Financial Analyst

Overview

This Financial Analyst role supports planning and informed decision-making through dependable financial analysis. Key work includes maintaining reports, comparing actual results to expectations, and helping communicate important performance drivers.

The position is full-time and remote within the United States.

Responsibilities

• Document model logic, assumptions, and analytical methods so work remains understandable and reusable.
• Compare actual financial results with budgets, forecasts, and prior periods, and explain meaningful variances.
• Review source information and validate calculations before financial analysis is distributed or relied upon.
• Assist with budgeting and forecasting by organizing assumptions, updating schedules, and checking calculations.
• 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.
• Ensure financial models and schedules remain understandable after the immediate task is complete by using clear labels, documented assumptions, reasonable checks, and organized formulas.

Requirements

• Comfort using Microsoft Excel or comparable spreadsheet software for calculations and organized financial schedules.
• Strong numerical reasoning, attention to detail, and a disciplined approach to checking financial information.
• Ability to compare results, identify material variances, and explain the drivers behind a financial change.
• Interest in financial modeling, scenario analysis, and forward-looking business planning.
• Foundational understanding of financial statements, budgeting, forecasting, and basic accounting principles.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: $71,000–$79,000 per year

Location

• Remote – United States

Preferred Skills & Experience

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