Director, Strategic Finance

About Our Process

What We Offer

• At College Board, we offer more than a paycheck: we provide a meaningful career, a supportive team, and a comprehensive package designed to help you thrive. We’re a self-sustaining nonprofit that believes in fair and competitive compensation grounded in your qualifications, experience, impact, and the market.
• A Thoughtful Approach to Compensation
• The hiring range for this role is $80,000-$135,000. We adjust salaries by location to ensure fairness, no matter where you live. Below, we've offered an estimated range for a variety of metro areas throughout the United States.
• New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC and Los Angeles: $105,000-$135,000
• Austin, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia and Denver: $90,000-$120,000
• Atlanta, Miami, Iowa City and most other locations throughout the Southeast and Midwest: $80,000-$108,000
• We aim to make our best offer upfront, rooted in fairness, transparency, and market data. You’ll have open, transparent conversations about compensation, benefits, and what it’s like to work at College Board throughout your hiring process. Check out our careers page for more.

Qualifications

• Expertise in financial planning and analysis, with 5-7 years experience with budgeting and forecasting work
• Strong organization and prioritization skills and the proven ability to move forward multiple projects in concert, both independently and as a member of the team
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, including extensive experience in financial modeling
• Strong communication and customer service skills, including experience summarizing complex financial analyses and presenting key findings to senior management
• Solid understanding of corporate finance
• Advanced MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Word skills
• A passion for supporting educational and career opportunities for millions of students
• The ability to travel 4-6 times a year to College Board offices or on behalf of College Board business
• Authorization to work in the United States
• A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a willingness to experiment with and adopt new AI-driven solutions and comfort with learning and applying new digital tools independently and proactively.
• Clear and concise communication skills, written and verbal
• A learner's mindset and a commitment to growth: welcoming diverse perspectives, giving and receiving timely, respectful feedback, and continuously improving through iterative learning and user input.
• A drive for impact and excellence: solving complex problems, making data-informed decisions, prioritizing what matters most, and continuously improving through learning, user input, and external benchmarking.
• A collaborative and empathetic approach: working across differences, fostering trust, and contributing to a culture of shared success

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, or related technical field preferred
• Experience with financial planning systems preferred, e.g. Workday Adaptive Planning