Opportunity brief
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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
- Strategic Finance Partner to internal consumer business leaders and FP&A team, defining, tracking, analyzing and communicating key metrics to guide operational and strategic decisions
- Own analysis and reporting of underlying drivers of monthly business performance. Lead daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly topline performance updates and business deep dives
- Build, enhance and manage scalable financial models, including regional forecast models, LTV/CAC framework, content benchmarking and marketing ROI analyses to support forecasting, planning and strategic decisions
- Drive continuous improvement of FP&A processes, systems, and tools, helping streamline forecasting cycles, enhance data accuracy, and improve reporting automation and scalability
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
Keep Learning
If this opportunity interests you, you might like these courses on Coursera:
Business and Financial Modeling Specialization
Data Analysis & Presentation Skills
Business Statistics and Analysis
Data Warehousing for Business Intelligence Specialization
Compensation
This role is available in the following US Pay Zones:
US Zone 2: $129k to $161.5k
US Zone 3: $120k to $150k
US Zone 4: $111k to $139.5k
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 Pay Zones:
- 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
Posting Date: 24th August, 2026
Application Window:
We anticipate the application window will be open until 19th September 2026. Based on business needs, this opportunity may remain posted beyond or closed before the anticipated application window.
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