About the Role

Reporting directly to the CFO, the Sr. Director will lead and scale a high-performing FP&A team to design and implement best-in-class financial and operational analysis, reporting, and transparency. This role is crucial for delivering strategic guidance to senior management, preparing essential board presentations, and ensuring the Finance organization serves as the analytical core for BrainPOP’s growth and operational efficiency.  

This leader will define the vision and strategy for the FP&A function, transforming raw data into actionable, high-impact insights that guide executive decision-making and support a balanced model of high growth and operational efficiency. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker with a bias for action and a demonstrated track record of scaling an FP&A function within a dynamic, high-growth environment (preferably SaaS/Technology). This role requires a proactive "player-coach" who is ready to dive into the details while concurrently building, mentoring, and scaling a high-performing finance team.

Eastern time zone preferred.

In this Role You Will

I. Strategic Partnership & Decision Support

• Elevate Transparency: Partner directly with the CEO, CFO, and senior leadership to define, build, and continuously improve financial and operational reporting, driving clear and consistent transparency into profitability drivers, key operating metrics, and performance scorecards.
• Executive Storytelling: Own the preparation and delivery of all strategic financial materials, including quarterly and annual Board of Directors presentations and executive reviews, ensuring the insights are meaningful, consumable, and timely.
• Business Partnering: Establish deep, collaborative relationships across all functional areas (e.g., Sales, Marketing, Product) to embed finance into strategic planning and drive optimal business outcomes.
• Lead Strategic Analysis: Provide proactive, thought-leading analysis on business trends, assessing current and future risks and opportunities to ensure the company remains on track to achieve its long-term goals.  Support pricing strategy and deal desk efforts to ensure effective pricing protects both our margin while driving growth.

II. Financial Planning & Execution

• Own Planning Cycles: Direct the entire annual budgeting, long-range planning, and continuous forecasting processes, collaborating closely with budget owners to ensure efficient, accurate, and reliable financial models.
• Drive Process Improvement: Lead the journey in creating a "best-in-class" finance structure. Identify and implement system and process enhancements, leveraging technology to streamline financial processes and create capacity for high-value strategic analysis.
• Operational Reporting: Oversee the team responsible for the timely and accurate delivery of monthly/quarterly financial and operational reporting packages, distilling key performance indicators and variances.

III. Team Leadership & Development

• Mentor and Scale: Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of Finance professionals, fostering a culture of ownership, accuracy, and continuous improvement.

You Are

• Strategic Player-Coach: Willingness to dive into tactical execution while maintaining a clear strategic perspective and commitment to team development.
• Thought Leader: Highly proactive with a demonstrated ability to challenge the status quo and bring fresh perspectives to complex business problems.
• Intellectual Curiosity: Deep commitment to establishing a strategic and operational understanding of the business quickly.
• Accountable: Unwavering commitment to accuracy and reliability in all financial outputs.

On Your Resume

• 10+ years of progressive experience in Financial Planning & Analysis 
• Experience scaling an FP&A function within a dynamic, high-growth environment (SaaS/Technology strongly preferred)
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and motivate a geographically diverse or cross-functional team.
• Expert-level financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis skills.
• Exceptional executive-level communication, presentation, and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing scalable financial processes and systems (e.g., Adaptive Planning, etc.).

Location

The BrainPOP team operates in a hybrid work environment: Each role has remote flexibility and an in-person component at our New York headquarters or other meeting locations. Based on the requirements of a specific position, we may prioritize hiring within a commutable distance of our New York headquarters or in another region relevant to that role. 

We can employ individuals residing in the following approved hiring states*:

• Arizona
• California
• Connecticut
• Florida
• Georgia
• Illinois
• Massachusetts
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• New Jersey
• New York
• North Carolina
• Ohio
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Tennessee
• Texas

#LI-DNI

For over two decades, BrainPOP has been trusted by educators and parents worldwide to provide engaging and impactful learning experiences for all kids. With a presence in over two-thirds of U.S. districts through school and district subscriptions and an estimated annual reach of 25 million students, BrainPOP is empowering kids to take agency over their learning and excel in and out of the classroom. 

