Financial Analyst at Guild Garage Group in Remote

Summary: Guild Garage Group is a growing company seeking a self-motivated Financial Analyst to join their Finance team. The role involves performing financial forecasting, analyzing financial data, and creating financial models to support decision-making and improve financial performance. Responsibilities: - Perform financial forecasting, reporting, and operational metrics tracking - Analyze financial data and create financial models for decision support - Report on financial performance and prepare for regular leadership reviews - Analyze past results, perform variance analysis, identify trends, and make recommendations for improvements - Work closely with the accounting team to ensure accurate financial reporting - Evaluate financial performance by comparing and analyzing actual results with plans and forecasts - Analyze past results, perform variance analysis, identify trends, and make recommendations for improvements - Guide the cost analysis process by establishing and enforcing policies and procedures - Provide analysis of trends and forecasts and recommend actions for optimization - Recommend actions by analyzing and interpreting data and making comparative analyses; study proposed changes in methods and materials - Identify and drive process improvements, including the creation of standard and ad-hoc reports, tools, and Excel dashboards - Increase productivity by developing automated reporting/forecasting tools - Perform market research, data mining, business intelligence, and valuation comps - Maintain a strong financial analysis foundation creating forecasts and models - Grow financial performance through analysis of financial results, forecasts, variances, and trends - Create recommendations to be presented to management and executives - Develop financial models to support valuation, planning, and forecasting - Aid in the capital budgeting and expenditure planning processes - Reconcile existing transactions through cross-referencing of incoming and outgoing data - Conduct comparable analysis and market research to support internal financial analysis - Maintain up-to-date technical knowledge of financial instruments, market conditions, and trends Required Qualifications: - 0-3+ years of business finance or other relevant experience - Proven work experience in a quantitatively heavy role - Strong quantitative and analytical competency - Self-starter with excellent interpersonal communication and problem-solving skills - Advanced knowledge of Excel - Ability to streamline functions and passion to learn and grow - Strong interpersonal skills, including written and oral communication skills - Comfort dealing with ambiguity and the ability to work independently - Experience working with, and presenting to, senior executives - Excellent communication and presentation skills; be comfortable interacting with executive-level management - Strong financial modeling experience Preferred Qualifications: - MBAs are preferred - Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Statistics are preferred major fields - FMVA or similar designations preferred Required Skills: Financial forecasting, Financial reporting, Operational metrics tracking, Financial modeling, Variance analysis, Cost analysis, Market research, Data mining, Business intelligence, Valuation, Capital budgeting, Advanced Microsoft Excel, Comfort dealing with ambiguity Benefits: Health, Vision, Dental, PTO, Holidays, 401k and matching, Employee Discount, Employee Referral