Financial Analyst (Full time)

Who We Are:

Goodwill NCW is a nonprofit organization with a mission of elevating people by eliminating barriers to employment. Our unwavering commitment to understanding and addressing the unique needs of our communities drives us to continuously evolve. Together, we transform lives through skill building for sustained employment and improved financial stability. We are proud of the life-transforming impact we make in our communities and to our planet with the help of our donors and shoppers.  

What You’ll Get To Do:

• Serves as the primary finance partner for all Donated Goods Retail (DGR) business units, marketing, and other teams by providing comprehensive financial and analytical support—including budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis. Collaborates closely with budget owners to identify, evaluate, and communicate business results, trends, and outlooks, ensuring alignment with strategic and operational goals.
• Identifies and articulates key business drivers and assumptions, analyzing their sensitivity and impact on financial outcomes.
• Collaborates to enhance forecast accuracy, identify and monitor key drivers, and translate trends into actionable insights for business leaders.
• Establishes and updates reporting, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and dashboards to inform decision-making process and support achievement of results.
• Frame, develop, and execute ad hoc analyses using financial, store, product, staffing, and customer data to answer strategic business questions, evaluate ROI (including production scenarios and cost-benefit assessments), and generate actionable insights and recommendations.
• Provides clear, actionable financial insights through analysis and communication, helping internal stakeholders understand key drivers, results, and opportunities to improve performance. Promotes transparency across the organization.
• Helps identify, evaluate and implement continuous improvements to improve efficiencies, automate processes and enhance effectiveness.
• Works across organization to develop reports for ad-hoc requests as they arise. Reviews data sets and reports for accuracy, validity and data integrity.
• Other duties as assigned.

What We Need From You:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field is preferred.
• 3+ years of experience in accounting/financial analysis role.
• Strong analytical and data gathering skills, logical decision making and troubleshooting skills with the ability to problem solve in a timely manner.
• Demonstrated ability to approach problems with structured, critical thinking and to challenge assumptions constructively.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with a diverse audience and all levels of management. 
• Demonstrated track record of delivering high-quality, reliable financial analysis and recommendations
• Excellent time management and prioritization skills, the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Thorough business and/or industry knowledge and strong business analytics skills.
• Budgeting and forecasting experience.
• Advanced level of competency with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Outlook.
• Experience with common reporting and dashboard tools.
• Ability to learn and understand new software and other technology applications as applicable.

Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.