What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Financial Analyst position at Ascend Charter Schools?
Overview
Reporting to the Director FP&A, the Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for the development of financial reports, models, projections, and analyses for Ascend Learning and its charter schools. The financial analyst will also support with grants management and grants compliance, including grant budget development and reporting.
Why extraordinary professionals teach at Ascend
Ascend is the largest Brooklyn-based public charter school serving over 5,000 K-12 students in 17 schools. We exist to serve every student - to help them embody their inherent excellence by providing rich, joyful learning experiences that unlock a life of boundless choice.
Access to education is a social justice issue. As educators, we center justice and live out our commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism (DEIA) by ensuring that our students have the skills, tools, and confidence they need to thrive today and in the future. We are proud to have a workforce that mirrors the diversity seen in our students. Working at Ascend provides a community focused on developing an environment of support and belonging. Educators collaborate closely and encourage each other to achieve great outcomes.
Our schools honor, nurture, and challenge the whole child. Ascend fosters critical thinking skills and a love of learning through an inquiry-based learning approach, Responsive Classroom model, and anti-racist education. We are deeply committed to advancing educational equity for all of our students. Students at Ascend benefit from a rich and rigorous liberal arts curriculum that nurtures natural curiosity about the world and guides them to think critically and independently.
For more information on Ascend Public Charter Schools' model, approach, and core values, please visit our website.
Qualifications
- Bachelor degree required
- Superb organizational, project management, and self-management skills, and the ability to handle multiple responsibilities effectively and flexibly; effective problem-solving skills
- Highly skilled in the use of Excel
- Excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing, favoring direct, plain, and concise communications
- Excellent work habits, including a willingness to do what is necessary to get the job done, especially when important deadlines cause greater than normal departmental pressures
- Acute attention to detail
- Maturity, humility, strong work ethic, sense of humor, and "roll-up-my-sleeves" attitude
- A hunger for feedback and an openness to engage in a process of self-improvement
- Passion and commitment to urban education and Ascend's mission of closing the achievement gap
- A commitment to transparency in all dealings, exacting ethical standards at all times, and a sensitivity to the level of scrutiny to which Ascend and its schools are subject, as recipients of public funds
- Alignment with the educational philosophy and core beliefs of Ascend
- A professional style that respects all members of Ascend's community
Responsibilities
Staff and reporting relationships
The Senior Financial Analyst reports to Ascend's Director FP&A and will collaborate closely with the chief financial officer and the director of finance, as well as other members of the Ascend network team and School Operations teams.
Compensation
Initial salary offers for this position range from $70,000 - $80,000. Salaries are determined using an equitable compensation scale that accounts for years of experience and levels of attained education.
Diversity at Ascend
Ascend is committed to building a diverse and inclusive community, both through our hiring practices and our focus on creating a culture and environment where diverse perspectives, ideas, and identities are valued and integrated into our way of working and educating students. Ascend staff represent a wide diversity of racial, socio-economic, gender, religious, and national identities-opening a window to the entire Ascend community on the richness of humanity. We welcome all applicants who share our mission and vision to join us in our deeply consequential work.
Salary : $70,000 - $80,000
