Key Responsibilities
- Insight Development & Executive Reporting
- Produce recurring and ad hoc reporting packages, dashboards, and presentations covering operating expenses, capital spending, and workforce planning.
- Evaluate both quantitative and qualitative information to build comprehensive analyses for major initiatives.
- Convert analytical findings into clear, cohesive narratives—using visuals, written summaries, and presentations—to connect financial outcomes with broader strategic objectives.
- Modeling, Forecasting & Scenario Planning
- Support leadership in preparing the annual budget and annual report.
- Build dynamic financial models and scenario analyses that serve as inputs for strategy discussions and long-term planning.
- Partner with internal teams and external vendors to refine assumptions and ensure accuracy of model inputs.
- Data Structure, Integrity & Process Improvement
- Collaborate with the accounting team to strengthen data architecture, validation methods, and overall data governance.
- Recommend enhancements to streamline data collection and improve accuracy, consistency, and reporting efficiency.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, accounting, economics, or related field.
- 6–10 years of experience in strategic finance, FP&A, business analysis, or similar roles.
- Advanced Excel skills and strong financial modeling capabilities; familiarity with planning tools.
- Experience presenting insights using visualization platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, ThoughtSpot, or similar.
- Background working cross-functionally with accounting, IT, and operational groups.
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA or other relevant graduate degree.
- Experience presenting to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.
Competencies
- Strong customer-service orientation and ability to understand stakeholder needs.
- Sound decision-making skills using a mix of analysis, judgment, and experience.
- Accountability and ownership of deliverables and timelines.
- Effective communication skills across varied audiences and formats.
- High integrity and consistent follow-through.
- Strong financial acumen and ability to link data to business strategy.
- Strategic thinking with the ability to anticipate future challenges and opportunities.
- Strong planning, prioritization, and organizational skills.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Strong command of financial principles, terminology, and analytical frameworks.
- Understanding of statistical concepts and their application to financial analysis.
- Ability to present complex information clearly and concisely to audiences with varying levels of financial knowledge.
- Ability to synthesize diverse financial components into a cohesive narrative.
- Balance of strategic perspective and meticulous attention to detail.
- Ability to leverage technology to improve reporting capabilities.
- Excellent analytical skills and a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively across teams.
- Consultative approach with strong initiative and adaptability.
Top Skills
What We Do
GHJ is an accounting and advisory firm that specializes in nonprofit, food and beverage, entertainment and media and health and wellness companies. Previous recipient of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Employee Champion For Life Work Harmony Award and named a “Best Places to Work” by the Los Angeles Business Journal eight times since 2008, GHJ is passionate about helping clients and its people #BeMore by focusing on building thriving businesses and creating a better future.
GHJ works as a business advocate for its clients — providing personalized service and building long-term relationships to help position our clients for growth. Through its affiliation with HLB International, a global network of independent professional accounting firms and business advisers, GHJ is able to partner with other top firms across major cities throughout the U.S. and the world. GHJ’s audit, tax and advisory teams leverage the HLB network to better serve its clients and give clients access to member firms in over 158 countries across the globe and over 775 offices worldwide.
Also ranked as a top-20 largest accounting firm on the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Book of Lists, GHJ has 15 partners and more than 160 staff members that serve over 3,000 clients. GHJ is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the AICPA Governmental Audit Quality Center (GAQC), the California Society of CPAs and the California Association of Nonprofits (CalNonprofit).
