Director of Finance

HMH is a learning technology company committed to delivering connected solutions that engage learners, empower educators and improve student outcomes. As a leading provider of K–12 core curriculum, supplemental and intervention solutions, and professional learning services, HMH partners with educators and school districts to uncover solutions that unlock students’ potential and extend teachers’ capabilities.

HMH serves more than 50 million students and 4 million educators in 150 countries. For more information, visit www.hmhco.com

Director, FP&A (Decision Support / Corporate FP&A)

Location: Remote (Preferred East Coast US)

Who We Are

HMH is a learning technology company committed to delivering connected solutions that engage learners, empower educators, and improve student outcomes. As a leading provider of K–12 core curriculum, supplemental and intervention solutions and professional learning services, HMH partners with educators and school districts to unlock students' potential and extend teachers' capabilities. HMH serves more than 50 million students and 4 million educators in 150 countries.

What You’ll Do

We are seeking a hands-on, operationally focused Director of FP&A to lead core financial planning and analysis processes and manage a team of analysts supporting enterprise decision-making. This role will be responsible for driving the day-to-day FP&A cadence—budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and performance tracking—while providing insights that inform key business decisions.

A key aspect of this role is ownership of the FP&A planning cadence, including establishing and managing the financial calendar, coordinating cross-functional inputs, and ensuring alignment on timelines, deliverables, and dependencies across the organization.

The ideal candidate brings strong execution discipline, analytical rigor, and the ability to translate financial results into actionable recommendations for senior leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Execution

• Lead and manage a team of FP&A professionals, providing direction, prioritization, and ongoing coaching
• Actively review and guide team outputs, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and high-quality deliverables
• Establish clear operating rhythms, deadlines, and accountability across all FP&A activities
• Build team capabilities in financial modeling, analysis, and business partnership

FP&A Operations (Core Ownership)

• Own the execution of the monthly, quarterly, and annual FP&A processes, including close support, forecasting, and budgeting
• Establish and maintain the FP&A financial calendar, ensuring clear timelines, accountability, and alignment on deliverables and cross-functional dependencies
• Drive the development, consolidation, and submission of financial plans across revenue, cost of sales, operating expenses, and headcount
• Ensure timely and accurate delivery of financial reporting packages, including variance analysis and performance commentary
• Maintain and continuously improve forecasting accuracy and planning assumptions
• Standardize processes, templates, and outputs to improve consistency and efficiency

Financial Reporting & Performance Management

• Oversee the preparation of executive-ready financial reporting for senior leadership, including C-suite and Board-level materials
• Monitor key financial metrics, KPIs, and run rates to track business performance
• Lead variance analysis processes, ensuring clear identification of drivers and actionable follow-ups
• Drive visibility into cost structures, including operating expenses, labor, and headcount trends

Business Partnership & Decision Support

• Maintain leadership-level alignment with senior business and functional leaders, ensuring financial priorities support broader business objectives
• Oversee and guide the team’s day-to-day support of business partners, including budgeting, forecasting, and in-period performance management
• Ensure consistency, quality, and insightfulness of financial support provided to stakeholders across the organization
• Provide leadership-level perspective on key decisions, risks, and opportunities, stepping in for complex or high-impact situations as needed
• Translate financial outcomes into clear, actionable insights, ensuring messaging delivered by the team is aligned, accurate, and impactful
• Support evaluation of trade-offs, resource allocation decisions, and cost management initiatives across the business

Operational Improvement & Scalability

• Identify opportunities to improve FP&A processes, reporting, and planning workflows, and guide the team in executing enhancements
• Provide direction and oversight on scalable models, reporting structures, and planning frameworks to ensure consistency and usability
• Partner closely with the Financial Systems Manager (Anaplan) to prioritize and implement system-enabled process improvements, aligning business needs with system capabilities
• Promote standardization, simplification, and consistency across FP&A outputs to improve efficiency and stakeholder experience
• Drive improvements in data quality, reporting transparency, and accessibility of financial insights through cross-functional collaboration

Strategic Support (Selective Focus)

• Support development of longer-range financial plans and key business scenarios
• Contribute to strategic initiatives through targeted financial analysis (e.g., investment decisions, cost optimization, resource planning)
• Provide insight into financial implications of business strategies, highlighting risks and opportunities
• Assist senior leadership in evaluating 'what-if' scenarios and performance improvement initiatives

Ad Hoc Analysis & Executive Support

• Oversee and prioritize ad hoc analysis requests from senior leadership
• Ensure timely delivery of high-quality, insight-driven outputs
• Guide the team in developing clear, executive-level presentations and recommendations

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field (MBA, CPA, CFA or similar preferred)
• 10+ years of progressive FP&A or finance experience, including team leadership
• Strong hands-on experience managing budgeting, forecasting, and monthly close processes
• Proven ability to operate in a highly execution-focused, deadline-driven environment
• Advanced financial modeling and analytical skills
• Experience delivering executive-level reporting and supporting senior stakeholders
• Strong business acumen and ability to connect financial results to operational drivers
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex financial concepts
• Demonstrated success driving process improvements and operational efficiency
• High attention to detail with strong ownership mindset

Salary Range:
$130,000 - 140,000

HMH is fully committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and to attracting, retaining, developing and promoting the most qualified employees without regard to race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, family status, marital status, pregnancy, gender identity, ethnic/national origin, ancestry, age, disability, military status, genetic predisposition, citizenship status, status as a disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, Armed Forces service medal veteran, other covered veteran, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. We are dedicated to providing a work environment free from discrimination and harassment, and where employees are treated with respect and dignity. We actively participate in E-Verify.