Job Title: FP&A Analyst
Department: Finance
Reports to: Accounting Manager
Location: Pullman, WA
Pay Rate: $80,000 - $95,000
Key Responsibilities
Financial Planning & Forecasting
- Maintain and update the rolling P&L forecast on a monthly cadence, including roll-forward of future periods and refresh of underlying assumptions.
- Drive the annual budget process - collect and validate inputs from department heads, consolidate, and model scenarios for leadership review.
- Use AI-assisted tools and workflows across forecasting, scenario modeling, variance analysis, and assumption refresh - AI fluency is a baseline expectation, not a nice-to-have.
- Build and maintain financial models for forecasting, scenario analysis, and variance reporting.
- Update headcount, opex, and capex assumptions; reflect changes in financial outputs and surface meaningful drift to the Accounting Manager.
- Document forecast methodology and assumptions to keep the model auditable and transferable.
Variance & Performance Reporting
- Prepare monthly budget-to-actual variance analysis with clear supporting commentary explaining drivers, not just numbers - leveraging AI-assisted analysis to identify root causes and surface meaningful patterns.
- Build and maintain KPI dashboards and management reporting; ensure timely, accurate, and consistent delivery.
- Surface trends, variances, and anomalies in the data with context and recommended next steps for leadership.
Business Partnering & Decision Support
- Partner with department heads to explain results vs. budget and forecast and provide analytical support for their decisions.
- Build ad hoc analytical models to support pricing, hiring, investment, and other strategic decisions.
- Provide ROI and cost-impact analysis on proposed initiatives; translate financial outcomes into business language.
- Support cross-functional projects requiring financial analysis, scenario modeling, or business case development.
Process, Tools & Continuous Improvement
- Maintain models, workpapers, and documentation to professional standards; ensure outputs are auditable and transferable.
- Drive system and process improvements through AI-assisted automation and AI agent development - identify and ship AI-enabled improvements to recurring workflows as a baseline expectation.
- Build NetSuite saved searches and ad hoc reports independently as analytical needs arise.
- Document SOPs for recurring deliverables; help scale repeatable analytical work as the team grows.
Qualifications and Skills
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related quantitative field.
- Experience: 2-4 years of progressive financial analysis experience in FP&A, corporate finance, accounting, or a comparable analytical role.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel for financial modeling, including complex formulas, pivot tables, scenario modeling, and large-data manipulation.
- Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP sufficient to read and interpret financial statements.
- Basic understanding of accounting principles and how transactions flow through the books.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into clear business insight and recommendations.
- Working fluency with NetSuite preferred.
- Experience in manufacturing and SaaS environments preferred.
- Comfort using AI / LLM-based tools applied to analytical workflows.
- Progress toward CFA, CPA, CMA, or MBA preferred.
Key Competencies
- Analytically curious - comfortable digging into the why behind a number.
- Effective communicator across finance and operating partners.
- Comfortable building from scratch - models, dashboards, and processes.
- Detail-oriented without losing the strategic view.
- Knows when to ship a working prototype for feedback vs. when to polish before sharing - sound judgment about scope, timing, and feedback loops.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan with a company match (up to 4% after your first year)
- Paid Time Off, Sick Leave, and 11 Paid Holidays
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities to support your growth
- Clear paths for career advancement as you grow with us
- Company-paid life and disability insurance for peace of mind
- Health savings account and flexible spending account options
- A collaborative, inclusive work environment with regular team-building activities and fun company events
