Job Description
About Primer Primer is a growing network of K–8 schools restoring the timeless foundations of American education. Inspired by the original teaching primers that shaped a nation of readers, thinkers, and builders, our schools begin with what has always worked, and build for what lies ahead. Close-knit learning environments. Skilled educators. A culture that takes kids seriously as learners and leaders. Primers shaped the first 200 years of American children. Primer will ready them for the next. About the role This is a financial analysis and business partnership role at its core. You'll drive financial analysis for a national private school network that runs on PrimerOS, our learning and operations management platform. Reporting to our Head of Finance, you'll be the strategic business partner to functional leaders—helping them weigh tradeoffs, assess performance, and put our financial strategy into action. What you’d own Site-level performance: partner with our state General Manager teams to own site-level forecasts, enabling the company to make decisions grounded in our financial realities and strategic priorities Real Estate: partner with the Real Estate team to drive the completeness and accuracy of our pro-forma modeling, returns forecasting, and project-level budget-vs-actual analyses. Business partnership: partner with cross-functional teams on a variety of operational decisions by providing guidance, analysis, and historical financial data to inform their decisions. You might be forecasting headcount one moment and budgeting paid marketing spend the next. Financial operations: partner with our Controller to ensure forward-looking views tie cleanly to actuals from our accounting system. Reporting: support our Monthly Business Review process and own the delivery of management financial reporting, both programmatic and ad hoc. What we’re looking for 5-7 years of experience in corporate finance, include experience with financial modeling and reporting; experience