Financial Analyst, FP&A

• Position Overview
• Waggle is seeking a Financial Analyst to join our growing Finance team. This role will support financial planning and analysis across our e-commerce, wholesale, and retail channels, helping leadership understand business performance and make informed decisions.

The ideal candidate is analytical, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, growing organization. This person will support budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and management reporting while working with teams across the company.

This position reports to the Head of Finance.

• Key Responsibilities
• Financial Planning & Forecasting
• Support the annual budgeting and quarterly re-forecasting processes
• Prepare monthly forecasts for revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, cash flow, and other key financial metrics
• Analyze actual results compared with budget, forecast, and prior-year performance
• Identify financial trends, risks, and opportunities and clearly communicate findings to leadership
• Develop financial models to support long-term planning and strategic initiatives
• Assist with preparing and maintaining the company’s 13-week cash flow forecast
• Business & Financial Analysis
• Analyze financial performance across e-commerce, wholesale, and retail channels
• Evaluate profitability by customer, product category, sales channel, and store location
• Monitor key performance indicators, including revenue growth, gross margin, inventory levels, operating expenses, and profitability
• Work with Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Retail teams to evaluate business performance
• Provide financial analysis for pricing decisions, promotions, product launches, inventory purchases, and other business initiatives
• Prepare scenario and sensitivity analyses to support business decisions
• Assist with new-store projections, capital investments, and return-on-investment analyses
• Inventory & Operational Planning
• Support inventory forecasting and open-to-buy planning
• Analyze inventory levels, sell-through, turnover, and days on hand
• Work with Operations and Sales to support inventory planning and purchasing decisions
• Contribute financial insights to the company’s sales and operations planning process
• Identify slow-moving inventory and evaluate its potential financial impact
• Reporting & Process Improvement
• Prepare monthly and quarterly management reporting packages
• Develop dashboards and reports that provide clear, actionable financial insights
• Ensure financial reporting is accurate, consistent, and delivered on time
• Support improvements to financial models, reporting tools, and planning processes
• Assist the Accounting team with month-end reporting, accruals, and financial statement analysis
• Complete ad hoc financial analyses and special projects as requested

• Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field
• 3-5 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, corporate finance, accounting, or a related role
• Strong financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and analytical skills
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Strong understanding of financial statements and the relationships among the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows
• Ability to translate financial data into clear, practical business insights
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Preferred Qualifications
• Experience in consumer products, apparel, retail, e-commerce, or wholesale
• Experience analyzing inventory and product-level profitability
• Familiarity with QuickBooks Online, Shopify, or similar accounting and e-commerce systems
• Experience creating dashboards or using business intelligence and data visualization tools
• Experience supporting a growing, privately held company

Benefits

• Hybrid work schedule (three days in the office required)
• Simple IRA and/or Roth with company match
• Health insurance, including medical, dental, vision and FSA/HSA options
• Employer-sponsored life and AD&D insurance
• Employer-sponsored STD and LTD
• Paid time off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Apparel and gifting allowance