Common App

Common App is a not-for-profit organization that facilitates the college application process for students by providing a centralized platform to apply to over 800 institutions worldwide, with a commitment to access, equity, and integrity in college admissions.

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đź“Ť United States

🧭 Full-Time

đź’¸ 95000 - 101578 USD per year

🔍 Non-profit

  • Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • 4-6 years of progressive financial planning and analysis experience preferably in similar non-profit organizations.
  • Experience with financial systems for budgeting and forecasting.
  • Proficient in financial planning and reporting software and analytics tools like Tableau or Qlik.
  • Strong understanding of US GAAP.
  • Excellent Excel fluency and financial modeling skills.
  • Demonstrated leadership qualities.
  • Ability to make data-driven decisions and manage confidential information.

  • Support day-to-day planning and analysis activities.
  • Develop and implement processes and tools to optimize departmental operations.
  • Serve as a business partner to Executive and Senior Management leaders.
  • Provide financial management support, including preparation and presentation of budgets and forecasts.
  • Conduct regular management reporting and analysis of actual results.
  • Align business analytics with strategic objectives while ensuring compliance with financial policies.

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Posted 2024-11-21
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đź“Ť United States

đź’¸ 95000 - 101578 USD per year

🔍 Non-profit, higher education admissions

  • Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or related field; or equivalent experience.
  • 4-6 years of financial planning and analysis experience, preferably in non-profit or similar sectors.
  • Experience with financial systems for budgets and forecasts, and proficiency in financial planning software.
  • Strong understanding of US GAAP and ability to communicate differences in financial reporting.
  • Fluency in Excel and superb financial modeling, analytical, and quantitative skills.

  • As a member of the FP&A team, the Senior Analyst supports planning and analysis activities.
  • Responsible for developing and implementing processes and tools for department operations.
  • Acts as a business partner to management by providing financial management support.
  • Involves preparation and presentation of budgets/forecasts, management reporting, and analysis of actual results.
  • Ensures alignment of business analytics with the organization’s strategic objectives.

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Posted 2024-11-20
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đź“Ť United States

🧭 Full-Time

đź’¸ 110581 - 124404 USD per year

🔍 Education Technology

  • Bachelor’s degree with at least 5-7 years of product management experience or related experience.
  • Experience launching successful technology products.
  • Familiarity with competitive analysis and business case development.
  • Knowledge of college admissions and education technology trends.
  • Strong analytical skills and experience with data and information systems.
  • Proficiency in collaboration tools such as Slack and Google Workspace.

  • Play a leading role in delivering programs and services that positively impact student access to education.
  • Leverage market and user research to identify new opportunities.
  • Collaborate with internal and external partners on the development and execution of new solutions.
  • Lead cross-functional teams in identifying and prioritizing product features.
  • Determine success metrics, capture and analyze results, and present findings.

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Posted 2024-11-09
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đź“Ť United States

🧭 Full-Time

đź’¸ 110581 - 124404 USD per year

🔍 Higher education technology

  • Bachelor’s degree with at least 5-7 years of product management or related experience.
  • Experience launching successful technology products.
  • Familiarity with competitive analysis and business case development.
  • Understanding of college admissions process and education technology trends.
  • Ability to develop a compelling product vision aligned with organizational goals.
  • Strong analytical skills to use data-driven insights for decision-making.
  • Experience with Agile project management methodology.

  • Play a leading role in delivering Common App's programs and products that positively impact students’ access to education.
  • Leverage market and user research to identify new opportunities for improving student access.
  • Collaborate with internal and external partners in developing and executing solutions that facilitate streamlined application processes.
  • Lead cross-functional teams in defining and prioritizing product features based on user needs.
  • Determine success metrics, capture and analyze results, and present findings for further discovery.

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Posted 2024-11-08
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đź“Ť United States

🧭 Full-Time

đź’¸ 95000 - 104199 USD per year

🔍 Higher Education

  • 4-6 years of experience in cyber security, IT audit, or enterprise risk management.
  • 1-2 years of experience as a people manager.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, cyber security, or related field.
  • Knowledge of regulatory compliance and information security management frameworks.
  • Strong understanding of cyber security laws and risk management processes.
  • Excellent communication skills to translate technical concepts.

  • Implement, maintain, and oversee the organization's cyber security program.
  • Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
  • Engage in strategic planning, risk management, and policy development.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to safeguard the organization's information assets.

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Posted 2024-11-07
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đź“Ť United States

đź’¸ 95000 - 99845 USD per year

🔍 Higher education

  • Bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline or related field.
  • 4-6 years of experience in data reporting, SQL, database architecture, and data analytics.
  • Experience in designing data warehousing and analytic systems.
  • Experience with incomplete data and statistics.
  • Proficient in SQL and/or R, data manipulation and coding.
  • Understanding of Common Application’s role in higher education.

  • Engaged with all aspects of the data operations function.
  • Develop internal and external-facing business intelligence products.
  • Oversee data warehousing and analyses.
  • Support Common App's organizational priorities and strategic initiatives.
  • Build efficient systems and workflows for data operations agenda.
  • Collaborate with Technology Services and Product Strategy teams.

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Posted 2024-10-24
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đź“Ť United States

🧭 Full-Time

đź’¸ 115000 - 117380 USD per year

🔍 Higher education

  • Must live in the United States.
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a relevant field, or equivalent education and experience.
  • 5-8 years of software development experience.
  • Proficient in Angular.js 2+, Typescript, .NET Core 2.0+, C#, SQL, HTML5, CSS3, and Micro Service Architecture.
  • Strong understanding of OWASP Top 10 security vulnerabilities.
  • Good communication and team collaboration skills.
  • Experience with AWS services and CI/CD automation is a plus.

  • Reports to the Director of Software Development.
  • Part of a team designing and developing web and mobile software products.
  • Plans, develops, modifies, and tests software components using .NET technologies.
  • Works in an AWS and Agile development environment.
  • Assists in managing the production system for quality end-user experience.
  • May serve as a mentor or provide guidance to other Software Developers.

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Posted 2024-10-21
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đź“Ť United States

🧭 Full-Time

đź’¸ 95000 - 98000 USD per year

🔍 Higher education / Non-profit

  • Candidates must live in the United States.
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or equivalent.
  • 4-6 years of successful, progressive experience in QA or equivalent.
  • In-depth understanding of QA methodologies & testing environments.
  • Thorough understanding of Software Development Life Cycles.
  • Strong consultative and analytical skills.
  • Experience in developing and enhancing manual and automated tests.
  • Solid understanding of web technologies (C#, Json, JQuery, HTML5, CSS).
  • Knowledge of QA automation tools (Selenium, NUnit, Jenkins, JMeter).
  • Experience using source code repositories (e.g., Git) and Git commands.

  • Reporting to the Director, Software Quality Assurance, the Software QA Engineer works collaboratively with the QA team.
  • Ensure constituents have a great user experience with Common App’s software products.
  • Plan, develop, and execute comprehensive system tests.
  • Perform functional, security, accessibility, and compatibility tests.
  • Identify and confirm the resolution of defects based on established QA methodologies.
  • Assist departments across the organization with quality assurance activities.

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Posted 2024-09-21
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