Financial Analyst

Smalls; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

4-day work week

Unlimited PTO

Fully remote culture

Free cat food every month

Job summary

Smalls is a premium DTC cat food and lifestyle brand seeking a Financial Analyst to sit at the intersection of finance and operations. You’ll own the recurring FP&A engine, lead budgeting and re-forecast cycles, and partner with cross-functional teams to turn strategy into numbers.

You’ll join a lean finance group focused on data-driven decisions, with growth toward Senior Analyst as you deepen forecasting and reporting capabilities across the business.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• 2–4 years of experience in financial analysis, FP&A, accounting, or a related analytical role.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; able to build a forecast and variance analysis from scratch.
• Solid grasp of the three financial statements and their drivers.
• Ability to connect operational KPIs to financial line items.
• Strong communicator who can explain variances to non-finance stakeholders and partner with Operations.

Responsibilities

• Own the recurring FP&A engine end to end, including budgeting and in-year re-forecast cycles.
• Produce financial models, variance analysis, and coordinating accruals with cross-functional partners.
• Build out automated FP&A reporting and processes, leveraging AI tools or FP&A software.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial modeling

Communication

Education

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

Tools

FP&A software

AI tools

Job description

Smalls is a premium DTC cat food and cat lifestyle brand built on a single belief: the cats who matter most to their people deserve food that actually reflects that. We make fresh, human-grade food for cats, and we’ve spent eight years building a brand that looks and feels as considered as the product inside the bag.

We’re looking for a Financial Analyst to sit at the intersection of finance and operations, providing financial analysis, reporting, and business partnering across functions. You’ll support and provide leverage to our Strategic Finance Manager, particularly on core recurring and strategic forecasting and planning work — turning business strategy into numbers leadership can trust.

This is an individual contributor role with a growth path to Senior Analyst, for someone who wants FP&A to inform operational and strategic decisions at a time to actually effect change, not after the fact.

What This Role Is

This is the person who takes ownership of the recurring FP&A engine so our Strategic Finance Manager can spend more time on strategic work. You’ll own components of the budgeting and in-year re-forecast cycle end to end — data gathering, financial modeling, and variance analysis — and support financial close by producing source materials and coordinating accurate, timely accruals with cross-functional partners. You’ll also build out the automated reporting and FP&A processes that let a lean finance team punch above its weight, leveraging AI tools, FP&A software, or both.

What This Role Is Not

A generalist role — this requires explicit finance and financial modeling experience, not broad operational exposure. That said, some appetite to flex beyond core FP&A for ad-hoc analysis is a plus — the line is finance grounding, not rigidity.

An over-indexed strategic seat — the team already has strong strategic thinking; this role needs someone tactical and methodical who can own the mechanics of forecasting and reporting.

Who You Are

• You hold a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.

• You have 2–4 years of experience in financial analysis, FP&A, accounting, or a related analytical role.

• Your Excel and financial modeling skills are advanced — you can build a forecast and variance analysis from scratch.

• You have a solid grasp of the three financial statements and the drivers behind them; you can connect operational KPIs to financial line items.

• You are a strong communicator who can explain a variance to non-finance stakeholders and collaborate effectively with partners across a range of financial backgrounds — we’re a lean team with no translation layer, so this matters especially in partnering closely with Operations.

• Nice to have:

What you’ll love about us:

• Mission-Driven Company: We love cats and we’re here to make nine lives ten.

• People-Driven Company: We treat our people like people; we’re committed to Smalls, and we work hard but also respect everyone’s lives outside of work.

• Data-Driven Culture: We love using data to guide decision‑making where appropriate, but we also know when to move quickly and go with our gut.

• Competitive Salary: Make some $$$.

• Very Competitive Benefits: Fully paid Health, Vision, and Dental insurance. 4-day work week. Unlimited PTO.

• Fully Remote Office & Culture: Our team is spread across the US day to day, but we travel for department & company off‑sites and retreats.

• Free Product: Free cat food every month.