Financial Analyst

Overview

This entry-level Financial Analyst role supports recurring financial reporting and helps answer questions related to revenue, expenses, budgets, forecasts, and operating performance. The position includes meaningful analytical responsibility and may involve tasks such as updating forecasts, reviewing actual results against budget, preparing management reports, and testing how changes in assumptions impact expected outcomes.

You will organize inputs, validate calculations, and summarize the most meaningful drivers behind results.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile information across schedules or reports and investigate material inconsistencies.
• 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.
• Build and maintain spreadsheet-based financial models for planning, comparison, and scenario analysis.
• Assist with budgeting and forecasting by organizing assumptions, updating schedules, and checking calculations.
• Perform trend, sensitivity, and scenario analysis to show how changing assumptions may affect expected results.

Financial models and schedules should remain understandable after completion of assigned tasks, using clear labels, documented assumptions, reasonable checks, and organized formulas.

Requirements

• Strong numerical reasoning, attention to detail, and a disciplined approach to checking financial information.
• Clear written communication and ability to summarize financial information for non-specialist stakeholders.
• Interest in financial modeling, scenario analysis, and forward-looking business planning.
• Foundational understanding of financial statements, budgeting, forecasting, and basic accounting principles.
• Ability to compare results, identify material variances, and explain drivers behind financial changes.

Preferred Qualifications / Desired Skills and Experience

• Financial Analysis
• Financial Modeling
• Microsoft Excel
• Budgeting
• 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

Successful remote work requires steady follow-through, organized communication, and the ability to complete assigned responsibilities independently while asking timely questions when clarification is needed.