Financial Analyst

Summary

Smalls is a premium direct-to-consumer cat food and cat lifestyle brand that makes fresh, human-grade food for cats. The Financial Analyst will support finance and operations through financial analysis, reporting, forecasting, planning, and business partnering, while helping build automated reporting and FP&A processes.

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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

Skills

• 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
• Familiarity with AI tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex) and experience automating finance-specific workflows or otherwise using AI to improve your output
• BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker) and/or a planning tool (Vena, Pigment, Data Rails, Cube)
• ERP exposure. (Netsuite) — if coming from the accounting side, auditing exposure is preferred over implementation exposure
• Consumer/CPG/DTC experience

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 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 Haves

• Familiarity with AI tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex) and experience automating finance-specific workflows or otherwise using AI to improve your output
• BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker) and/or a planning tool (Vena, Pigment, Data Rails, Cube)
• ERP exposure. (Netsuite) — if coming from the accounting side, auditing exposure is preferred over implementation exposure
• Consumer/CPG/DTC experience

Benefits

• Fully paid Health, Vision, and Dental insurance
• 4-day work week
• Unlimited PTO
• Fully Remote Office & Culture
• Free cat food every month