Financial Analyst

Overview

This full-time Financial Analyst role is remote within the United States, offering a salary of $67,000–$75,000 per year. The position blends spreadsheet-based work with careful review of assumptions, variances, and financial trends, helping stakeholders understand both what changed and why it matters.

The work includes routine reporting and forward-looking analysis. Some assignments align with regular financial cycles, while others require comparing scenarios, investigating variances, or connecting financial results to underlying operating activity. Financial models and schedules should remain clear and understandable after the task is complete, with well-documented assumptions, checks, and organized formulas.

Responsibilities

• Assist with budgeting and forecasting by organizing assumptions, updating schedules, and checking calculations.
• Compare actual financial results with budgets, forecasts, and prior periods; explain meaningful variances.
• Prepare recurring financial reports, management summaries, and ad hoc analyses for stakeholder review.
• Reconcile information across schedules or reports and investigate material inconsistencies.
• Build and maintain spreadsheet-based financial models for planning, comparison, and scenario analysis.
• Perform trend, sensitivity, and scenario analysis to show how changing assumptions may affect expected results.
• Present alternative scenarios when outcomes depend on variables that may change, avoiding a false sense of precision.

Requirements

• Comfort using Microsoft Excel or comparable spreadsheet software for calculations and organized financial schedules.
• Ability to manage assigned priorities independently while collaborating through digital tools in a remote environment.
• Interest in financial modeling, scenario analysis, and forward-looking business planning.
• Comfort learning reporting definitions, schedules, and planning processes specific to the role.
• Ability to compare results, identify material variances, and explain the drivers behind a financial change.

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: $67,000–$75,000 per year

Location

• Remote — United States

Job Type

• Full-time