Financial Analyst

About RugsUSA

Since launching in 1998, Rugs USA has established itself as a leading innovative online destination for an extensive variety of high-quality, on-trend area rugs at prices customers won’t find anywhere else. Passionate about the impact that the perfect rug brings to a space, we foster close relationships with the designers, artisans, and factories who make our goods, giving us the ability to simplify our business model and deliver exceptional pricing and a vast assortment of styles. By guiding our customers through the rug buying process and offering a curated selection of complementary lighting and accessories, we’ve become our customers’ ultimate secret weapon in bringing their vision of home to life - at any budget.

Position Overview

The Financial Analyst will be a key member of the FP&A team, supporting financial planning, reporting, forecasting, business analysis, financial modeling, and the continued modernization of Finance reporting and analytics.

Reporting to the Senior Manager of FP&A, this role will own recurring financial and KPI reporting, support Budget and Forecast processes, build and maintain financial models, analyze business performance, and help automate and improve Finance reporting using tools including Excel, Power Query, Sigma, and Snowflake.

The ideal candidate combines a strong foundation in finance with analytical and technical capabilities. This individual should be curious about what drives business performance, comfortable working with large datasets, and motivated to improve and automate existing processes rather than simply maintain them.

*****This position is Hybrid, with 3 days required on site in our NYC office.

Essential Job Functions

Financial Planning & Reporting

• Own recurring weekly and monthly financial and KPI reporting, including data preparation, validation, variance analysis, and management commentary.
• Support monthly close and analyze performance versus Forecast, Budget, and prior year.
• Support annual Budget, periodic Forecast, Long-Range Planning, and related financial model development processes.
• Maintain reporting across key financial and operational metrics including Revenue, Demand, Units, ASP/AOV, Gross Margin, Variable Contribution, EBITDA, Cash Flow, Inventory, and Operating Expenses.
• Support preparation of executive and Board reporting and analysis.
• Track forecast performance and help identify emerging risks and opportunities.
• Build, update, and maintain financial models to support forecasting, scenario planning, business cases, and strategic decision-making.

Business Performance & Decision Support

• Analyze performance across brands, channels, customers, and product categories.
• Perform driver-based variance analysis across price, volume, mix, channel, customer, and product.
• Analyze key eCommerce performance drivers including traffic, conversion, units, pricing, promotions, returns, fulfillment costs, inventory, and profitability.
• Partner with Finance, Commercial, Merchandising, Marketing, and Operations teams to understand performance and answer business questions.
• Support pricing, promotional, inventory, margin, and profitability analyses.
• Develop scenario and sensitivity analyses to support management decision-making.
• Create driver-based models that connect operational metrics to revenue, margin, EBITDA, cash flow, working capital, and inventory outcomes.

• Translate financial and operational data into concise insights, risks, opportunities, and actionable recommendations.

Reporting, Analytics & Automation

• Build and maintain automated reporting solutions using Excel, Power Query, Power Pivot, Sigma, and Snowflake.
• Reduce manual reporting and data preparation through automation and standardized processes.
• Develop and maintain Finance dashboards and reusable reporting models.
• Design scalable Excel-based models and analytical templates with clear assumptions, outputs, sensitivities, and documentation.

• Validate and reconcile financial and operational data across multiple systems.
• Help transition spreadsheet-based reporting into scalable reporting and BI solutions where appropriate.
• Support standardized Finance KPI definitions, reporting hierarchies, and data models.

Process Improvement & Data Governance

• Identify opportunities to simplify and automate FP&A processes.
• Document key reporting processes, data sources, definitions, and controls.
• Help establish consistent Finance metrics and reporting standards.
• Support implementation and adoption of new FP&A tools, dashboards, and data models.

You Have

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Analytics, or related field.
• 2-5 years of experience in FP&A, Financial Analysis, Corporate Finance, or a related analytical role.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience with Power Query, Power Pivot, or similar analytical tools.
• Ability to build well-structured, auditable models with clear assumptions, formulas, outputs, and version control.
• Strong financial modeling and analytical capabilities, including experience building driver-based forecasts, scenario analyses, and sensitivity models.

• Working knowledge of financial statements and fundamental accounting principles.
• Ability to analyze large datasets and identify meaningful business drivers.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills.

Preferred Skills

• NetSuite or similar ERP experience
• Experience with one or more business intelligence and data tools, including Power BI, Sigma, SQL, or Snowflake
• Experience in retail, consumer products, eCommerce, or an omnichannel business
• Experience building or maintaining models for demand planning, margin analysis, inventory, cash flow, customer profitability, or promotional effectiveness

Experience with every preferred technology is not required. Candidates with strong financial and analytical capabilities and demonstrated ability to learn new technologies are encouraged to apply.

Your Life and Career at RugsUSA

• A culture that promotes a healthy work/life balance
• Benefits package offered to all eligible full-time employees (including medical, dental, vision, PTO, 401(k)
• Exposure to career advancement opportunities across all departments
• Generous employee discount that can be used across our house of brands!