Finance Analyst

Finance And Operations Analyst

Blacksmith Agency is a remote web design and development agency headquartered in the United States. We are growing quickly and need a Finance and Operations Analyst who can help us build real financial visibility, forecasting discipline, and decision support as we scale.

This is a full time role. You will work directly with ownership and a fractional CFO. Your job is to keep our financial models accurate, our reporting clean, and our leadership team informed so we can grow with control and confidence.

You will own the internal financial systems s includes maintaining financial models, updating forecasts, building dashboards, reviewing variances, and preparing insights for leadership. You will not handle taxes. You will work with our bookkeeper and CFO for those areas. Your role is to create clarity and help us make better decisions around spending, hiring, and growth.

Maintain and update all financial models in Google Sheets

Build and improve revenue, margin, cash flow, and EBITDA forecasts

Update assumptions weekly or monthly based on new sales and churn data

Run scenario models and present the impact to leadership

Track runway and financial safety thresholds across the business

Produce monthly actual vs forecast variance reports

Analyze revenue, cost, margin, and utilization trends

Prepare dashboards for leadership that show performance against targets

Surface early warnings when margins slip or costs increase

Provide simple summaries that explain what happened and why

Calculate and maintain CAC, LTV, payback period, and service line economics

Break down profitability for projects & retainers

Identify margin erosion and propose fixes early

Help define our pricing and hiring triggers using data

Build and update headcount capacity models

Identify when we need to hire and the financial impact of hiring early or late

Support workforce planning for PMs, developers, AEs, SDRs, and contractors

Integrate data from Quick Books, Salesforce, and Just Works

Work with our bookkeeper for clean financial inputs

Build templates and systems to automate reporting over time

Prepare materials for quarterly planning and leadership reviews

We have a real time picture of where we are financially

Our forecasts stay within 5%- 10% accuracy

Leadership gets weekly and monthly insights instead of raw data

Hiring and spending decisions become data driven

Profitability improves from early detection of issues

We build a 3 to 5 year path to scale toward 10M

Strong experience with financial modeling and forecasting

Advanced Google Sheets or Excel capability

Experience analyzing P and L statements, cash flow, and margins

Ability to create scenario models and explain assumptions

Experience working with Quick Books, Xero, or similar accounting software

Strong communication skills and ability to summarize insights clearly

Comfortable working with leadership in a fast paced environment

Previous experience in a services or agency business is a plus

• Google Sheets
• Quick Books
• Salesforce Starter
• Looker Studio or similar BI tools
• Just Works