Financial Analyst

HeartLand, LLC • Kansas City, MO

12d

About The Position

HeartLand’s Financial Planning & Analysis team connects financial performance with decisions across its locally operated landscape businesses. The Financial Analyst supports budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and analysis across HeartLand’s operating companies. The role uses financial and operational data to explain results, identify trends, and help leaders understand opportunities to improve performance.

The analyst works with Finance, Accounting, and operating company teams to gather information, understand business drivers, and provide clear, practical insights. Success means producing accurate, timely, understandable analyses; supporting budgets and forecasts with reliable data and clear assumptions; identifying and explaining meaningful variances; and helping leaders make informed decisions. The role also builds trusted relationships and improves recurring financial processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• Experience in financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, or a related finance role.
• Strong Excel skills and ability to organize, validate, and analyze financial data.
• Understanding of financial statements and how business activity affects financial results.
• Strong attention to detail, sound analytical judgment, and curiosity to investigate what is driving the numbers.
• Clear communication skills and ability to manage competing deadlines while working collaboratively.
• Commitment to HeartLand’s values: Human, Exceptional, Accountable, Respectful, and Trusted.

Responsibilities

• Consolidate and analyze financial data across operating companies to support accurate, timely reporting.
• Compare actual results with budgets, forecasts, and prior periods, and identify key variances and their underlying drivers.
• Prepare reports and summaries explaining financial performance, trends, and potential risks.
• Support annual budgeting and ongoing forecasting by gathering inputs, validating assumptions, and maintaining supporting schedules.
• Update financial models to reflect business performance and changing expectations.
• Help identify risks and opportunities that may affect future results.
• Build and maintain financial models to evaluate costs, profitability, and business performance.
• Conduct benchmarking and comparative analysis to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Develop recommendations for review with the Director of FP&A and relevant business leaders.
• Validate financial data, investigate discrepancies, and coordinate corrections with appropriate teams.
• Improve recurring reports, templates, and analytical processes to increase accuracy and efficiency.
• Document assumptions and methods so analysis is consistent, transparent, and easy to follow.
• Partner with Finance, Accounting, and operating company teams to gather information and understand business drivers.
• Respond to financial questions and support special projects with timely, well-supported analysis.
• Present findings clearly to help colleagues understand results and make informed decisions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time