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 work blends routine reporting with forward-looking analysis, including scenario comparisons, variance investigations, and connecting financial results to the underlying operating activity.

Responsibilities

• Perform trend, sensitivity, and scenario analysis to show how changing assumptions may affect expected results.
• Compare actual financial results with budgets, forecasts, and prior periods and explain meaningful variances.
• Reconcile information across schedules or reports and investigate material inconsistencies.
• Analyze revenue, expenses, margins, and other financial or operating measures to identify performance drivers.
• 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.
• Investigate variance drivers (e.g., whether differences appear temporary, recurring, assumption-driven, or require further review).
• Use good judgment when information is incomplete or inconsistent by investigating sources, documenting limitations, and avoiding overstated conclusions.

Requirements

• Comfort using Microsoft Excel or comparable spreadsheet software for calculations and organized financial schedules.
• Willingness to question inconsistent inputs and resolve or escalate discrepancies before completing an analysis.
• Clear written communication and ability to summarize financial information for non-specialist stakeholders.
• Ability to manage assigned priorities independently while collaborating through digital tools in a remote environment.
• Strong numerical reasoning, attention to detail, and a disciplined approach to checking financial information.
• Reliable communication and self-management skills required for remote work, including organizing work, responding to reasonable update requests, and keeping responsibilities visible and handoffs clear.

Preferred Qualifications

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

Compensation & Benefits

• $70,000–$78,000 per year
• Full Time

Location

• Remote — United States