Financial Analyst

• Job Title: Financial Analyst
• Duration : 06 months contract(possibility of extension)
• Location: Remote role with occasional onsite visits to the Marina/Santa Cruz, CA area, approximately once per quarter as needed
• Pay: $25/hour on a w2 basis without benefits/holiday/vacation

Shift Timing: 8 am to 5pm

Description:

• Key Responsibilities:
• Update financial models, assumption schedules, source data, and supporting calculations under management direction.
• Prepare routine journal entries in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance, with complete support and proper approval routing.
• Assist with monthly close, opening-balance activity, account reconciliations, accrual schedules, and general-ledger maintenance.
• Support bank reconciliations, cash-position reporting, transaction research, and preparation of authorized cash-management or bank-transfer documentation.
• Perform finance and accounting data entry, including vendor, invoice, account, cost-center, fixed-asset, and reporting data as assigned.
• Assist with accounts payable, fixed assets, treasury, and other transaction-processing activities while following authorization and documentation requirements.
• Prepare recurring budget-to-actual, forecast, cash-flow, and variance reports using Excel and source-system data.
• Track open financial-model assumptions and data requests, follow up with designated owners, and maintain organized status logs.
• Maintain audit-ready reconciliations, schedules, control evidence, and electronic files with clear naming and version control.
• Document repeatable procedures and support practical process improvements as the joint venture finance function develops.

Requirements:

• Qualifications:
• One to three years of relevant accounting, finance, treasury, audit, or financial-analysis experience.
• Working knowledge of journal entries, debits and credits, account reconciliations, accruals, and basic financial statements.
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, pivot tables, data organization, and model updates.
• Experience using an ERP or general-ledger system, plus strong accuracy, organization, confidentiality, and follow-through.

Education/Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.

Added bonus:

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance.
• Experience supporting monthly close, bank reconciliations, cash reporting, accounts payable, or fixed assets.
• Financial modeling or FP&A support experience in a manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, or startup environment.
• Experience preparing audit support, control evidence, or process documentation.
• • Familiarity with Power Query, Power BI, or finance-process automation.
• Comfortable leveraging AI tools to improve productivity and support business processes.
• This is a newly established team with a strong possibility of full-time conversion for the right candidate.
• Candidates should be open to relocating if conversion occurs.
• Relocation assistance will be provided if required.
• During the early stages of the contract, the individual will focus on core accounting functions (journal entries, reconciliations etc.)
• As the team and project evolve, there will be opportunities to expand responsibilities into Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
• Open to both experienced professionals and early-career candidates, including recent graduates.
• Internship experience is acceptable if candidates can clearly articulate their contributions and accomplishments.
• Strong analytical skills and willingness to learn.
• Adaptable, proactive, and interested in growing into a broader finance role over time.
• Thank you!