Finance Operations Analyst - PO, Accruals & GL Analytics

Blackhornvc; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackhornvc seeks an operational, detail-first finance partner embedded in REW to own PO QA, accruals, month-end support, GL drill-throughs for Budget vs Actuals, and vendor spend visualizations. You will collaborate with Leasing, Workplace Ops, Design & Construction, and Sourcing to deliver high-quality, defensible analysis and clean data.

You’ll be the go-to for PO lifecycle, accruals, and data management, driving process improvements and automation ideas while partnering with stakeholders to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent experience.
• 4-6+ years relevant FP&A/ corporate finance / finance operations experience.
• Practical, hands-on accruals experience (monthly accruals, prepayments, reversals).
• Demonstrated experience with PO lifecycle and PO system operations.
• Strong experience performing GL drill-throughs and tracing transactions to source documentation.
• Advanced Google Sheets / Excel modeling skills
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to produce defensible, audit-ready work.
• Strong partnership and communication skills — able to extract needed information from stakeholders and drive action.

Responsibilities

• PO lifecycle & ZIP power-user: Validate chart of accounts, budget availability, REW PO line descriptions, start/end dates; help manage REW POs through the PO creation/change order process in ZIP.
• Accruals & month-end: Assist with month end close; Identify POs that require accruals, collect/validate accrual inputs from owners, prepare accrual backup, input/maintain accrual details in the stratfin file, and reconcile reversals when invoices arrive.
• GL drill-through & BvA commentary: Perform transaction-level GL investigations to find root causes of variances, compile support, and prepare concise, stakeholder-ready variance narratives.
• Vendor invoice & spend visualization: Build and maintain vendor-level dashboards and quick visualizations showing spend trends, aged liabilities, and problem areas.
• Data management & actualize files: Maintain and “actualize” REW files (budget skeletons, accrual trackers, PO registers), ensure data hygiene and version control.
• Budget and forecast cycle support: Enhance budget and forecast templates and automate where possible. Collect and review submissions in detail.
• Technology & automation: Bring a technology-first mindset - prototype small automation/AI agent solutions to reduce manual work (e.g., PO QA checks, GL reconciliation assistants).
• Partnering & follow-up: Recurring operational check-ins with stakeholders as it relates to budget/forecast updates and ensuring operations running smoothly from a financial perspective.

Skills

Advanced Google Sheets

Excel modeling

Attention to detail

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Tableau

NetSuite

Workday

Oracle

Job description

Blackhornvc seeks an operational, detail-first finance partner embedded in REW to own PO QA, accruals, month-end support, GL drill-throughs for Budget vs Actuals, and vendor spend visualizations. You will collaborate with Leasing, Workplace Ops, Design & Construction, and Sourcing to deliver high-quality, defensible analysis and clean data.

You’ll be the go-to for PO lifecycle, accruals, and data management, driving process improvements and automation ideas while partnering with stakeholders to