Financial Analyst

EnergyUnited Career Center; Statesville (NC); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

EnergyUnited is seeking a thoughtful, detail-oriented Financial Analyst to guide sound financial decisions across the cooperative. You’ll partner with leaders and teams throughout the organization while supporting financial reporting, accounting analysis, budgeting, cash management, audits, loan administration, and long-range financial objectives.

The role requires strong GAAP knowledge, variance analysis, and collaboration with departments to drive cost controls and accurate reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; related field may be considered with experience.
• Proficiency with Power BI and advanced Excel.
• Experience with budgets, forecasts, financial analysis, and reporting.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills; relationship-building.

Responsibilities

• Analyze financial activities to ensure GAAP compliance and accuracy.
• Identify trends, variances, and opportunities to improve financial controls.
• Prepare budget variance analyses for operating expenses and capex.
• Support budgeting, cash management, and banking services.
• Provide monthly balance sheet analysis and reconciliations.
• Coordinate audits and prepare loan applications and funds as needed.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Budgets & Forecasts

Financial Analysis

Financial Reporting

Analytical thinking

Communication

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting

Tools

Power BI

Job description

EnergyUnited is seeking a thoughtful, detail-oriented Financial Analyst to help guide sound financial decisions across the cooperative. In this role, you’ll partner with leaders and teams throughout the organization while supporting financial reporting, accounting analysis, budgeting, cash management, audits, loan administration, and long-range financial objectives.

What You’ll Do

• Analyze financial and accounting activities to ensure accuracy and compliance with GAAP, government requirements, and RUS guidelines.
• Identify trends, variances, and opportunities to strengthen financial accuracy, efficiency, and internal controls.
• Prepare budget variance analyses for operating expenses, capital expenditures, and other management reporting needs.
• Collect, organize, and analyze information used to develop the annual budget.
• Manage and monitor short-term cash investments and help secure cost-effective banking services.
• Provide monthly analysis and reconciliation support for balance sheet accounts.
• Prepare and submit loan applications and request loan funds as needed.
• Prepare audit workpapers and coordinate finance-related audits, including RUS, FEMA, insurance, and the annual financial audit.
• Ensure required government, RUS, IRS, and payroll-related reports are accurate and submitted on time.
• Provide financial, budget, and cost-control guidance to departments and district offices.
• Serve as a backup to the Staff Accountant and assist with finance software, database installations, and data extraction.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business administration, computer science, or a related field; equivalent education and experience may be considered.
• Strong technical knowledge including developing Power BI dashboards and advanced excel skills.
• Demonstrated experience with budgets, forecasts, financial analysis, and financial reporting.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to complete the RUS Borrowers’ Accounting course within a reasonable period after hire if you do not already have RUS experience.

What to Know

• Some irregular hours may be required when assignment deadlines are inflexible. Availability may also be needed during adverse weather conditions, major storms, or outages.
• This hybrid role includes work at an EnergyUnited office and from home. Periodic in-office attendance is required for meetings, training, performance reviews, and other business needs.
• Employees in non-direct operational positions must establish their domicile within one of the 19 counties served by EnergyUnited or within a 40-road-mile radius of an EnergyUnited office.

As a federal contractor subject to the nondiscrimination and affirmative action obligations of Executive Order 11246, as amended, and its implementing regulations, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and its implementing regulations at 41 CFR § 60-741, and the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act, as amended, and its implementing regulations at 41 CFR § 60-300, EnergyUnited EMC (hereinafter referred to as "the Cooperative"), with the full support of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), reaffirms that it will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability status, any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws, or status as a protected veteran.