Finance and Strategy Associate (Birmingham, AL)

Vaco by Highspring; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

Vaco by Highspring in Birmingham, AL seeks a Finance and Strategy Associate to support executives by consolidating budgets, optimizing resources, and delivering insights for business performance.

Responsibilities include gathering and analyzing financial and operational data, reviewing performance, and preparing executive-level reporting packages for board review. The role emphasizes FP&A and BI tool usage to enhance reporting.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience as a Financial Analyst, Accounting Analyst or similar role.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Power BI, Tableau, Oracle or similar experience.

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze and interpret financial and operational data across Business Units, delivering meaningful insights on trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Perform detailed reviews of monthly financial performance, including income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow results, comparing budgets to actuals, forecasts and prior year performance.
• Prepare executive level reporting packages, presentations, and board support materials.
• Evaluate financial data to uncover trends, patterns and opportunities that drive profitability improvements and cost optimization initiatives.
• Leverage FP&A and business intelligence tools to enhance reporting automation and analytical capabilities.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Financial data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Oracle

Job description

Finance and Strategy Associate – Location: Birmingham, AL (Onsite)

Our client, a leading distribution company based in Birmingham, is looking for a Finance and Strategy Associate to join the team. In this role, you will support executives by consolidating financial budgets, optimizing resources, enhancing forecasts, and delivering insights for business performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather, analyze and interpret financial and operational data across Business Units, delivering meaningful insights on trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Perform detailed reviews of monthly financial performance, including income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow results, comparing budgets to actuals, forecasts and prior year performance.
• Prepare executive level reporting packages, presentations, and board support materials.
• Evaluate financial data to uncover trends, patterns and opportunities that drive profitability improvements and cost optimization initiatives.
• Leverage FP&A and business intelligence tools to enhance reporting automation and analytical capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 2-4 years of experience as a Financial Analyst, Accounting Analyst or similar role.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Power BI, Tableau, Oracle or similar experience.

The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's 401(k) retirement plan.

Equal Opportunity Notice

Highspring LLC (d/b/a Vaco by Highspring) and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries ("we," "our," or "Vaco by Highspring") are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by applicable law. The company is also committed to ensuring that persons who need them are provided with reasonable accommodations; if an accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [e-mail] .

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

For residents of Ontario, Canada only: to the extent the position for employment is not with Highspring or not otherwise noted as vacant above, candidate should be informed that this role is to replace a presently employed person at Vaco by Highspring's client.

Pay Transparency Notice

• the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations; and
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or participation in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's retirement plan (or similar retirement benefits).