Financial Analyst

Overview

This role involves supporting stakeholders with financial reporting, forecasting, and scenario-based analysis. Responsibilities include building and maintaining spreadsheet-based financial models, documenting assumptions and logic, and clearly explaining what changed and why it may matter.

Work location: Remote — United States

Job type: Full Time

Salary: $67,000–$75,000 per year

Responsibilities

• Improve recurring financial reporting processes while maintaining appropriate review controls.
• Document model logic, assumptions, and analytical methods so work remains understandable and reusable.
• Build and maintain spreadsheet-based financial models for planning, comparison, and scenario analysis.
• Prepare recurring financial reports, management summaries, and ad hoc analyses for stakeholder review.
• Support budgeting and forecasting by organizing assumptions, updating schedules, and checking calculations.
• Perform trend, sensitivity, and scenario analysis to evaluate how changing assumptions may affect expected results.
• Investigate variances and connect financial results to underlying operating activity.
• Present alternative scenarios when a single estimate could create a false sense of precision.

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 financial changes.
• Strong numerical reasoning, attention to detail, and a disciplined approach to checking financial information.
• Ability to manage assigned priorities independently while collaborating through digital tools in a remote environment.
• Willingness to question inconsistent inputs and resolve or escalate discrepancies before completing analysis.
• Ability to communicate assumptions and implications clearly without overstating what the information can prove.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Financial analysis
• Financial modeling
• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Variance analysis
• Financial reporting
• Data analysis
• Financial statements
• Scenario analysis