Financial Analyst

Job Description

Financial Analyst | Aston Carter

The Tone:
This is a permanent, fully onsite role at Aston Carter, located in Spokane Valley, WA. Aston Carter specializes in providing world-class corporate talent solutions, extending the capabilities of industry-leading companies across a range of professions including accounting, finance, and supply chain. This Financial Analyst position is crucial for maintaining accurate current pricing and quote information within company systems, ensuring data integrity across financial processes. The role directly impacts operational and financial decisions by preparing and analyzing critical reports, actively resolving cost variances, and offering key insights to various departments throughout the organization.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Permanent
• Location: In-person Spokane Valley, WA
• Pay: $54080–$68640 yearly
• Mission: Resolve pricing and cost variances, maintain accurate financial data, and provide analytical insights to support operational and financial decisions.
• Tech Stack: Excel, data tools

What You’ll Actually Do
• Data Management: Maintain and meticulously update all current pricing and quote information within the company’s central system, ensuring high levels of accuracy and accessibility for various departmental needs.
• Financial Reporting & Analysis: Prepare and rigorously analyze critical financial reports, encompassing gross margin, inventory levels, and accounts receivable, consistently comparing quoted pricing and margins against actual operational results to identify discrepancies.
• Cross-functional Resolution: Actively partner with key departments such as Program Management, Procurement, Operations, and Supply Chain to thoroughly investigate, understand, and effectively resolve complex pricing and cost variances.
• Cost Accounting: Conduct in-depth analysis of product costs, examine supplier price variances, evaluate manufacturing overhead allocations, and review work-order reporting to support informed financial and operational insights.
• Core Accounting Operations: Execute essential general ledger analysis, perform comprehensive account reconciliations, prepare and post accurate journal entries, and contribute to efficient monthly close activities.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, MIS, or a related field, suitable for an early-career professional.
• Experience: Practical experience in financial reporting and utilizing Excel features such as pivot tables and VLOOKUPs.
• Skills: Proficiency in financial analysis and accounting principles, a basic understanding of the general ledger, strong analytical abilities for trend identification, and excellent organizational, prioritization, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Bonus: Demonstrated ability to manipulate data and construct reports using Excel, coupled with a curious and collaborative approach to problem-solving and a comfort in asking clarifying questions.