Financial Analyst
About the role
Overview
As a Financial Analyst, you support company performance through data analysis, reporting, and cross-functional collaboration. You work with business partners to track financial results, identify trends, and contribute to planning processes. You help translate data into insights that inform decision-making and improve operational efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Partner with leadership to perform monthly and quarterly forecasting, annual planning, and long-range planning.
- Provide support in financial aspects including headcount planning, reporting, cost control, and analysis.
- Track and analyze spend across payroll, contractors, infrastructure, software, T&E and all other non-payroll expenses.
- Prepare monthly variance analysis and reporting for leadership and executive stakeholders, understanding the key drivers behind the variances.
- Collaborate with various departments (Accounting, Procurement, IT, Marketing, etc.) to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and alignment with overall company goals.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in financial planning, analysis, or accounting
- Experience with Excel (pivot tables, basic modeling) and PowerPoint
- Familiarity with financial systems (e.g., NetSuite or similar ERP)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Previous experience in a SaaS environment
- Ability to work cross-functionally and communicate clearly with non-finance partners
- Detail-oriented with good organizational skills
- Excellent planning and organization skills with the ability to set clearly defined objectives, establish priorities, plan activities, and manage time effectively.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in finance/accounting or MBA
- Prior experience with Pigment and Salesforce
- Prior experience supporting and partnering with c-suite level stakeholders
- Understanding of general accounting principles, month end close, GL responsibilities
- Comfort using AI tools such as chat based assistants, summarization tools, and reporting copilots to support daily work.
Travel Required
Up to 10%
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
What it’s like to work at Rithum
When you join Rithum, you can expect to work with smart risk-takers, courageous collaborators, and curious minds. As part of the Rithum team, you are valued, supported, and included. Guided by a transparent culture and accessible, approachable leadership, we offer career opportunities aligned to your ambitions and talents. To ensure work and life balance works for you, we also offer an array of resources to support you and your families, including comprehensive benefits.