Financial Systems Analyst

About Ethos

Ethos is a leading life insurance technology company on a mission to protect families by democratizing access to life insurance and empowering agents at scale. With its robust three-sided technology platform, Ethos is transforming the life insurance experience for consumers, agents, and carriers alike. Ethos offers instant, accessible products and a seamless online process that requires no medical exams and just a few health questions; it eliminates traditional barriers, making it easier than ever for everyone to protect their families. Ethos is redefining how life insurance is bought, sold, and underwritten.

About the role

As a Financial Systems Analyst, you’ll play a key role in ensuring our financial systems and reporting processes run smoothly. You’ll collaborate with Accounting and Finance teams to resolve issues, improve integrations, and deliver the insights needed for better decision-making. This role is critical to supporting month-end close, maintaining compliance, and driving enhancements across our financial systems.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Run regular maintenance, testing, and reconciliations to keep revenue recognition and financial processes accurate and compliant.
• Partner with Accounting and Finance teams to troubleshoot issues, gather requirements, and support enhancements across finance systems and integrations.
• Support testing, validation, and rollout of new features, upgrades, and bug fixes.
• Build and maintain financial reports and dashboards to support month-end close and ongoing business needs.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, strengthen controls, and resolve data integrity issues.
• Provide ad hoc analysis and reporting support to internal stakeholders.

Qualifications and Skills

• 2 to 4 years of experience in Accounting, Finance, or Business Systems, ideally with exposure to revenue recognition and month-end close
• Experience working ERP systems (Netsuite preferred)
• Strong understanding of GAAP and revenue recognition principles (ASC 606 experience is a plus)
• Proficiency in creating and maintaining saved searches, financial reports, and dashboards
• Familiarity with testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), and system rollouts
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills for analysis and reconciliations
• Strong problem-solving skills and curiosity to dig into system or process issues
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work across Accounting, Finance, and IT