Financial Analyst

The Financial Analyst role at Cardlytics is responsible for supporting the finance team and business partners by ensuring visibility on financial performance, building forecasts, and conducting in-depth analyses. The main focus areas include driving monthly budget analyses, managing expenses with department heads, driving process improvements, collaborating with accounting on month-end close, managing financial inquiries and ad hoc reports, and supporting financial modeling for business cases. The ideal candidate should have a bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline, previous working experience in finance or consulting, experience with financial models, and strong Excel/Google Sheets skills. This role requires a highly detail-oriented and analytical individual.

• Driving monthly actual versus budget analyses with rich commentary on variances
• Expense management with department heads including personnel, travel & entertainment, and software licenses
• Driving process improvements across departments to drive better visibility, faster results, and operational efficiency
• Collaborating with Accounting on month-end close
• Managing daily financial inquiries, ad hoc reports, and collaborating with other teams on projects and modeling
• Supporting financial modeling for business cases (e.g., pricing, new product expansion, expense)

• An undergraduate bachelor's degree in quantitative discipline (including Finance, Economics or Science)
• Previous working experience of 2-5 years at a financial institution (bank, hedge fund, private equity), consulting firm, or in-house finance (highly desired)
• Experience with 3 Statement Financial Models (desired)
• Intermediated+ Skill with Excel/Google Sheets (highly desired)
• Highly detail-oriented, maintaining a high level of integrity, accuracy, and precision in your work
• Analytical, inquisitive, and tenacious when untangling problems and finding answers.

• Offices in Atlanta, Menlo Park, Los Angeles, New York City, and London
• Flexible PTO and paid parental leave
• Healthcare benefits from the first day, including medical, dental, vision, FSA/HSA, life and disability insurance, wellness and behavioral health resources, and telehealth
• Company-funded HSAs, 401k matching, new hire home office stipend, monthly phone/internet stipend, commuter benefits, educational assistance, student debt repayment, Calm app subscriptions, and a "Lifestyle Spending Account" for physical, emotional, and financial wellness (like gym memberships, home down payments, art classes, park passes, and more)
• Programs for spot bonuses, referral bonuses, professional development, special interest groups, and employee stock purchase plans