What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Analyst position at LingaTech?
Position Type: Remote
Contract Length: 6 months
Position Overview
We are seeking a Financial Analyst to support financial planning, reporting, and analysis for a dynamic organization. This role is responsible for analyzing financial data, monitoring budgets and performance, developing financial models, and assisting with financial reporting to support informed business decisions. The ideal candidate has a strong foundation in accounting or finance, advanced Excel skills, experience working with ERP systems, and the ability to analyze complex financial information with accuracy and attention to detail. This is a full-time remote contract position supporting a leave of absence.
Duties
Contract Length: 6 months
Position Overview
We are seeking a Financial Analyst to support financial planning, reporting, and analysis for a dynamic organization. This role is responsible for analyzing financial data, monitoring budgets and performance, developing financial models, and assisting with financial reporting to support informed business decisions. The ideal candidate has a strong foundation in accounting or finance, advanced Excel skills, experience working with ERP systems, and the ability to analyze complex financial information with accuracy and attention to detail. This is a full-time remote contract position supporting a leave of absence.
Duties
- Collect, analyze, and interpret financial data for assigned accounts, business units, or product lines.
- Monitor budgets, expenses, revenues, cash flow, depreciation, and investments to evaluate financial performance.
- Develop and maintain financial models to support forecasting, planning, and strategic decision-making.
- Prepare reports on current and projected financial performance, identifying trends and recommending improvements.
- Assist with the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.
- Analyze financial results and recommend enhancements to financial procedures, controls, and processes.
- Support budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather financial data and ensure reporting accuracy.
- Resolve routine financial issues independently while escalating more complex matters as appropriate.
- Maintain accurate financial records and ensure compliance with organizational policies and financial stand
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 3 years of professional experience as a Financial Analyst or in a similar financial analysis role.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including formulas, pivot tables, lookups, and financial modeling.
- Experience using Great Plains (Microsoft Dynamics GP).
- Experience working with ERP systems
- Strong understanding of financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
- Experience analyzing cash flow, expenditures, revenue, depreciation, and investment data.
- Ability to create and maintain financial models that support business decision-making.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
- Experience with IBM TM1 (Planning Analytics) is preferred.