Financial Analyst

Title: Financial Analyst

Department: Finance and Business Operations

Location: Remote:  CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, IL, KY, MD, MI, MN, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, TX, and VA preferred residents.

Role status: Full-time; Exempt

Priority deadline to apply: Friday, June 12, 2026

Who We Are

New Teacher Center (NTC) builds a stronger, more resilient educator workforce from day one. Our research-backed, personalized support helps teachers stay, grow, and lead — strengthening retention, fostering collaboration, and supporting leadership pathways. The result: skilled school teams where every student experiences strong relationships, consistent support, and high-quality instruction. Learn more: www.newteachercenter.org

NTC Competencies

As an organization, we seek candidates who display the following competencies:

• Takes Ownership: Sets strategy, takes initiative, and makes decisions that enable strong results within their sphere of responsibility.

• Organizes, Prioritizes, and Executes: Delineates tasks, plans, and prioritizes in alignment with goals, and follows through with attention to detail to ensure strong outcomes.

• Delegates, Structures Work, and Drives Accountability: Defines expected outcomes for projects/tasks/teams, assigns work, tracks progress, and adjusts course as needed to reach intended outcomes.

• Builds and Sustains Collaborative Relationships: Builds trusting relationships that embody organizational values and fuel positive impact and strategic collaboration.

• Fosters a Culture of Belonging: Contributes to a culture of inclusivity and belonging, works effectively across lines of difference, and proactively addresses bias and mitigates harm.

• Communicates Effectively: Considers the varied needs of diverse audiences and conveys information and opinions with those needs in mind.

• Adapts with Courage: Demonstrates creativity and flexibility in the face of shifting dynamics, new information, ambiguity, and setbacks.

• Cultivates Growth and Continuous Improvement: Uses reflection and feedback to grow, supports others' growth, and dismantles barriers when relevant.

Your Purpose: 

The Financial Analyst will support the critical operations of the Finance and Business Operations team, reporting to the Senior Director and Vice President. In this role, you will drive project-level and organizational budgeting and reporting, and build financial models and tools for ongoing project analysis and quarterly forecasting to ensure NTC remains financially sustainable. By translating complex financial performance and key metrics into clear, actionable summaries, you will empower project and organization leaders to optimize resource use and confidently advance NTC’s strategic goals.

What Will You Do:

Budget & Forecasting

The Financial Analyst will support project-level and organizational-level budgeting and forecasting. They will assist in developing budgets aligned with NTC’s Strategic Plan and in developing financial models to support forecasting and scenario analysis, ensuring short- and long-term financial sustainability. 

Specifically, the Financial Analyst will:

• Maintain and update financial models, reports, and dashboards

• Assist with budget tracking and forecasting, including monitoring actuals vs. budget 

• Support data management to ensure accuracy and integrity across NTC’s ERP systems and platforms

• Support monthly close activities, including reconciliations, accruals, and variance analysis.

Financial Analysis

The Financial Analyst will partner with the program delivery team and NTC’s leadership teams to translate financial data into actionable insights. This includes partnering with other department leads to understand their needs and develop useful financial management tools and reports that identify trends, risks, and opportunities.

Specifically, the Financial Analyst will:

• Analyze monthly financial results to identify trends, risks, and key performance indicators (KPIs)

• Assist in monitoring grant spending down, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely submission of financial reports.

• Review and analyze timecard and labor data, including cost allocations and trend analysis

• Track and summarize invoicing, revenue, and delivery status across projects

• Analyze project performance and identify risks such as budget variances, underbilling, or delivery gaps

What You Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field, or 2–4 years of related experience in financial planning and analysis, including exposure to revenue modeling, budgeting, and forecasting.

• Curious and proactive, with strong attention to detail and strong organizational and time management skills

• Basic proficiency in Microsoft Excel / Google Sheets (sorting/filtering, pivot tables, basic formulas) required

• Experience working with cross-functional teams and communicating financial metrics and insights to diverse, non-technical stakeholders.

• Familiarity with enterprise resource planning (ERP) and CRM platforms, with a preference for experience in NetSuite, OpenAir, and Salesforce.

• Exposure to nonprofit finance and an understanding of GAAP are preferred

What We Offer: 

This position offers a competitive starting salary range of $65,705-$71,503 a comprehensive benefits package. New hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary closer to the start of the range. At NTC, when determining a salary offer for a role, we consider the role's specific requirements, relevant experience, and required skills, while maintaining equity within our compensation bands. For this and other reasons, we have adopted a no-negotiation policy.

NTC believes in the importance of maintaining a professional-personal balance and supports the well-being of our staff. For those who qualify, NTC offers a robust benefits package including:

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability, 

• NTC observes over 30 holidays per year in addition to paid vacation and sick time

• New hire home office reimbursement 

• 12 weeks of paid parental leave 

• 3% match 401K plan

Must Be Able To: 

• TRAVEL: Minimum travel (5%-10%) - To include: department retreats and the org-wide annual fall retreat. 

• Work in a typical interior/office work environment

• Limited physical effort is required

New Teacher Center 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.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.