Job description
Company Description
When you join Turnitin, you’ll be welcomed into a company that is a recognized innovator in the global education space. For over 25 years, Turnitin has partnered with educational institutions to promote honesty, consistency, and fairness across all subject areas and assessment types. Over 21,000 academic institutions, publishers, and corporations use our services: Feedback Studio, Originality, Gradescope, ExamSoft, Similarity, and iThenticate.
Experience a remote-centric culture that empowers you to work with purpose and accountability in a way that best suits you, supported by a comprehensive package that prioritizes your overall well-being. Our diverse community of colleagues are all unified by a shared desire to make a difference in education.
Turnitin is a global organization with team members in over 35 countries including the United States, Mexico, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, India, and the Philippines.
Job Description
You will be working closely with the Senior Director of FP&A and report directly into a Senior Finance Business Partner, as well as being a key contributing member of the Turnitin Finance team. You will support designated functions as their key contact and business partner as well as supporting the Senior Finance Business Partner with wider projects and analysis.
Business Partnering is a key element to the role and also involves owning the P&L, budgeting, and forecasting for the area of the business you support. You will be providing key commentaries and analysis to support strategic decision making and assisting the Senior Director FP&A to manage the overall business. You will also ensure consistency and sharing of knowledge across business streams, working closely with other Finance Business Partners within Turnitin globally.
This role will allow the successful candidate to be a part of a growing business, with financial, operational and commercial exposure. You will add value through supporting operational performance, delivering on short and long term initiatives.
It is imperative that the successful candidate has recent experience of working as an analyst or senior analyst. Previous accounting experience is preferred but not essential.
Key Accountabilities:
- Provide a high-quality end to end financial partner service to the business, by providing expert financial advice and challenging the management team to support decision making that sustains the delivery of strategic and operational planning
- Improving business performance through productivity and efficiency measures
- Produce and co-ordinate period management accounts (P&L and capex), analysis and commentary and present to Senior Finance Business Partner & Senior Director FP&A, whilst informing the business of monthly performance/trends and actions to improve
- Preparation and ownership of monthly forecasting and management reports as part of the wider FP&A team
- Providing value-adding financial insight, support, and challenge by building effective working relationships at all levels, including senior managers and with other departments in the business
- Supporting stakeholders and senior management with financial analysis to aid decision making
- Identify trends to project the full year forecast including recommendations on opportunities / mitigating risks and a clear go-to for senior management for financial recommendations and analysis
- Supporting the Annual Budget and Quarterly Forecast process for your business areas in line with the overall Finance timeline. Planning and delivering a process that is timely and accurate, as well as providing healthy challenge; understand key drivers for costs, across all locations / sites / projects.
- Maintain and enhance financial controls ensuring accuracy and robustness of reporting and continue to develop reporting for this business area
- Continually identify and implement improvements to business processes to increase efficiency and ensure all costs are recorded accurately in the accounts
- Support ad hoc requests for analysis and information from the FP&A Team, Senior Managers & Executives within the business
- To provide additional support and analysis to other FBP’s as required, in doing so broadening areas of knowledge within the business
Qualifications
The Successful Applicant
An ambitious individual with drive and a commercial edge. You will be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment willing to be hands-on, with the desire to immerse yourself in the operational side of the business. You will proactively seek opportunities to raise standards, and drive continual improvement throughout the business. The successful candidate will meet the following requirements:
- 3+ yrs relevant work experience in a Finance department
- CIMA/ACCA/ACA Qualified/Part Qualified
- Strong Excel skills and aptitude for using/suggesting other reporting tools and software
- Attention to detail, accuracy, resourcefulness, and ability to follow-through
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
- Self-starter with ability to work cross-functionally and as well as independently
- Strong team player and ability to learn quickly
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage tight deadlines
Additional Information
Total Rewards @ Turnitin
Turnitin maintains a Total Rewards package that is competitive within the local job market. People tend to think about their Total Rewards monetarily — solely as regular pay plus bonus or commission. This is what they earn in exchange for what they do. However, Turnitin delivers more than just these components. Beyond the intrinsic rewards of unleashing your potential to positively impact global education, and thriving in an organization that is free of politics and full of humble, inclusive and collaborative teammates, the extrinsic rewards at Turnitin include generous time off and health and wellness programs that offer choice and flexibility and provide a safety net for the challenges that life presents from time to time. Experience a remote-centric culture that empowers you to work with purpose and accountability in a way that best suits you, supported by a comprehensive package that prioritizes your overall well-being.
Our Mission is to ensure the integrity of global education and meaningfully improve learning outcomes.
Our Values underpin everything we do.
- Customer Centric- We realize our mission to ensure integrity and improve learning outcomes by putting educators and learners at the center of everything we do.
- Passion for Learning- We seek out teammates that are constantly learning and growing and build a workplace which enables them to do so.
- Integrity - We believe integrity is the heartbeat of Turnitin. It shapes our products, the way we treat each other, and how we work with our customers and vendors.
- Action & Ownership- We have a bias toward action and empower teammates to make decisions.
- One Team- We strive to break down silos, collaborate effectively, and celebrate each other’s successes.
- Global Mindset - We respect local cultures and embrace diversity. We think globally and act locally to maximize our impact on education.
Global Benefits
- Remote First Culture
- Health Care Coverage*
- Education Reimbursement*
- Competitive Paid Time Off
- 4 Self-Care Days per year
- National Holidays*
- 2 Founder Days + Juneteenth Observed
- Paid Volunteer Time*
- Charitable contribution match*
- Monthly Wellness or Home Office Reimbursement/*
- Access to Modern Health (mental health platform)
- Parental Leave*
- Retirement Plan with match/contribution*
\* varies by country
Seeing Beyond the Job Ad
At Turnitin, we recognize it’s unrealistic for candidates to fulfill 100% of the criteria in a job ad. We encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of the requirements because we know that skills evolve over time. If you’re willing to learn and evolve alongside us, join our team!
Turnitin, LLC is committed to the policy that all persons have equal access to its programs, facilities and employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
