Financial Analyst

Job Title: Financial Analyst
Department: Finance
Reports to: Director of Finance
Position Overview: The Financial Analyst (FA) has a vital role in the success of Restoration Forest Products (RFOR). For the first six months, the FA will focus on supporting the multimillion-dollar CAPEX build, cash management, and the ramp-up of manufacturing operations. After the CAPEX build is complete, the job focus will turn to P&L reporting, variance analysis, manufacturing Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reporting, and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation. To apply the candidate must have experience reporting P&L variance analysis in addition to one of the following: CAPEX build, cash management, or ERP implementation. A successful candidate for this job will have attention to detail, data management and version control, and curiosity with a willingness to ask questions and find answers.
Duties and Responsibilities:
CAPEX Build Duties:

• Engage with project teams to develop and maintain project budget and forecast.
• Conduct detailed analysis of project financial actuals, estimates, and budgets.
• Work with the project team to conduct deep dives into project actuals, trends, and risk.
• Analyze trends and develop project variance and metrics reports.
• Provide project variance explanations to visualize the "why" behind the numbers.

Cash Management/Treasury Duties:

• Maintain 90-day rolling cash forecasts, daily cash positioning.
• Reconciliation of prior day and monthly cash activities.
• Assist in the development of check run.

Operations:

• Maintain the integrity of the P&L by reviewing for accuracy and consistency.
• Prepare variance analysis of the P&L and manufacturing KPIs.
• Meets with department leaders to review variances.
• Assists in preparing the annual budget and monthly forecast.
• Assists in the development of presentation materials.
• Monitors labor and manufacturing costs and reviews with the operations departments.
• Prepares ad-hoc reporting.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• 0-3 years of experience in Finance and Accounting.
• Degree in Finance or related field.
• Proficient in Excel, Vlookup, Pivot tables.
• Financial modeling.
• Experience with P&L variance analysis and one of the following: CAPEX build, cash management, or ERP implementation.
• An interest in onsite manufacturing and the analysis that goes with it.
• Ability to work cross-functionally.
• A desire to identify issues, suggest solutions, and implement process improvements.
• A desire to learn.