Financial Analyst

The Financial Analyst supports the Finance Manager in building forecasts, managing budgets, and analyzing financial performance, providing the insights that drive strategic planning and business decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for management and creation of key financial reports to meet various business needs and help drive business decisions (current and future)
• Analyzes past, current, and future financial data and operational performance
• Prepares monthly/quarterly/yearly reporting packages to senior managers and executive leadership teams
• Provides data analytics including data cleaning and preparation, data visualization, and reporting using Analytics tools such as Power BI, Tableau...
• Analyzes financial performance indicators (KPIs) to explain variance from forecast and plan to actual or within versions of forecasts
• Participating in new system implementation, partnering with developers and performing quality controls to ensure the accuracy of past data and new workflows
• Distributes monthly flash revenue and EBITDA results to give an early indicator of results compared to latest forecast
• Assists Unit managers with monitoring and controlling labor (including headcount) and non-labor cost movements
• Partners with accounting functions to gather explanation for financial variances
• Responds to ad-hoc inquiries regarding financial results and analysis requests

This position will perform other duties as assigned based on the needs of the department.

Salary range: $90,000 - $100,000

Core Competencies:

• Strong attention to detail and organization skills
• Strong communication skills, both orally and written, especially communication of financial results and information
• Ability to analyze and translate outcomes of financial models and data into insights to drive the business
• Excellent understanding of/or skills with financial planning & reporting systems

Required Education & Experience:

• 3+ years of relevant experience in accounting or finance, including at least 2 years concentrated in Finance/ FP&A. Preferred SaaS/ Technology Industry and/or PE/ Startup Environment
• Proficiency in Adaptive and Microsoft Excel with strong financial modeling skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, Economics, or a related field

Preferred Education & Experience:

• Oracle/ FP&A tools experience is preferable. Data mining and database leadership skills would be useful.

Position requires ability to work Central Time Zone hours.