Summary
Sand Cherry Associates delivers strategic customer-centric initiatives through digitally native, data-empowered solutions. The company is seeking a Financial Modelling and Planning Analyst to build and enhance financial operating models, perform forecasting and scenario analysis, and analyze debt structures, waterfalls, and debt service ratios. The role also involves translating complex financial information into actionable insights for client and senior-level stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Build, maintain, and enhance detailed financial operating models to support client planning and decision-making
- Develop and analyze debt waterfalls, debt service ratios, and other debt-related financial models
- Perform financial forecasting, scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, and long-term planning
- Evaluate financial performance, cash flow, debt obligations, and key financial metrics
- Develop assumptions and modeling scenarios based on client objectives and financial data
- Partner closely with client stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into comprehensive financial models
- Identify financial trends, risks, opportunities, and potential impacts across various scenarios
- Prepare clear and polished presentations summarizing financial analysis, findings, and recommendations
- Present complex financial information in a concise and understandable manner to senior and executive-level stakeholders
- Ensure models are accurate, organized, scalable, and appropriately documented
- Support ad hoc financial analysis and strategic planning initiatives as needed
Skills
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship
- Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field
- Strong hands-on experience building and maintaining complex financial models
- Experience with debt waterfalls, debt service ratios, debt structures, cash flow modeling, and financial forecasting
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills with the ability to build sophisticated models from the ground up
- Strong PowerPoint and presentation-development skills
- Excellent analytical and quantitative problem-solving abilities
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to financial accuracy
- Ability to interpret complex financial data and communicate key findings clearly
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively with senior-level stakeholders
- Ability to work independently in a remote, client-facing environment
- Previous investment banking experience is highly preferred, particularly for candidates who have worked with complex financial models, capital structures, debt analysis, or transaction-related financial analysis
- A few years of investment banking experience is highly preferred
Qualifications
Must Haves
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship
- Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field
- Strong hands-on experience building and maintaining complex financial models
- Experience with debt waterfalls, debt service ratios, debt structures, cash flow modeling, and financial forecasting
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills with the ability to build sophisticated models from the ground up
- Strong PowerPoint and presentation-development skills
- Excellent analytical and quantitative problem-solving abilities
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to financial accuracy
- Ability to interpret complex financial data and communicate key findings clearly
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively with senior-level stakeholders
- Ability to work independently in a remote, client-facing environment
Nice to Haves
- Previous investment banking experience is highly preferred, particularly for candidates who have worked with complex financial models, capital structures, debt analysis, or transaction-related financial analysis
- A few years of investment banking experience is highly preferred
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement
- Employees are recognized for their contributions.
- Professional career growth opportunities
- Investment in and empowerment of Consultants and employees
- Friendly and communicative workplace culture