Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst

ROCS Grad Staffing; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

ROCS Grad Staffing is seeking an FP&A Analyst to gain hands-on experience in financial planning, forecasting, modeling, cash management, and reporting. The role suits an early-career finance professional with strong Excel skills and a willingness to learn, working on a small, high-performing team in the renewable energy sector.

You will support monthly/annual FP&A processes, develop financial models, and present analyses to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or related field.
• 1+ years of FP&A/Accounting or corporate treasury roles.
• Cash and liquidity management experience.
• Ability to prioritize, organize, and meet deadlines.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills.
• Excel proficiency and financial modeling experience.
• Unrestricted authorization to work in the US (no sponsorship).

Responsibilities

• Contribute to monthly and annual FP&A processes.
• Develop financial models, summarize assumptions and key metrics for decision making.
• Present quarterly business reviews to COO, CEO, and department managers with variance explanations.
• Own the weekly cash forecast and present updates to management.
• Contribute to liquidity planning and related reporting deliverables.
• Analyze cash and revenue impact of project economics and schedules.
• Collaborate with Accounts Payable and act as a liaison to lenders/banks.
• Develop Company dashboards for strategic reviews.
• Gather and analyze cash flow forecasts with business unit teams.
• Collaborate with Accounting and Project Finance teams.
• Drive capital allocation decisions and process improvements.
• Work with leadership across organization to drive initiatives to completion.

Skills

Excel

Financial modeling

Cash management

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or related field

Tools

Excel

Job description

About the Role:

This FP&A Analyst opportunity is ideal for an early-career finance professional looking to gain hands-on experience in financial planning, forecasting, financial modeling, cash management, and reporting. The role offers the chance to work closely with senior leadership on a small, high-performing team within the growing renewable energy industry, with strong Excel skills and a willingness to learn being essential.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to monthly and annual FP&A processes
• Support decision making and accurate planning through the development of financial models, summary of assumptions and key financial metric analyses.
• Help prepare and present quarterly business reviews to the COO, CEO, and department managers along with applicable variance explanations
• Own the weekly cash forecast - ensure we have adequate access to liquidity to fund working capital needs, investment opportunities, and stress events. Present updates to management.
• Contribute to liquidity planning efforts, including related management reporting deliverables
• Understand the cash and revenue impact of changes to project economics and schedule
• Serve as a corporate liaison to lenders and banks and work collaboratively with Accounts Payable
• Develop and maintain Company dashboards in support of strategic reviews
• Interact with business unit personnel and capability groups to gather, analyze, and prepare cash flow forecasts and liquidity movements across the enterprise
• Collaborate with Accounting and Project Finance team
• Help drive capital allocation decisions for the organization
• Work collaboratively with Accounting and Project Finance team to continuously improve cash tracking/PO process
• Recommend and lead automation and other process improvement efforts
• Interact effectively with multiple levels of leadership within the organization, including Senior and Executive Leadership.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or related field
• 1+ years of FP&A, Accounting or other corporate treasury and finance roles
• Cash and liquidity management experience
• Familiarity with project financing arrangements/documentation or experience working with corporate facilities
• Ability to prioritize, organize, and work independently to meet deadlines
• Thorough, thoughtful, and able to perform well under pressure
• Strong business acumen, excellent communication, and project management skills - ability to build strong cross-functional relationships, gain consensus, and be effective in driving initiatives to completion
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel, proficient in other Office applications, good working knowledge of databases, modeling experience desirable

All candidates must have unrestricted authorization to work in the US (no sponsorship required)

Pay: $26-$35/hr

Type of Role: Full-time, Onsite