Director FP&A Technology

Role Description

The Director FP&A Technology leads the technology finance team in the execution of the management of K12 corporate finance activities.

• Serve as a strategic finance partner to Technology Senior Management
• Translate financial results into operational insights and recommended actions
• Assist in the direction of the financial management as it relates to enterprise roadmaps and staffing
• Lead monthly and quarterly close processes for technology organization
• Support executive decision-making through financial modeling and tradeoff analysis
• Quantify impacts of investment changes, and cost reduction initiatives
• Define and track key performance indicators and unit economics for technology investment spend
• Develop metrics for return on investment and business outcomes for enterprise investments
• Oversee the risk analysis and management process
• Translate product and technology roadmaps into long range financial plans
• Partner with technology leadership to assess financial impact of roadmap changes, timing shifts, and prioritization decisions
• Support investment decisions, including new product development, enhancements, and system decommission roadmaps
• Monitor workforce hiring progress, attrition, and capacity constraints; provide actionable insights to leadership
• Lead business case analyses to evaluate build vs. buy vs. outsource decisions
• Track utilization and optimizing licensing costs in partnership with procurement and technology
• Oversee and manage the work and activities of all technology finance staff
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing FP&A team supporting technology functions
• Ensure alignment with accounting policies and audit requirements
• Partner with accounting to ensure proper treatment of software development costs (CapEx, SaaS deferred, OpEx)
• Monthly forecast capitalization and amortization impacts
• Support vendor negotiations and contract renewal planning

Qualifications

• Ten (10) years of public accounting and financial reporting and analysis experience AND
• Three (3) years of experience managing people OR
• Equivalent combination of education and experience

Requirements

• Understanding of accounting processes, procedures and internal controls
• Strong research and analysis skills
• Able to work well as part of a team cross functionally
• Critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Customer service orientation
• Possess very good communication skills – written and verbal
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word
• Ability to travel 10% of the time
• Ability to clear required background check

Desired Qualifications

• Advanced degree in related field
• Experience with Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems

Benefits

• Stride, Inc. considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee’s salary level.
• Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position’s level and expected contribution, and the employee’s benefits elections.
• Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range.
• We anticipate the salary range to be $154,241.00 - $205,655.00.
• Eligible employees may receive a bonus.
• This salary is not guaranteed, as an individual’s compensation can vary based on several factors.
• Stride offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off.