Financial Analyst (43969)

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.