Financial Analyst – Financial Support

Job Description

Financial Analyst | Confidential Jobs

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Confidential Jobs. This organization is committed to operational excellence and strategic growth, relying on its finance team to provide critical insights. This role is crucial for delivering timely and accurate financial analysis, reporting, and accounting support, enabling business leaders to make informed decisions and ensuring the smooth execution of financial operations. It offers a clear path to developing commercial and operational knowledge, growing into a broader business partnering function.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Team: Finance team, partnering with business leaders
• Mission: Provide accurate financial analysis, reliable reporting, and hands-on accounting assistance to support operational decision-making and continuous improvement.
• Tech Stack: ERP, BI, dashboarding, reporting tools, financial planning tools, Excel

What You’ll Actually Do
• Financial Reporting: Prepare recurring financial reports, P&L analysis, and schedules to support business unit reviews and management reporting, identifying key variances, trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Accounting Support: Assist with the month-end close process, including preparing and reviewing journal entries, accruals, reclasses, and supporting documentation, while resolving close-related questions.
• Project & Process Improvement: Support finance-related projects, including reporting improvements, system enhancements, and automation, by building financial models and performing ROI and cost savings analysis.
• Business Partnering: Develop an understanding of assigned business units and their performance drivers, providing responsive support to internal customers and escalating risks or opportunities to leadership.
• Cash Flow Assistance: Assist with cash forecasting, payment tracking, and working capital reporting, including analysis of cash receipts, vendor payments, and payroll impacts.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related discipline, with a foundational understanding of accounting principles, month-end close, journal entries, and financial statements.
• Experience: 2–3 years of experience in accounting, finance, financial analysis, FP&A, or a related role.
• Skills: Strong Excel skills, including the ability to work with large data sets, formulas, pivots, and recurring reporting files; ability to prepare accurate analysis and clearly explain variances or trends; strong attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines in reporting cycles; comfortable supporting multiple projects, recurring tasks, and ad hoc requests.
• Bonus: Experience with ERP, BI, dashboarding, or reporting tools preferred.