Financial Analyst

Green Dot Public Schools California • Los Angeles, CA

18d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Financial Analyst will help to maintain sustainability by expertly executing 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.

Requirements

• 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 tenacity 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
• Able to maintain positive relations with colleagues at all levels-including central office staff and school-site administrators and staff
• Able to simultaneously manage multiple projects, while maintaining a firm grasp of individual project details; meeting and/or exceeding project goals with the highest quality
• High level of personal responsibility, a growth mindset, and an A+ work ethic
• Dependable, humble, have 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

Nice To Haves

• VBA skills a plus

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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 outcome
• Lead and participate in annual continuous improvement projects
• 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
• Performs other duties as assigned

Benefits

• 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 (for employee only) and low-cost premium (for entire family) HMO option via Anthem Vivity
• Medical PPO and EPO options
• Dental and vision care coverage (100% employer-paid options)
• 401(k) match
• Employee Assistance Program (100% employer-paid)
• Life and AD&D Insurance (100% employer-paid)
• Optional Term Life & AD&D Insurance
• Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance (100% employer-paid)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (health and dependent care)
• Monthly parking for Central Office-based employees (100% employer-paid)
• Optional California Parking Cash-Out program for Central Office-based employees
• Wellness programs and resources
• Financial planning/coaching access
• Potential for remote work opportunities (occasional or recurring)
• Potential for annual performance-based compensation increases
• Potential for annual bonuses
• Potential for stipend work opportunities
• Approved family care and/or medical leave (unpaid)
• 15 days of paid time off during years 1-3 of service (20 days during years 4-6 and 25 days beyond 6 years of service)
• An additional 15 days (minimum) of paid time off each year for our Winter and Spring breaks (which include the Christmas and New Year’s holidays)
• An additional 10 annual paid holidays (MLK Day, President’s Day, Cesar Chavez Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, July 4th, Labor Day and Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving Day and Day after Thanksgiving)
• 3-5 days of paid bereavement leave (if needed)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level