Financial Analyst

Overview

This role involves supporting forecasting, variance, and financial trend analysis through spreadsheet-based models and careful review of assumptions and inputs. You will help stakeholders understand what changed, why it changed, and how those drivers may matter for expected results.

• Job Type: Full Time
• Location: Remote - United States
• Salary: $70,000-$78,000 per year

Responsibilities

• Analyze revenue, expenses, margins, and other financial or operating measures to identify performance drivers.
• Support KPI reporting by connecting financial measures with relevant operational context.
• Reconcile information across schedules or reports and investigate material inconsistencies.
• Perform trend, sensitivity, and scenario analysis to show how changing assumptions may affect expected results.
• Compare actual financial results with budgets, forecasts, and prior periods and explain meaningful variances.
• Build and maintain spreadsheet-based financial models for planning, comparison, and scenario analysis.
• Manage assigned priorities independently while collaborating through digital tools in a remote environment.
• Verify underlying information and communicate results with appropriate context, including summarizing financial information for non-specialist stakeholders.
• Ensure models and schedules remain understandable after completion by using clear labels, documented assumptions, reasonable checks, and organized formulas.

Requirements

• Ability to manage assigned priorities independently while collaborating through digital tools in a remote environment.
• Clear written communication and ability to summarize financial information for non-specialist stakeholders.
• Interest in financial modeling, scenario analysis, and forward-looking business planning.
• Ability to compare results, identify material variances, and explain the drivers behind a financial change.
• Willingness to question inconsistent inputs and resolve or escalate discrepancies before completing an analysis.
• Dependable communication and self-management to organize work, respond to reasonable update requests, and keep responsibilities visible and handoffs clear.

Preferred Skills and Experience

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