Financial Analyst

Overview

This role involves working as a Financial Analyst supporting clear, accurate reporting of actual performance, expected results, and the drivers behind differences between plans and outcomes. Accuracy and clear communication are required throughout the work.

You will move between financial statements, spreadsheet schedules, operating metrics, and forecast assumptions during the same week. Core expectations include checked calculations, clearly stated assumptions, and conclusions presented in a way that supports decisions.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile information across schedules or reports and investigate material inconsistencies.
• 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.
• Prepare recurring financial reports, management summaries, and ad hoc analyses for stakeholder review.
• Compare actual financial results with budgets, forecasts, and prior periods, and explain meaningful variances.
• Assist with budgeting and forecasting by organizing assumptions, updating schedules, and checking calculations.

Requirements

• Comfortable using Microsoft Excel or comparable spreadsheet software for calculations and organized financial schedules.
• Comfortable learning reporting definitions, schedules, and planning processes used by the organization.
• Strong numerical reasoning and attention to detail, with a disciplined approach to checking financial information.
• Clear written communication and the ability to summarize financial information for non-specialist stakeholders.
• Ability to compare results, identify material variances, and explain the drivers behind a financial change.
• Financial models and schedules must remain understandable after the immediate task is complete (e.g., clear labels, documented assumptions, reasonable checks, and organized formulas).

Preferred Qualifications

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

Compensation & Benefits

• $68,000–$76,000 per year
• Job Type: Full Time

Location

• Remote — United States
• Work remotely within the United States and collaborate through common digital workplace tools.