Financial Reporting Analyst

Job Description

Financial Reporting Analyst | HNI Corporation

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at HNI Corporation, located in Muscatine, IA. HNI Corporation is a global family of brands for the workplace and home, dedicated to enhancing spaces and providing workplace furnishings and building products. This Financial Reporting Analyst role is essential for transforming complex financial information into clear, compelling, and executive-ready reports for senior leadership, the Board of Directors, and shareholders, directly impacting strategic decision-making and external communications.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, Muscatine, IA

• Team: Corporate Accounting organization, collaborating with cross-functional finance teams.
• Mission: Synthesize financial information into presentations, reports, visualizations, and narratives to effectively communicate the organization’s financial performance.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel

What You’ll Actually Do
• Executive Reporting: Develop executive-level presentations communicating consolidated financial performance to senior leadership and the Board of Directors.
• Data Synthesis: Analyze consolidated financial information to identify meaningful trends and performance drivers, summarizing large volumes of data into concise executive insights.
• Public Company Support: Support the preparation of financial materials used in shareholder meetings, investor communications, and other public-facing financial presentations.
• Financial Storytelling: Translate complex financial analyses into clear, audience-appropriate narratives and design executive-quality visuals that improve understanding of financial performance.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Corporate Accounting, FP&A, Treasury, Tax, Internal Audit, and business unit finance teams to gather supporting information and assist with strategic initiatives.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Financial Analysis, or a related discipline.
• Experience: 2–5 years in financial analysis, financial reporting, valuation, investment analysis, FP&A, corporate finance, investor relations, equity research, management consulting, or similar analytical roles; experience working with large financial datasets.
• Skills: Analytical thinking, financial reasoning, outstanding written communication, strong presentation design, exceptional attention to detail.
• Bonus: Experience preparing executive presentations and communicating financial information to senior leadership; experience supporting publicly traded companies or corporate reporting environments.