Financial Analyst

Job Description

Job 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.• 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.