Financial Analyst

Description

Haffner's is a regional wholesale fuel distributor in New England, managing gas stations, convenience stores, car washes, and food service locations. We also offer heating oil, propane, and HVAC services to 45,000 customers across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. Our commitment to integrity and safety is central to our operations.

About the role

The Financial Analyst supports financial planning, reporting, forecasting, and business analysis. They evaluate financial and operational performance, develop financial models, identify trends, and provide data-driven insights to support strategic decision-making across various business units.

Responsibilities

• Aid in annual budget and period reforecasting activities across multiple business units.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial analyses comparing actual results to budget, forecast, and prior-year performance.
• Develop and maintain financial models to support strategic initiatives, acquisitions, capital projects, new site development, and operational improvements.
• Support periodic forecasting and scenario analysis to assist management with decision-making.
• Create ad hoc financial and operational reports to support departmental decision-making and identify opportunities for optimization.
• Conduct market research and industry analysis to support growth initiatives and strategic planning.
• Assist with the development and maintenance of KPI dashboards and business intelligence reporting tools.
• Evaluate the financial performance of marketing programs, pricing initiatives, loyalty programs, and operational projects.
• Partner with operational leaders to provide financial insights that improve performance and support strategic initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance/Mathematics/Information Technology or related field.
• 2-4 years of financial analysis, FP&A, accounting, business analytics or related experience.
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and financial modeling skills.
• Strong Excel skills focused on summarizing, extracting, or comparing large volumes of data.
• Knowledge of standard accounting software packages (preferably Microsoft Business Central).
• Experience with SQL and Targit, preferred but not required.
• Motivated self-starter with the ability to work autonomously.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects.

Qualifications

• Experience in multi-location retail, energy, convenience store, car wash, or related industries is a plus.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information.

Expectations

• Assist in the preparation of the annual budget.
• Assist in the preparation of monthly and quarterly actual to budget performance including analysis of data.
• Identify trends, variances, and areas of concern.
• Provide valuable foresight and decision support through effective business intelligence.
• Work with senior management on strategic deep dives by developing financial models and insights on topics such as capital planning and tracking, return on investment of strategic initiatives, event tracking and execution.
• Develop key performance indicators, financial analytics, and other ad-hoc reports.
• Participate in cross-functional projects focused on profitability improvement and process optimization.

Pay

$85,000 to $95,000 annually.