Senior FP&A & Accounting Analyst

Work Arrangement / Work Shift: Remote | 10AM to 7PM EST

Role Overview:
We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Senior FP&A & Accounting Analyst based in the Philippines to support the financial management of our U.S.-based business. This role combines financial planning and analysis, accounting oversight, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, inventory and margin analysis, and executive reporting. The ideal candidate will serve as a trusted financial partner to the Founder and cross-functional leaders, helping the company understand performance, manage spending, improve profitability, and make informed business decisions.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Financial Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting

• Lead the development and ongoing management of the company’s annual operating budget.

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial forecasts.

• Build and maintain short-term and long-range financial models.

• Partner with department leaders to develop functional budgets and spending plans.

• Monitor actual performance against budget and forecast.

• Prepare detailed variance analyses with clear explanations, business implications, and recommended actions.

• Maintain rolling forecasts that reflect changes in sales, inventory, hiring, marketing spend, and operating expenses.

• Develop scenario and sensitivity analyses to support strategic decisions.

• Evaluate the financial impact of new hires, vendor engagements, product launches, pricing changes, and other business initiatives.

Cash Flow & Working Capital Management

• Build and maintain a rolling 13-week cash flow forecast.

• Prepare longer-term cash flow and capital requirement projections.

• Monitor cash balances, expected receipts, vendor payments, inventory purchases, and other major cash commitments.

• Identify potential cash flow risks and recommend actions to address them.

• Analyze working capital, including accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory, and prepaid expenses.

• Support leadership in prioritizing expenditures and managing company runway.

Financial Reporting & Executive Insights

• Prepare accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and annual management reporting.

• Create an executive financial dashboard that clearly communicates company performance.

• Prepare monthly reporting packages, including:

  • Profit and loss analysis

  • Balance sheet review

  • Cash flow reporting

  • Budget versus actual results

  • Revenue and gross margin analysis

  • Departmental spending

  • Inventory and working capital reporting

  • Key financial and operating metrics

• Identify material trends, risks, and opportunities within financial results.

• Translate financial data into concise, actionable insights for non-finance stakeholders.

• Support the preparation of board, lender, investor, or other stakeholder reporting as needed.

Accounting Oversight & Monthly Close

• Partner closely with the company’s external accounting firm to support an accurate and timely monthly close.

• Review monthly financial statements and close packages for completeness and accuracy.

• Review account reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, prepaid expenses, and expense classifications.

• Ensure transactions are recorded accurately and consistently in accordance with U.S. GAAP and company policies.

• Monitor open accounting items and coordinate with internal and external partners to resolve discrepancies.

• Assist with accounts payable, payment approvals, vendor documentation, and cash disbursement controls.

• Support annual tax preparation, audit requests, insurance reporting, and other compliance-related processes.

• Maintain financial documentation and support the development of appropriate internal controls.

Inventory, Cost of Goods & Gross Margin Analysis

• Maintain and analyze product-level cost of goods sold and gross margin reporting.

• Review product costs, packaging costs, manufacturing expenses, freight, duties, warehousing, fulfillment, and other landed cost components.

• Partner with Operations and Supply Chain to improve the accuracy of inventory and product cost reporting.

• Monitor inventory balances, inventory movements, purchase orders, receipts, and write-offs.

• Support inventory reconciliations between accounting records, warehouse records, and operating systems.

• Analyze inventory reserves, obsolescence, damaged goods, samples, testers, and promotional product usage.

• Monitor inventory turns, weeks of supply, and working capital invested in inventory.

• Identify opportunities to improve product margin and reduce unnecessary costs.

Revenue, Ecommerce & Profitability Analysis

• Analyze revenue performance by product, channel, customer type, and promotion.

• Review gross margin, contribution margin, discounting, returns, shipping revenue, fulfillment costs, and payment processing fees.

• Support profitability analysis for direct-to-consumer, wholesale, retail, and other future sales channels.

• Track ecommerce and financial KPIs, including:

  • Net sales

  • Average order value

  • Gross margin

  • Contribution margin

  • Customer acquisition cost

  • Marketing efficiency ratio

  • Return on advertising spend

  • Lifetime value

  • Repeat purchase rate

  • Refund and return rates

• Partner with Marketing to evaluate campaign performance and marketing efficiency.

• Support pricing analyses, promotional modeling, and product-level profitability decisions.

Expense Management & Vendor Analysis

• Monitor departmental and company-wide spending against approved budgets.

• Track recurring expenses and maintain visibility into committed and projected spend.

• Review major vendor contracts, statements of work, and proposals for financial implications.

• Evaluate agency fees, consulting arrangements, software expenses, manufacturing commitments, and other major expenditures.

• Identify cost-saving opportunities and areas of inefficient spending.

• Support invoice review, coding, approval workflows, and payment planning.

