The Senior Financial Analyst will manage financial analysis, reporting, and process improvements, collaborating with leadership to enhance reporting tools and support strategic decisions.
Alta Vista, a Pine portfolio company, is hiring!
Title: Senior Financial Analyst
Alta Vista | Remote
Full-Time | $80,000 – $90,000 Base + Bonus Eligible
Full-Time | $80,000 – $90,000 Base + Bonus Eligible
About the Role
Alta Vista is looking for a driven and analytically minded Senior Financial Analyst to join our team. This is a high impact, highly visible role that sits at the intersection of core accounting and financial analysis. You will work directly with our VP of Finance and play a key role in developing and analyzing shaping how we report, forecast, and supporting strategic decision-making.
This is a great opportunity for someone with a strong accounting foundation who is eager to expand into FP&A, build out reporting tools and dashboards, and make a real impact in a lean, entrepreneurial environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Financial Analysis & Reporting
• Support rolling forecasts and monthly financial close materials
• Utilize planning software and other reporting tools to support leadership
• Develop and maintain dashboards and reporting tools the broader team can leverage
• Perform variance analysis on key budget drivers
• Leverage AI and automation to create efficiencies in reporting and analysis
• Collaberate with leadership on compensation, budgeting, and forecasting
• Process Improvement:
o Identify and implement process enhancements to improve efficiency and accuracy
o Process Help build scalable systems and reporting tools for a growing organization
Core Accounting
• Own balance sheet account reconciliations
• Support month-end close activities in collaboration with the accounting team
• Assist with audit preparation and financial reporting to senior leadership
• Partner with team members on AP, AR, and payroll-adjacent tasks as needed
• Support month-end close activities in collaboration with the accounting team
• Assist with audit preparation and financial reporting to senior leadership
• Partner with team members on AP, AR, and payroll-adjacent tasks as needed
Team & Process
• Participate in management calls and cross-functional collaboration
• Identify process improvement opportunities and bring solutions to the table
• Opportunity to take on a supervisory role with our nearshore accounting team over time
• Participate in management calls and cross-functional collaboration
• Identify process improvement opportunities and bring solutions to the table
• Opportunity to take on a supervisory role with our nearshore accounting team over time
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• 3 to 5 years of accounting experience, with exposure to financial analysis or FP&A
• Strong proficiency in GL reconciliations, month-end close, and variance analysis
• Comfortable building reports, dashboards, and tools from scratch
• Ability to thrive in a lean, fast-paced environment with evolving priorities
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., Sage) and Forecasting software a strong plus
• Background in both public accounting and industry
• Enthusiasm for using AI tools to drive efficiency
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• 3 to 5 years of accounting experience, with exposure to financial analysis or FP&A
• Strong proficiency in GL reconciliations, month-end close, and variance analysis
• Comfortable building reports, dashboards, and tools from scratch
• Ability to thrive in a lean, fast-paced environment with evolving priorities
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., Sage) and Forecasting software a strong plus
• Background in both public accounting and industry
• Enthusiasm for using AI tools to drive efficiency
Compensation & Details
• Base Salary: $80,000 – $90,000 depending on experience
• Bonus: Eligible
• Location: Remote
• Reports to: VP of Finance
• Base Salary: $80,000 – $90,000 depending on experience
• Bonus: Eligible
• Location: Remote
• Reports to: VP of Finance
Top Skills
AI
Erp
Financial Planning Software
Sage
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