, and global perks designed to help you grow and thrive wherever you are.

• US-Z1: Bay Area
• US-Z2: NYC and Seattle Metro
• US-Z3: CA, WA, NY, NJ, CO, CT, DC, GA, IL, MA, MD, OR, RI, TX, VA
• US-Z4: AK, AZ, DE, FL, HI, ID, IN, IA, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NV, NH, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, UT, VT, WI

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