• Maintain financial trackers for contracts, payment schedules, deposits, and outstanding commitments.

Cross-Functional Business Partnership

• Serve as a financial partner to Operations, Supply Chain, Product Development, Marketing, Ecommerce, Customer Experience, and executive leadership.

• Help department leaders understand budgets, spending, performance, and financial tradeoffs.

• Support business cases for strategic initiatives and major investments.

• Provide ad hoc financial analysis to support company decision-making.

• Communicate financial findings clearly and constructively to stakeholders with varying levels of financial experience.

• Help establish a culture of financial accountability across the organization.

Systems, Controls & Process Improvement

• Build scalable FP&A, accounting, and reporting processes appropriate for a growing company.

• Develop standardized financial templates, trackers, dashboards, and reporting calendars.

• Improve the efficiency and accuracy of budgeting, forecasting, close, and reporting processes.

• Support the implementation and integration of accounting, inventory, ecommerce, payroll, expense, and reporting systems.

• Identify opportunities to automate manual financial processes.

• Maintain clear documentation of financial procedures, reporting methodologies, and internal controls.

• Help ensure appropriate segregation of duties, approval workflows, and financial oversight.

Measures of Success

• Establish a reliable annual budgeting and rolling forecasting process.

• Build and maintain a 13-week cash flow forecast.

• Deliver timely and accurate monthly executive financial reporting.

• Improve visibility into spending, cash requirements, inventory, gross margin, and profitability.

• Strengthen coordination between the company and its external accounting partners.

• Develop product-level and channel-level profitability reporting.

• Improve forecasting accuracy across revenue, inventory, marketing, and operating expenses.

• Build scalable finance processes, controls, and reporting tools that support the company’s growth.

• Provide leadership with clear financial insights that improve decision-making.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field.

• At least 5 years of professional experience in FP&A, corporate finance, accounting, or a closely related role.

• Prior FP&A or corporate finance experience supporting U.S.-based companies is required.

• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP and the primary financial statements.

• Demonstrated experience managing budgets, forecasts, variance analyses, and financial models.

• Experience reviewing financial statements and supporting the monthly accounting close.

• Advanced Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets skills.

• Strong financial modeling and analytical capabilities.

• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.

• Ability to work effectively with U.S.-based stakeholders and maintain meaningful overlap with U.S. Eastern Time business hours.

How You Work:

You must possess exceptional attention to detail, strong analytical curiosity, and the proactive, collaborative capability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and meet recurring deadlines. You should be highly organized, solutions-oriented, and comfortable moving between detailed accounting tasks and broader strategic analysis to turn financial figures into practical business recommendations within a fast-paced startup environment while maintaining strong judgment, discretion, and a commitment to continuous, accurate improvement.

What Will Set You Apart:

• Professional credentials such as a CPA, CMA, CFA, or an equivalent certification.

• Direct experience working in startup, early-stage, or high-growth environments across consumer products, retail, beauty, or ecommerce sectors (with direct-to-consumer and wholesale models).

• Specialized expertise managing inventory accounting, landed costs, gross margin analysis, and working capital.

• Practical knowledge of financial platforms like QuickBooks Online, NetSuite, Xero, Shopify, and standard tools for inventory, payroll, and expense management.

• Solid familiarity with business intelligence platforms (Power BI, Tableau, Looker Studio), external team coordination, and U.S. compliance requirements (sales tax, registrations, 1099, payroll).

About Atticus: 

Atticus Advisory Solutions Inc. is a specialized remote staffing and IT offshoring firm based in the Philippines, providing vetted, high-quality Filipino talent to global tech startups, SMEs, and consulting firms, focusing heavily on niche areas like ERP (NetSuite), Accounting and Finance and IT, offering integrated recruiting, upskilling, and HR support to ensure high retention and reliable offshore teams. 

Atticus provides a comprehensive solution for international companies to build dedicated, outsourced teams and efficiently scale their technical and administrative capabilities by leveraging skilled Filipino talent, managed with a focus on quality and long-term retention. We ensure the teams perform like extensions of the client’s own operations.

Who We Are:

We are a customer-focused organization that puts people at the heart of everything we do. We believe great outcomes come from strong collaboration, where ideas are openly shared and teamwork is valued.

Our team members are proactive and confident—they take ownership, speak up, and are not afraid to ask questions. We encourage curiosity and continuous improvement, empowering everyone to challenge the status quo and find better ways of working.

We foster a growth mindset, where learning is continuous, feedback is welcomed, and mistakes are seen as opportunities to grow. Here, you are supported to develop your skills, improve processes, and make a meaningful impact.

Why Join Us:

At Atticus Advisory Solutions Inc, we value our employees and provide a positive and collaborative work environment. We offer competitive compensation, benefits, annual leaves, health and medical insurances. Our culture offers flexible working arrangement and opportunities for growth and development.