Senior Executive - Financial Planning and Analysis
Job Description
About Emeritus:
Emeritus is committed to teaching the skills of the future by making high-quality education accessible and affordable to individuals, companies, and governments around the world. It does this by collaborating with more than 50 top-tier universities across the United States, Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia, India and China. Emeritus’ short courses, degree programs, professional certificates, and senior executive programs help individuals learn new skills and transform their lives, companies and organizations. Its unique model of state-of-the-art technology, curriculum innovation, and hands-on instruction from senior faculty, mentors and coaches has educated more than 250,000 individuals across 80+ countries.
Founded in 2015, Emeritus, part of Eruditus Group, has more than 2,000 employees globally and offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Shanghai, Singapore, Palo Alto, Mexico City, New York, Boston, London, and Dubai. Following its $650 million Series E funding round in August 2021, the Company is valued at $3.2 billion, and is backed by Accel, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Leeds Illuminate, Prosus Ventures, Sequoia Capital India, and Bertelsmann.
Role Overview:
The FP&A Senior Executive will be responsible for delivering accurate financial analysis and profitability insights through detailed GL scrutiny, deal and product P&Ls, and end‑to‑end reconciliations. The role requires independent ownership, strong analytical capability, and close collaboration with cross‑functional teams to support cost optimization, zero‑based costing initiatives, and informed business decision‑making.
Key Responsibilities:
- Independently analyze and review various aspects of General Ledger (GL) to ensure accuracy and integrity of financial data
- Prepare Deal-level P&Ls and perform reconciliations with SAP
- Conduct Order-to-Cash (O2C) reconciliations, including reversal entries
- Build, analyze, and interpret Product P&Ls to drive performance insights
- Perform PR/PO/GL dump analysis to derive costing insights and support Zero-Based Costing initiatives
- Work closely with multiple internal stakeholders and cross-functional teams to resolve discrepancies and improve financial processes
Qualifications & Experience:
Essential Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Commerce (B.Com) with 7–8 years of relevant experience in FP&A, finance, or accounting roles
Desirable Qualifications
- MBA (Finance preferred) with 4–5 years of relevant experience
Key Skills:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with hands-on experience in reconciliations and GL scrutiny
- Ability to independently manage complex financial analyses
- Proven experience collaborating with multiple stakeholders and teams
- Advanced working knowledge of Excel / Google Sheets / SharePoint and other reporting tools
- Hands-on experience and strong comfort working with SAP
Why Join Emeritus:
- Work in a global, mission-driven organization transforming education
- Exposure to international markets and cross-border operations
- Collaborative and fast-paced environment with high impact
Emeritus provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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