Financial Analyst

Overview

This role supports reliable financial analysis to enable planning and informed decision-making. The Financial Analyst will maintain reporting, compare actual performance against expectations, and help communicate key performance drivers.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain spreadsheet-based financial models for planning, comparison, and scenario analysis.
• Analyze revenue, expenses, margins, and other financial or operating measures to identify performance drivers.
• 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.
• 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.
• Support analyses that explain differences between plan and actual performance by identifying contributing accounts or operating factors, verifying underlying information, and providing appropriate context.

Requirements

• Willingness to question inconsistent inputs and resolve or escalate discrepancies before completing an analysis.
• Comfort learning organization-specific reporting definitions, schedules, and planning processes.
• Foundational understanding of financial statements, budgeting, forecasting, and basic accounting principles.
• Ability to manage assigned priorities independently while collaborating through digital tools in a remote environment.
• Clear written communication, including the ability to summarize financial information for non-specialist stakeholders.

Desired Skills and Experience

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

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: $65,000–$73,000 per year

Location

• Remote – United States

Job Type

• Full Time