Financial Analyst

Company

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Lead annual operating plan, quarterly forecasts, and long-range planning with stakeholders and document assumptions.
• Analyze monthly and quarterly results against budget, forecast, and prior year; explain variances and recommend actions.
• Partner with Accounting during monthly close to review, reconcile, and validate results and resolve discrepancies.
• Prepare executive commentary and presentations for monthly management meetings, quarterly reviews, and annual plan reviews.
• Evaluate performance, trends, risks, and opportunities with business leaders, Accounting, and other functions.
• Conduct scenario and sensitivity modeling, pricing and margin analysis, cost analysis, and contract reviews.
• Improve and automate recurring reporting and forecasting using Excel, Power BI, and other financial systems.
• Support corporate reporting and special projects; provide on-site finance leadership and mentoring for division finance personnel.

Experience and qualifications

• Requires 2–4 years of progressive accounting or finance experience; prior FP&A experience is preferred.
• Requires a bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or another quantitative, analytical, or technical discipline.
• CPA or CMA is preferred.
• Requires advanced Excel proficiency, including financial modeling, pivot tables, lookup functions, and data analysis.
• Requires understanding of accounting principles and financial statements; cost and inventory accounting experience is a plus.
• Requires analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, independence, prioritization, and effective cross-functional relationships.
• Requires clear written, presentation, and oral communication, including explaining financial results to non-finance audiences.
• Candidates must be based in Greenville, SC, and willing to travel to Nashville, TN, quarterly. Power BI and Business Central experience are pluses.