Financial Analyst

Overview

This role supports budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and analysis of business performance. The position focuses on careful handling of financial information and clearly explaining what the numbers mean in practical terms.

Location: Remote — United States
Job Type: Full Time
Salary: $69,000-$77,000 per year

Responsibilities

• Improve recurring financial reporting processes while maintaining appropriate review controls.
• Support KPI reporting by connecting financial measures with relevant operational context.
• Prepare recurring financial reports, management summaries, and ad hoc analyses for stakeholder review.
• Analyze revenue, expenses, margins, and other financial or operating measures to identify performance drivers.
• Assist with budgeting and forecasting by organizing assumptions, updating schedules, and checking calculations.
• Perform reconciliation across schedules or reports and investigate material inconsistencies.
• Conduct variance analysis beyond stating that results are higher or lower; where information allows, identify operational or financial drivers and assess whether differences appear temporary, recurring, assumption-driven, or in need of further review.
• Produce work products (financial models and schedules) that remain understandable after the immediate task is complete through clear labels, documented assumptions, reasonable checks, and organized formulas.

Requirements

• Ability to compare results, identify material variances, and explain drivers behind financial changes.
• Willingness to question inconsistent inputs and resolve or escalate discrepancies before completing an analysis.
• Comfort learning reporting definitions, schedules, and planning processes.
• Organized documentation habits and a preference for traceable financial analysis.
• Interest in financial modeling, scenario analysis, and forward-looking business planning.
• Ability to manage assigned priorities responsibly, communicate progress when appropriate, and collaborate through shared digital tools while maintaining professional standards for accuracy and documentation.

Preferred Skills and Experience

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

Compensation & Benefits

Salary: $69,000-$77,000 per year

Location

Remote — United States