Financial Analyst I

Job Description

Financial Analyst I | Advanced Energy

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Advanced Energy, located in Denver, CO. Advanced Energy is a global leader in designing and manufacturing highly engineered power conversion, measurement, and control solutions for mission-critical applications across various industries like semiconductor equipment, industrial, and healthcare. This entry-level position offers recent graduates or early career professionals broad exposure to enterprise-level financial planning and analysis. The role is pivotal in supporting the company’s most critical planning, forecasting, and reporting activities, contributing directly to how Advanced Energy plans, invests, and manages performance at the corporate level.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, Denver, CO
• Pay: $65000–$85000 yearly
• Team: Corporate FP&A
• Mission: This role provides broad exposure to enterprise-level financial planning and analysis by supporting critical company planning, forecasting, and reporting activities.
• Tech Stack: SAP, Oracle, Adaptive, Anaplan, LLMs, Power BI, Tableau, SQL

What You’ll Actually Do
• Financial Modeling: Assist in building and updating comprehensive models for OPEX, CAPEX, and consolidated financial forecasts, incorporating key drivers, assumptions, and sensitivities.
• Reporting & Analysis: Prepare clear and structured variance analyses and support the creation of monthly dashboards and recurring reporting packages with actionable takeaways for FP&A leadership.
• Planning Cycles: Contribute to quarterly, annual, and long-range planning cycles by gathering, consolidating, and analyzing critical financial data.
• Business Partnership: Partner with stakeholders across corporate functions to translate their business activity into meaningful financial insights and support enterprise-wide initiatives such as ERP modernization.
• Process Improvement: Improve existing forecast models, templates, and reporting workflows to enhance accuracy, reduce manual effort, and contribute to reporting automation efforts.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field; suitable for new graduates or early career professionals.
• Experience: No specific years of experience required; internship, co-op, or project experience in Finance, Accounting, Analytics, or Operations is preferred, along with exposure to financial modeling, forecasting, or reporting through coursework or internships.
• Skills: Strong analytical mindset with high attention to detail; solid Excel fundamentals including formulas, pivot tables, and basic data cleanup; clear written and verbal communication skills with the ability to articulate the meaning behind the numbers; a growth mindset, characterized by curiosity, coachability, and eagerness to learn.
• Bonus: Familiarity with ERP, planning, or reporting tools (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Adaptive, Anaplan); exposure to LLMs, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, or similar analytical tools.