Financial Analyst

About the Role

Cantina is building a Finance function to scale with a fast-growing company and seeks a Financial Analyst to help build it. This is a hands-on role focused on accounts payable, expense coding, payment operations, and financial reporting, aiming to improve accuracy, efficiency, and visibility into cash requirements and spending through technology, automation, and better workflows.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the AP workflow: Manage invoices from intake through approval and payment, ensuring accuracy, proper documentation, and adherence to schedule.
• Maintain clean financial data: Code expenses across the correct GL accounts, departments, cost centers, projects, and reporting categories for reliable financial reporting.
• Run payment cycles: Prepare payment batches and clear reports for Finance leadership, highlighting upcoming obligations, exceptions, and areas needing attention.
• Monitor obligations: Maintain AP aging and vendor schedules to inform Finance of upcoming cash requirements.
• Problem-solve: Investigate and resolve issues such as duplicate invoices, missing approvals, incorrect coding, vendor discrepancies, and payment problems.
• Partner across teams: Collaborate with various business units to streamline invoice approvals, expense coding, and purchasing processes.
• Support the month-end close: Assist with AP reconciliations, accruals, expense analysis, and supporting schedules.
• Generate insights from transactions: Prepare reporting on company spending, vendors, payments, outstanding liabilities, and expense trends.
• Automate processes: Identify repetitive manual tasks and assist in implementing improved workflows, integrations, and automation.
• Grow responsibilities: Undertake projects in cash forecasting, budgeting, reporting, financial analysis, and finance systems as development progresses.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Excel and Google Sheets proficiency, with confidence working with financial data.
• Comfort operating in an environment with evolving processes.

Qualifications

• 0–2 years of experience in accounting, finance, or a related analytical role.
• A degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, or a related field.
• Solid understanding of accounting fundamentals, including AP, GL coding, and reconciliations.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Clear communication skills and confidence working with cross-functional teams.
• High degree of ownership.
• Curiosity about systems, automation, and how technology can improve Finance.