Financial Analyst

OPPORTUNITY

The Financial Analyst will help to maintain sustainability by expertly executing the organization's day-to-day financial operations (financial reports, models, projections, analyses, and grant management and compliance) as well as providing leverage and analytical support to assist with a variety of strategic initiatives. This position is part of the finance and accounting team and reports to the Director of Finance. This is a role serving as part of Green Dot California's central office team, primarily based in Los Angeles.

• Budgeting and forecasting:
  Develop a deep understanding of the organization's funding models, state and federal education funding sources, key expense drivers, and optimization opportunities. Support the school and central office annual budget process, including support in the creation of initial budgets and collaboration with operations and finance managers and other central office leadership. Support the use and development of Green Dot's budgeting and modeling tools, including Adaptive Insights.
  
  Review monthly financials and provide recommendations based on trends and analysis. Work with operation and finance managers to refine monthly forecasts and to develop tools to share monthly financial information with stakeholders.
• Reporting and analysis:
  Work with the Finance team to develop and improve interactive multi‑year projection models consisting of income statements, balance sheets, and cash flows on an individual school as well as organization‑wide level. Standard and ad‑hoc analyses and reporting of financial and operational aspects of the organization for management, operational leadership, and the Board of Directors. Work closely with operations and finance managers to reach financial sustainability by understanding key variances, identifying long‑term risks, and developing strategies to improve financial outcomes.
• Lead and participate in annual continuous improvement projects.
• Grants Management:
  Collaborate across central office departments to support budgets and projections for public and private funding. Develop reporting tools to better support schools and central office departments in tracking grant‑funded expenditures and grant‑funded personnel.
• Other:
  Perform other duties as assigned.

• 1–3 years of work experience in a fast‑paced, high‑capacity work environment with a strong background in analytics and project management.
• Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university in a related field.
• Highly motivated and self‑driven; curious to understand, driven to problem‑solve and tenacious to follow through.
• Excellent ability to develop and manage financial models (VBA skills a plus) that provide actionable data and can be maintained and improved by staff.
• Experience with and proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
• Able to drive strategic decisions with a mix of financial and operational data analysis.
• Creative and thoughtful about how to manage financial behavior.
• Maintain positive relations with colleagues at all levels—including central office staff and school‑site administrators and staff.
• Simultaneously manage multiple projects while maintaining a firm grasp of individual project details; meet and/or exceed project goals with the highest quality.
• High level of personal responsibility, a growth mindset, and an A+ work ethic.
• Dependable, humble, with a sense of humor and a rock‑solid commitment to Green Dot's mission and the communities we serve.
• Will need to pass a TB test and background check at time of offer.

The starting salary range for this role is $82,000–$92,000. To allow for salary progression over time, offers at the top of the range are rare. Individual education and experience will be considered when issuing offers.

• Full‑time employees are eligible to participate in Green Dot’s benefit plans, effective on the first of the month following their date of hire.
• No‑cost premium (employee only) and low‑cost premium (for entire family) HMO option via Anthem Vivity, a network that includes Cedars Sinai, Huntington Memorial, Torrance Memorial, UCLA and more.
• Medical PPO and…