Financial Analyst

Overview

This role involves supporting budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and analysis of business performance. The work focuses on carefully analyzing financial information, identifying meaningful drivers behind results, and explaining what the numbers mean in practical terms.

• Location: Remote – United States
• Job Type: Full Time
• Salary: $72,000–$80,000 per year

Responsibilities

• Compare actual financial results with budgets, forecasts, and prior periods, and explain meaningful variances.
• 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.
• Help improve recurring financial reporting processes while maintaining appropriate review controls.
• Document model logic, assumptions, and analytical methods so work remains understandable and reusable.
• Communicate financial findings in concise business language, including risks, limitations, and areas requiring follow-up.
• Perform variance analysis that goes beyond whether results are higher or lower, including helping identify whether differences appear temporary, recurring, assumption-driven, or in need of further review.
• Verify underlying information and communicate results with appropriate context.

Requirements

• Comfort using Microsoft Excel or comparable spreadsheet software for calculations and organized financial schedules.
• Ability to compare results, identify material variances, and explain the drivers behind a financial change.
• Ability to manage assigned priorities independently while collaborating through digital tools in a remote environment.
• Comfort learning company-specific reporting definitions, schedules, and planning processes.
• Interest in financial modeling, scenario analysis, and forward-looking business planning.
• Demonstrated ability to make assumptions visible in forecasting and to present alternative scenarios when outcomes depend on variables that may change.

Preferred Skills and Experience

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