Financial Analyst

About the company

We are a small community bank where the loan officer and the branch manager are often the same person. Deposits stay here and get lent back out to people in Mannheim. Still family owned, 50 years on. Cash audits are unannounced, and balancing to the penny is expected.

The position

We are adding a Financial Analyst to our operations team. We want an analyst who can explain why the numbers moved, in plain language, to people who do not work in finance. Good fit for someone with a few years in FP&A or public accounting who wants to see more of how the business runs. Remote within Germany. The team meets in Mannheim once a quarter, travel covered. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. Communication happens mostly in Slack and short video calls.

Day to day

• Answer ad hoc questions from the CFO with quick-turn analysis
• Build and maintain the annual budget and quarterly forecast models
• Reconcile forecast data with accounting after close
• Present monthly results to operating leaders and explain key drivers
• Update KPIs such as gross margin, CAC and revenue per employee
• Improve forecasting processes and cut manual steps out of the model
• Partner with department heads to understand spending and headcount plans
• Support board deck preparation with charts and commentary

Required qualifications

• 2+ years of FP&A, corporate finance or public accounting experience
• Strong attention to detail in large models
• Advanced Excel: INDEX/MATCH, XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, pivot tables and linked three-statement models
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or economics
• Working knowledge of accounting and how the three statements connect
• Experience building budgets and forecasts

Benefits

Rate: €45,000 - €54,000/year

• Company pension scheme
• Flexible working hours
• Up to 3 days of home office per week

Please submit your CV in English.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Schuster Bank.