Financial Analyst

Overview

This role supports recurring financial reporting and analysis for revenue, expenses, budgets, forecasts, and operating performance. The position is entry-level and includes meaningful analytical responsibility.

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.
• Prepare recurring financial reports, management summaries, and ad hoc analyses for stakeholder review.
• Assist with budgeting and forecasting by organizing assumptions, updating schedules, and checking calculations.
• Perform trend, sensitivity, and scenario analysis to show how changing assumptions may affect expected results.
• Conduct variance analysis that goes beyond stating whether a number is higher or lower by:
  • Identifying which accounts or operating factors contributed to the movement.
  • Determining whether the difference appears temporary, recurring, assumption-driven, or in need of further review.
  • Communicating results with appropriate context.

Requirements

• Ability to compare results, identify material variances, and explain the drivers behind a financial change.
• Comfort learning company-specific reporting definitions, schedules, and planning processes.
• Organized documentation habits with an appreciation for traceable financial analysis.
• Clear written communication and the ability to summarize financial information for non-specialist stakeholders.
• Foundational understanding of financial statements, budgeting, forecasting, and basic accounting principles.
• Preparedness to investigate incomplete or inconsistent financial information, document limitations, and avoid presenting uncertain results as more precise than they are.
• Ability to keep assumptions visible in forecasting and present alternative scenarios when a single estimate could create a false sense of precision.

Preferred Skills and Experience

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

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: $68,000-$76,000 per year

Location

• Remote — United States

Job Type

• Full Time