Financial Analyst

Description We are looking for a Financial Analyst to support planning, forecasting, and performance analysis for a growing business in Scottsdale, Arizona. This is a Long-term Contract opportunity with a part-time schedule, requiring 2–3 days per week in a hybrid work arrangement. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical skills, hands-on financial modeling experience, and a solid understanding of how operational trends influence financial results, with e-commerce exposure highly valued.

Responsibilities:

• Create and refine financial models that guide budgeting, forecasting, and broader business planning efforts.

• Prepare rolling projections for sales, margins, operating costs, and overall profitability to help leadership track performance.

• Review financial results against plans, forecasts, and prior periods, and explain the underlying causes of key variances.

• Contribute to monthly reporting by summarizing business performance in a clear, decision-ready format.

• Perform scenario-based analysis to assess product launches, promotional investments, pricing strategies, and other growth initiatives.

• Partner with leadership to evaluate the financial impact of strategic decisions and emerging business opportunities.

• Analyze profit and loss trends to identify changes in revenue, gross margin, and expense performance.

• Use available business and e-commerce data to generate ad hoc analysis that supports timely operational and financial decisions. Requirements • At least 3 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, corporate finance, investment banking, consulting, or a similarly analytical environment.

• Demonstrated strength in financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis.

• Advanced Excel capabilities, including the use of pivot tables, lookup functions, and complex formulas.

• Experience interpreting P& L performance and identifying the drivers behind revenue, margin, and operating expense movement.

• Background in e-commerce, consumer goods, retail, or a related industry is strongly preferred.

• Familiarity with platforms such as Shopify, Amazon, marketing analytics tools, or other commerce-related data sources is a plus.

• Strong understanding of financial and operational KPIs, with the ability to connect business activity to financial outcomes.

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