Financial Analyst

Overview

This role supports budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and analysis of business performance. The work involves organizing and validating financial inputs, building and maintaining models, and explaining what the numbers mean in practical terms.

• Location: Remote — United States
• Job Type: Full Time
• Salary: $72,000–$80,000 per year

Responsibilities

• Improve recurring financial reporting processes while maintaining appropriate review controls.
• Build and maintain spreadsheet-based financial models for planning, comparison, and scenario analysis.
• Reconcile information across schedules or reports and investigate material inconsistencies.
• Document model logic, assumptions, and analytical methods so work remains understandable and reusable.
• Communicate financial findings in concise business language, including risks, limitations, and areas requiring follow-up.
• Compare actual financial results with budgets, forecasts, and prior periods, and explain meaningful variances.
• Update forecasts and review actual results against budget as needed.
• Prepare management reports.
• Test how changes in assumptions could affect expected outcomes, including presenting alternative scenarios where appropriate.

Requirements / What You Bring

• Ability to learn and apply company-specific reporting definitions, schedules, and planning processes.
• Clear written communication; ability to summarize financial information for non-specialist stakeholders.
• Ability to compare results, identify material variances, and explain the drivers behind financial changes.
• Ability to manage assigned priorities independently while collaborating through digital tools in a remote environment.
• Willingness to question inconsistent inputs and resolve or escalate discrepancies before completing analysis.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Financial Analysis
• Financial Modeling
• Microsoft Excel
• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Variance Analysis
• Financial Reporting
• Data Analysis
• Financial Statements
• Scenario Analysis

Location & Work Setup

You will work remotely from within the United States and collaborate through common digital workplace tools. Professional communication, responsible time management, and consistent ownership of assigned work from request through completion are expected.