Financial Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Philippines.

📋 Description

• Create and sustain management reports, dashboards, and financial analyses for senior leadership.

• Evaluate financial and operational data to pinpoint profitability, cost trends, variances, and areas that need attention.

• Assess costs and profitability related to business activities, clients, and contracts.

• Assist in pricing strategies, charge-out rates, estimating, tendering, purchasing, and operational decisions.

• Investigate anomalies in figures and financial as well as operational variances.

• Analyze operating expenses for vehicles, lorries, machinery, labor, fuel, maintenance, and other operational functions.

• Develop calculations for cost-per-mile, cost-per-kilometre, and cost-per-hour.

• Identify opportunities to enhance margins and minimize unnecessary costs.

• Consolidate data from accounting systems, spreadsheets, timesheets, vehicle logs, fuel records, maintenance documents, and other operational sources.

• Enhance the structure, accuracy, and dependability of financial and operational data.

• Create and refine dashboards, reporting tools, spreadsheets, and financial models.

• Analyze fleet and plant performance and utilization.

• Provide ad-hoc financial analyses and modeling.

• Clearly present financial information to non-financial stakeholders and management.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Mathematics, Data Analytics, or a related discipline.

• Prior experience in Financial Analysis, Management Accounting, Commercial Analysis, Management Information, or a comparable role.

• Proficient Excel skills and confidence in handling financial and operational data.

• Solid understanding of financial reporting, cost analysis, margins, and profitability.

• Strong analytical and numerical abilities with exceptional attention to detail.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Capability to convey financial information clearly to non-financial stakeholders.

• Commercially aware with robust problem-solving capabilities.

• A curious mindset and readiness to question figures and explore discrepancies.

• Comfortable working with imperfect or fragmented data while aiding in the development of improved processes.

• Ability to work independently and efficiently in a remote setting.

• Experience with Xero or similar accounting systems is advantageous.

• Background in construction, contracting, haulage, agriculture, engineering, plant, forestry, landscaping, or another asset-heavy industry is highly desirable.

• Experience analyzing costs related to fleet, machinery, labor, fuel, maintenance, or utilization would be beneficial.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible remote work arrangement.

• Background check and interview process outlined; no additional employer benefits are specifically mentioned.