Financial Analyst

EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) delivers a fully optimized research experience, seamlessly integrated with a powerful discovery platform to support the information needs and maximize the research experience of our end-users. Headquartered in Ipswich, MA, EBSCO employs more than 2,700 people worldwide, with most embracing hybrid or remote work models. As an AI-enabled service leader, we thrive on innovation, forward-thinking strategies, and the dedication of our exceptional team. At EBSCO, we're driven to inspire, empower and support research. Our mission is to transform lives by providing reliable and relevant information - when, where and how people need it. We're seeking dynamic, creative individuals whose diverse perspectives will help us achieve this global, inclusive mission. Join us to help make an impact.

Your Opportunity

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Financial Analyst to support our Go-To-Market (GTM) Finance team. This role partners closely with Sales, Marketing, and Product leaders to provide financial insights that drive revenue growth, optimize investments, and improve business performance.

The ideal candidate is hands-on, analytical, and comfortable working cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment. This individual will support forecasting, budgeting, performance reporting, and ad hoc analysis across sales, marketing, and product initiatives, helping leadership make data-driven decisions.

This remote position is U.S.-based only (excluding U.S. territories) with some travel to our Ipswich, MA campus for larger meetings.

What You'll Do

• Engage as support and act as a business partner with the leaders of the business you are assigned to, maintaining a productive relationship that improves understanding of KPIs, their associated financials & P&Ls, and facilitates effective decision making
• Work closely with department heads to develop annual budgets, long-range expense plans (3yr), and monthly forecasts
• Prepare and distribute timely and insightful financial analysis to determine progress against budget and long-range plans
• Execute monthly reporting and forecast analysis that facilitates business decisions
• Actively interpret and review monthly financial results with business leaders, including variance analysis of current trends, to identify and communicate potential risks and opportunities
• Evolve the various forecasting, budgeting, and other tools to ensure that accuracy and quality are always improving
• Complete and contribute to special projects as needed, such as internal business proposals and business cases, vendor and prepaid tracking, headcount reporting, acquisition support, and other ad hoc requests.

• 1-2 years of professional work experience in financial analysis, financial/strategic planning, and/or budgeting preferably within a technology and/or subscription-based revenue company
• Track record of experience in working through planning cycles
• Experience with SAP, Board, or similar planning and ERP tools
• Skilled with MS Office Suite, specifically Excel

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business
• Strong analytical & problem-solving skills with the ability to identify key trends and drivers within financial data with experience to translate that into meaningful information
• Strong communication skills and ability to partner with all levels of the organization
• Bias for action with a high degree of self-motivation to work with minimal supervision.
• Team player who is comfortable being coached
• Working knowledge of accounting and finance principles, GAAP