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K12 believes in Education for Any One. We provide families an online option for a high-quality, personalized education experience. Students can thrive, find their passion, and learn in an environment that encourages discovery at their own pace. In support of this, we are committed to creating and maintaining a culture of inclusion and diversity where our employees are passionate about serving students and families, treat one another and customers with respect, challenge each other to innovate and always strive to do better.

The Vice President, Enrollment Forecasting & Analysis is a key member of the Finance executive team and is involved in making and implementing the financial strategy for the company. Reporting to the SVP, Finance, this position oversees student enrollment forecasting for K12, in collaboration with business areas and cross functional areas to provide value-added strategic partnerships with Company executives. This position is a key partner to the business and will identify and make improvements to key operational processes.

Essential Functions, Duties and Responsibilities: The below statements are intended to describe the general nature and scope of work being performed by this position. This is not a complete listing of all responsibilities, duties and/or skills required; other duties may be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

- Responsible for achievement of K12 corporate goals by creating value for shareholders through driving innovation, superior execution, capturing benefits of scale, driving operating leverage, commitment to ethical practices, implementing best practices in finance, enrollment reporting and forecasting; Supports compliance requirements of K12 as an SEC registrant

- Provides strategic financial input and leadership on decision making issues affecting the organization

- Recommends benchmarks for measuring the financial and operating performance, and directs and coordinates line of business planning and budget management functions

- Oversees and owns the annual budgeting and planning process for driving enterprise enrollment assumptions, including assisting with systems, analytical tools, budget prep, analysis, sensitivities, variances, and quality of deliverable work product

- Oversees the monthly forecasting, analysis, and reporting efforts for the Company's enrollments, across all lines of revenue

- Monitors and analyzes monthly operating results against budget and forecast

- Owner for annual and quarterly public enrollment reporting in accordance with SOX policies and procedures and SEC reporting requirements

- Responsible for team development and leadership, promoting a culture of high performance, commitment to quality and a growth mindset

- Reviews, designs, establishes, and maintains an organizational structure to effectively accomplish the department's goals and objectives

- Maintains continuous lines of communication with internal and external stakeholders such as management, leaders, human resources

- Oversees implementation of timely and effective decision-making through development of critical performance metrics, thoughtful and analytical commentary, return on investment and profitability measures, leveraging investments in technology, and promotion of leading business intelligence practices

- Drives bottom line profitability and decision making analysis through optimization of customer lifetime value, and recommending benchmarks for measuring the financial and operating performance

- Improves operational efficiencies by identifying opportunities, implementing improvement and advocating for technological automation initiatives to aid in the process

Supervisory Responsibilities: Directly supervises 2 - 5 Full-time Equivalent (FTE) regular employees and/or contractors. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field with strong quantitative skill-sets AND

- Twelve (12) years of experience in a mid to senior level finance or analytics position OR

- Equivalent combination of education and experience

Certificates and Licenses: None required.

Other Required Qualifications:

- Ability to analyze and synthesize large amounts of data and prepare reports and projections

- Expertise in developing and managing short and long term budgeting and forecasting, rolling budgets, and product-line profitability analysis

- Ability to motivate teams to produce quality materials within tight timeframes and simultaneously manage several projects

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word)

- Flexibility to travel as needed

- Ability to pass required background check

Desired Qualifications:

- Post graduate degree or professional certification in a related field

- Experience in the education industry

- Experience in driving automation and efficiency improvements with proven results

- Experience with data science coding languages for data analysis and reporting (ie Python, SQL, etc)

- Expertise in quantitative methods, forecasting, rate-volume variance analysis, and causal attribution analysis

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

- This is an office based position. The noise level in the office is usually moderate (computers, printers, light foot traffic).

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is 'at-will' as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the 'at-will' nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

K12 is a Federal Contractor, an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status age,, or genetics, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c).

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