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We make fresh, human-grade food for cats, and we've spent eight years building a brand that looks and feels as considered as the product inside the bag.\nWe're looking for a Financial Analyst to sit at the intersection of finance and operations, providing financial analysis, reporting, and business partnering across functions. You'll support and provide leverage to our Strategic Finance Manager, particularly on core recurring and strategic forecasting and planning work - turning business strategy into numbers leadership can trust.\nThis is an individual contributor role with a growth path to Senior Analyst, for someone who wants FP&A to inform operational and strategic decisions at a time to actually effect change, not after the fact.\nWhat This Role Is\nThis is the person who takes ownership of the recurring FP&A engine so our Strategic Finance Manager can spend more time on strategic work. You'll own components of the budgeting and in-year re-forecast cycle end to end - data gathering, financial modeling, and variance analysis - and support financial close by producing source materials and coordinating accurate, timely accruals with cross-functional partners. You'll also build out the automated reporting and FP&A processes that let a lean finance team punch above its weight, leveraging AI tools, FP&A software, or both.\nWhat This Role Is Not\nA generalist role - this requires explicit finance and financial modeling experience, not broad operational exposure. That said, some appetite to flex beyond core FP&A for ad-hoc analysis is a plus - the line is finance grounding, not rigidity.\nAn over-indexed strategic seat - the team already has strong strategic thinking; this role needs someone tactical and methodical who can own the mechanics of forecasting and reporting.\nWho You Are\nYou hold a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.\n\nYou have 2-4 years of experience in financial analysis, FP&A, accounting, or a related analytical role.\n\nYour Excel and financial modeling skills are advanced - you can build a forecast and variance analysis from scratch.\n\nYou have a solid grasp of the three financial statements and the drivers behind them; you can connect operational KPIs to financial line items.\n\nYou are a strong communicator who can explain a variance to non-finance stakeholders and collaborate effectively with partners across a range of financial backgrounds - we're a lean team with no translation layer, so this matters especially in partnering closely with Operations.\n\nNice to have:\nFamiliarity with AI tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex) and experience automating finance-specific workflows or otherwise using AI to improve your output.\n\nBI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker) and/or a planning tool (Vena, Pigment, Data Rails, Cube).\n\nERP exposure. (Netsuite) - if coming from the accounting side, auditing exposure is preferred over implementation exposure.)\n\nConsumer/CPG/DTC experience.\n\nWhat you’ll love about us:\nMission-Driven Company: We love cats and we're here to make nine lives ten.\n\nPeople-Driven Company: We treat our people like people; we're committed to Smalls, and we work hard but also respect everyone’s lives outside of work.\n\nData-Driven Culture: We love using data to guide decision-making where appropriate, but we also know when to move quickly and go with our gut.\n\nCompetitive Salary: Make some $$$.\n\nVery Competitive Benefits: Fully paid Health, Vision, and Dental insurance. 4-day work week. 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