The company was acquired in 2022 by KIRKBI, the family-owned holding and investment company of the LEGO brand, marking a significant milestone as their first acquisition in the digital learning realm. We are thrilled to continue making learning fun and accessible with the strategic guidance and support of KIRKBI.

Life at BrainPOP

At BrainPOP, our work directly impacts how teachers teach and students learn. They inspire us to build solutions that facilitate joy and meaningful learning outcomes. Our commitment to educators and kids is reflected in our dedication to the BrainPOP team: ensuring their experience is empowering, creative, collaborative, playful, and anchored in learning and growth.  

Our team is made up of educators, data scientists, published authors, engineers, artists, bakers, film buffs, cyclists, dual citizens, and so much more. We value diversity and inclusion, collaboration, and learning from multiple perspectives.

For more insight into BrainPOP and our team, check out

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BrainPOP Values

Our values reflect how we hold ourselves to our mission and our vision, and are incorporated into daily life at BrainPOP. We acknowledge and celebrate each other for values-centric behaviors.

• Act Like an Owner: To be successful, every employee needs to feel accountable, act with empowerment, and be fully invested in the mission. There is a solution to every problem: Bring one to the table. "That's not my job” is not in your vocabulary.
• Create Simplicity: Creating simplicity is an exercise in mindfulness. Pursue thoughtful reduction: Distill to the essentials and remove unnecessary complexity. The more informed and educated we are on a topic or an idea, the better we will be able to explain it to others in simple terms
• Lead with Empathy: Start with Empathy. Assume positive intent. Allow yourself to be guided by curiosity and compassion. Manage with Empathy. Create with Empathy.
• Use the Power of Today: Resist the urge to postpone important challenges, opportunities, and decisions. Address issues when they arise, especially between people. Don't make a habit of postponing the important for the sake of the urgent.
• Know the Goal: You need to understand the big picture to understand what success looks like at a macro and micro level. Company, team, and personal growth depends on how well you map your individual goals to our company goals.
• Learn and Improve Together: We are one team, and we win together. taking proactive steps to master a new skill is a strength. Be a model of humility and perseverance for others as you learn by doing.

BrainPOP Perks and Benefits

Well-being

We take a holistic approach to employee well-being.

• Medical plan options from which to choose
• Dental plan options from which to choose
• Vision plan 
• Company-paid life insurance, long- and short-term disability
• Mental health visits covered 100%
• Parental leave

Flexible Time Off & Hybrid Work Culture

Work-life balance is central to our company culture. 

• The BrainPOP team operates in a hybrid work environment

• Each role has in-person component at our New York (or Tel Aviv) headquarters or other meeting locations, and remote flexibility when onsite isn't required. Based on the requirements of a specific role, we may prioritize hiring within a commutable distance of our New York headquarters or in another region relevant to that role.

• We offer flexible PTO and company holidays

Growth  

In alignment to the value of Act like an Owner, we encourage all BrainPOPpers to take ownership in their growth. 

• Bravely: Professional Coaching
• Annual Individual Professional Development Stipend

Health & Financial Wellness

• 401k with a company match
• ClassPass Membership
• Ginger & Talkspace Membership
• Financial Wellness Workshops

Community

BrainPOP culture is centered around Learning and Improving Together.

• Corporate Donation Matching 
• Lunch & Learns
• Learning & Development Opportunities
• Employee Resource Groups 

Our Stance on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

To empower kids to shape the world within them, we should intentionally reflect the world around them. We empower our employees' growth and belonging by including individuals from various backgrounds, experiences, and identities. We are committed to fostering diverse representation of the world we exist in. Our products support the unique learners we serve.  

Diversity is our strength.