Financial Analyst

Overview

This role involves providing dependable financial analysis to support planning and informed decision-making. Responsibilities include maintaining reports, comparing actual results with expectations, and helping communicate important performance drivers.

You may be asked to:

• Update a forecast
• Review actual results against a budget
• Prepare management reports
• Test how changes in assumptions could affect expected outcomes

The position emphasizes making forecasting assumptions visible rather than hidden in calculations, and presenting alternative scenarios when a single estimate could create a false sense of precision.

Responsibilities

• Prepare recurring financial reports, management summaries, and ad hoc analyses for stakeholder review.
• Build and maintain spreadsheet-based financial models for planning, comparison, and scenario analysis.
• Perform trend, sensitivity, and scenario analysis to show how changing assumptions may affect expected results.
• Reconcile information across schedules or reports and investigate material inconsistencies.
• Communicate financial findings in concise business language, including risks, limitations, and areas requiring follow-up.
• Help improve recurring financial reporting processes while maintaining appropriate review controls.

Requirements

• Ability to compare results, identify material variances, and explain the drivers behind a financial change.
• Strong numerical reasoning, attention to detail, and a disciplined approach to checking financial information.
• Foundational understanding of financial statements, budgeting, forecasting, and basic accounting principles.
• Comfort using Microsoft Excel or comparable spreadsheet software for calculations and organized financial schedules.
• Comfort learning company-specific reporting definitions, schedules, and planning processes.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Financial analysis
• Financial modeling
• Microsoft Excel
• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Variance analysis
• Financial reporting
• Data analysis
• Financial statements
• Scenario analysis

Compensation & Benefits

• $65,000–$73,000 per year

Location & Work Type

• Remote – United States
• Full-time (entry-level remote position)

Candidates should be prepared to manage assigned priorities responsibly, communicate progress when appropriate, and collaborate through shared digital tools while maintaining professional standards for accuracy and documentation.