Remote Financial Data Analyst

Description:

• Belong is on a mission to create a seamless, rewarding, and delightful long-term rental experience for homeowners and residents through technology, exceptional service, and financial innovation.
• The Finance team plays a critical role in ensuring efficient business operations, data-driven decision-making, and financial health.
• The company is looking for a Financial Data Analyst to unlock the full potential of financial data by improving reporting, analytics, and automation.
• The Financial Data Analyst will be responsible for pulling, analyzing, and structuring financial data from various sources to generate actionable insights.
• Over time, the role will evolve from report generation to building automation and integrations between Belong’s management system and accounting system.
• The ideal candidate loves working with financial data, has a strong analytical mindset, and enjoys solving problems through data engineering and automation.
• Responsibilities include extracting and consolidating financial data from sources like BigQuery, RDS, Excel, Google Sheets, and other internal systems.
• The analyst will build actionable reports and dashboards in Looker, Metabase, Google Sheets, and Excel.
• They will develop and maintain SQL queries to efficiently retrieve financial data and analyze financial metrics, including revenue categorization, cohort analysis, and gross profit calculations.
• The role involves identifying trends, anomalies, and insights to support strategic decision-making, automating data retrieval processes, and improving integrations between management and accounting systems.
• The analyst will partner with Finance & Accounting to enhance financial reporting and reconciliation processes and provide ad hoc financial analysis and data support for forecasting and planning.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 3-6 years of experience in financial data analysis, financial engineering, or a similar role.
• A deep understanding of financial metrics and concepts, such as gross profit, revenue recognition, and cohort analysis, is required.
• Proficiency in SQL is essential, with experience in writing and optimizing queries for data extraction.
• Strong skills in Excel and Google Sheets, including financial modeling, pivot tables, and automation, are necessary.
• Experience with Python or another programming language for data analysis and automation is required.
• The ability to create reports and dashboards in Looker, Metabase, or other BI tools is essential.
• Candidates should be comfortable working with large datasets from sources like BigQuery, RDS, and relational databases.
• Familiarity with AI-driven data automation and analytics, including using machine learning or AI models to improve financial forecasting and automate data extraction, is preferred.
• Nice to have skills include experience automating financial workflows and data pipelines, knowledge of accounting systems and ERP platforms, familiarity with C#/.NET, and prior experience in high-growth or startup environments focused on automation.

Benefits:

• Working at Belong provides an opportunity to operate at the intersection of finance, technology, and real estate, shaping how financial data drives business success.
• Employees will have direct access to leadership and the ability to grow into an automation and data engineering-focused role over time.
• This position offers the chance to build foundational financial reporting and analytics while pioneering automation projects that will scale with the company.
• The role is ideal for those excited about working with financial data, improving reporting systems, and automating processes.