Financial Analyst

Summary

The Financial Analyst supports informed decisions and responsible stewardship of GICF resources through financial planning, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis. The role evaluates performance, identifies trends, risks, and opportunities, and helps improve financial processes and reporting tools.

Key Responsibilities

Time

Financial Reporting & Performance Analysis 30%

• Prepare recurring and ad hoc financial reports, dashboards, and analyses of revenue, expenses, labor, productivity, store and program performance, and other key measures.
• Perform variance and trend analysis across actual, budget, forecast, and prior-period results and explain significant drivers.
• Validate source data, identify risks or opportunities, and resolve or escalate discrepancies affecting management reporting.

Budgeting, Forecasting & Planning 25%

• Support annual budgeting, periodic forecasting, and longer-range planning through assumptions, schedules, analyses, and financial models.
• Monitor performance against budgets and forecasts, identify emerging variances and cost drivers, and support outlook updates.
• Support workforce, capital, and resource planning through headcount, position-cost, labor-productivity, capital-spend, scenario, and cost-benefit analysis.

Business Partnership & Decision

Support 20%

• Partner with leaders to evaluate retail, program, and administrative business drivers and translate financial information into practical decision support.
• Prepare business cases, scenario analyses, and financial evaluations for initiatives, programs, grants, contracts, operating changes, and selected pricing or promotional decisions.
• Communicate financial findings and implications clearly to financial and non-financial stakeholders.

Financial Modeling, Business Intelligence & Systems 15%

• Build and maintain financial models, KPI reporting, dashboards, and tracking tools used for planning, labor and productivity monitoring, capital-spend tracking, and performance review.
• Use Excel, Power BI, and related tools to analyze, visualize, and reconcile financial and operational data.
• Support the standardization and automation of recurring reporting by following established validation procedures, maintaining documentation, and assisting with process controls.

Process Improvement, Controls & Special Projects 10%

• Recommend improvements to financial planning, reporting, and analytical processes to strengthen accuracy, consistency, and efficiency.
• Support audits, internal controls, compliance activities, and required financial documentation within assigned areas.
• Maintain Finance procedures and workpapers and perform special analyses supporting organizational priorities.

Scope and Impact

• Role Scope: Individual contributor supporting assigned GICF functions and operations.
• Key Partners: Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis; Finance and Accounting; Human Resources; Retail Operations; Mission Impact; department leaders; and other internal stakeholders.
• Decision Authority: Independently completes assigned analyses, models, reporting, and data validation within established standards; material decisions, commitments, and exceptions require approval.
• Impact: Supports organizational performance through timely, accurate financial analysis and decision support.

Qualifications - Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant education and experience.
• Two or more years of relevant experience in financial analysis, FP&A, accounting, budgeting, forecasting, or a related finance function.
• Experience with financial models, management reporting, variance analysis, operational performance analysis, and decision-support analysis.
• Multi-location experience preferred but not required.

Qualifications - Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, variance analysis, financial statements, and core planning concepts.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability, including identifying trends, evaluating drivers, and translating data into business insights.
• Strong Excel skills, including PivotTables, lookup functions, and financial modeling. Familiarity with Power BI, Power Query, or SQL is preferred.
• Exposure to ERP, budgeting, or financial reporting systems, including extracting, reconciling, and validating information across data sources preferred.
• Ability and willingness to learn and use approved artificial intelligence tools to support research, analysis, reporting, documentation, and process efficiency, while validating outputs and following applicable data privacy, security, and confidentiality requirements.
• Ability to communicate financial information clearly to financial and non-financial audiences.
• Sound judgment, attention to detail, organization, deadline management, and discretion with confidential information.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions

• Primarily office-based work involving computer use, detailed financial review, meetings, collaboration, frequent communication, and periods of sitting or standing.
• The role may occasionally involve lifting or carrying office materials weighing up to 10 pounds. Reasonable accommodations are available.