Associate Business Financial Analyst

The Associate Business Financial Analyst supports financial planning, reporting, and analysis for assigned business divisions. This is an entry-level opportunity for a recent graduate who is analytical, detail-oriented, and interested in building a career in corporate finance or business operations.

The Associate Analyst will help prepare budgets and forecasts, analyze costs and business performance, support investment and profitability analyses, and maintain accurate financial data and reporting. The role works closely with Finance, business division leaders and key operational management to provide timely information that support business decisions.

Key responsibilities

• Assist with annual budgeting, periodic forecasting, and long-range planning activities for assigned business divisions.
• Prepare recurring financial reports, dashboards, and analyses related to revenue, expenses, margins, headcount, utilization, and other operating metrics.
• Support monthly financial close and various reporting processes, including financial project management, variance analysis of actual results against budget and forecast.
• Investigate material variances; gather supporting information and help communicate key findings to Finance and business stakeholders.
• Support division budget management including cost analysis, expense tracking, project or service-line profitability analysis, and financial performance reporting.
• Opportunities to develop dashboards and support investment analyses, including financial modeling, return-on-investment analysis, payback-period analysis, and scenario planning.
• Maintain financial models, planning templates, reporting files, and documentation with a high degree of accuracy.
• Partner with colleagues across Finance, Operations, Delivery, Contracting, Sales, and business leadership to collect inputs and validate financial information.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, data quality, and efficiency through Excel reporting tools, and automation.
• Perform other financial analysis and operational support activities as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics, or MBA in one of these disciplines.
• 0–2 years of internship, academic-project, or professional experience in finance, accounting, consulting, business operations, or analytics preferred.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, pivot tables, charts, and basic financial modeling.
• Familiarity with financial statements, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to handle sensitive financial and business information with professionalism and discretion.

Preferred qualifications

• Exposure to ERP, planning, BI, or reporting tools and similar platforms.
• Working knowledge of accounting (US GAAP is a plus)
• Experience working with large data sets or building Excel-based analyses.