[Remote] Financial Analyst
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Stride, Inc. is a company seeking a Financial Analyst to provide financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting for multiple Business Units. The role involves building financial models, analyzing data, and collaborating with business leads to drive operational improvements and profitability.
Responsibilities
- Perform general ledger accounting and financial support activities
- Budget and cost reviews including analyzing variances between actuals, forecast, and plan, use insight to iterate on forecasts and push for operational improvements
- Update forecasting and budget projections regularly
- Recommends actions by analyzing and interpreting data and making comparative analyses
- Financial analysis and modeling — pull and consolidate large data sets, build models from scratch and improve existing ones
- Provides accurate and appropriate materials to meet the monthly close timeline
- Prepare and present compelling presentations to Senior Executives to help drive decision making and profitability
- Documents key financial processes, identifies and implements process improvements
- Collaborate with business leads to summarize and analyze key data
- Ability to consolidate large sets of analytical data and present in an easily interpreted format to drive better business decisions
- Special projects — Lead special analyses and run projects to assist leadership with decision making
- Support School Finance group with Stride and school financial policies, internal controls, and business processes
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Mathematics, or relevant field
- Two (2) years in relevant experience
- Equivalent combination of education and experience
- Experience and knowledge in several functions within Finance (Budgeting, Consolidation, Performance Reporting and financial analysis)
- Understanding of accounting processes, procedures and internal controls
- Strong research and analysis skills
- Able to work well as part of a team Customer service orientation
- Possess very good communication skills – written and verbal
- Excellent time management and organizational skills
- Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, etc.); Web proficiency
- Ability to pass required background check
Benefits
- Eligible employees may receive a bonus.
- Stride offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off.
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