Remote FP&A Data Analyst — Financial Insights

The Helmsman Group LLC; Nebraska; Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Helmsman Group LLC is seeking a Data Analyst to support Finance and Financial Analytics. You will analyze financial and operational data, build reports and dashboards, and provide data-driven insights to Finance, Accounting, and leadership.

You will leverage SQL, Excel, and BI tools to analyze revenue, expenses, budgets, and forecasts, delivering actionable recommendations and supporting FP&A activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Data Analytics, Statistics, Business, Mathematics, or CS.
• 2–5 years of experience in financial analysis, data analytics, FP&A, business intelligence, or a related role.
• Strong understanding of financial statements and fundamental accounting principles.
• Strong SQL and Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience with financial reporting and data visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Looker.
• Experience analyzing financial and operational datasets.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to translate financial data into meaningful business insights.

Responsibilities

• Collect, organize, analyze, and interpret financial and operational data from multiple sources.
• Develop financial reports, dashboards, scorecards, and analytical models.
• Analyze revenue, expenses, profitability, margins, cash flow, budgets, forecasts, and financial performance.
• Monitor key financial and business performance indicators (KPIs).
• Perform budget-to-actual and forecast-to-actual variance analysis.
• Use SQL to extract, transform, validate, and analyze financial datasets.
• Integrate data from ERP, accounting, financial planning, CRM, sales, and operational systems.
• Support FP&A activities through data analysis and reporting.
• Automate recurring financial reports and data‑analysis processes.
• Collaborate with Accounting to support financial reconciliations and data validation.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Data Analytics

SQL

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Looker

Data Visualization

Variance Analysis

Performance Metrics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Data Analytics, Statistics, Business, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Looker

Excel

ERP Systems (SAP, Oracle, NetSuite)

Job description

The Helmsman Group LLC is seeking a Data Analyst to support Finance and Financial Analytics. You will analyze financial and operational data, build reports and dashboards, and provide data-driven insights to Finance, Accounting, and leadership.

You will leverage SQL, Excel, and BI tools to analyze revenue, expenses, budgets, and forecasts, delivering actionable recommendations and supporting FP&A activities.