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Financial (Commercial Finance) Analyst

Financial (Commercial Finance) Analyst

Goodway GroupBirmingham, AL, US
2 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Financial (Commercial Finance) Analyst

Goodway Group is one of AdAge's 2025's BEST PLACES TO WORK! As an independent and remote-first media and marketing services firm with a 90+ year history, Goodway Group has the security of an established company combined with a start-up feel. With leading data-driven and technology-enabled digital media and marketing services firm with teams in the U.S. and the UK, our diverse team of digital strategists, media practitioners, technologists and data scientists have won the most prestigious awards for innovative marketing technology, impactful work and inclusive remote-first places to work including being honored as a multiyear winner in Ad Age Best Places to Work, Ad Exchanger's Best Use of Technology by an Agency Award and two MarTech Breakthrough Awards and a certified service partner to The Trade Desk.

Goodway Group is seeking a Financial Analyst to join our high-impact finance team. If you thrive in a fast-paced agency environment, are deeply experienced in revenue accounting, and get excited about building better systems, you'll love this role. This is more than a reporting role it's a critical player in transforming how we forecast, track, and support revenue growth. You'll work at the intersection of commercial finance, billing, client success, and systems, owning revenue recognition, helping lead our Adaptive Planning forecasting efforts, and partnering on reporting infrastructure in NetSuite.

What You Will Do :

  • Own month-end revenue accounting :

Prepare and post monthly revenue journal entries and related reconciliations

  • Maintain and validate revenue schedules in accordance with GAAP (ASC 606)
  • Partner with Accounting on close timelines, documentation, and audit prep
  • Support forecasting & budgeting :
  • Assist with the development and maintenance of rolling forecasts and annual budgets in Adaptive Planning

  • Populate templates, consolidate inputs, and ensure accurate uploads across departments
  • Support the Commercial Finance Manager and VP of Finance on client, pricing, and headcount assumptions, modeling, and reporting
  • Deliver meaningful reporting & analysis :
  • Prepare and distribute monthly budget-to-actual reporting with variance analysis and commentary

  • Develop and maintain client and department-level reporting tools to support decision-making
  • Build data models and what-if scenarios to support leadership initiatives
  • Drive process optimization :
  • Identify opportunities to automate, streamline, or eliminate manual workflows

  • Collaborate with the Billing and Client Experience (CX) teams to align invoicing, forecasting, and revenue recognition processes
  • Partner with relevant stakeholders to implement improvements within finance tools
  • Enhance systems & data infrastructure :
  • Help redesign reports and workflows to support a restructured financial reporting model

  • Ensure accuracy and integrity across revenue, client margin, and performance reporting
  • Leverage BI tools (Power BI, Data Warehouses) to extract and visualize actionable insights
  • Act as Subject Matter Expert for time tracking data and reporting :
  • Serve as the point person for validating, reconciling, and interpreting time entry data within NetSuite

  • Work cross-functionally with Resource Management and CX teams to ensure proper time capture and categorization
  • Maintain accurate reporting on time-based effort to support client billing, project profitability, and staffing insights
  • Be a cross-functional partner :
  • Join monthly CX and department meetings to stay aligned with initiatives and update forecasts

  • Respond to ad hoc requests from senior leadership, providing fast, accurate, and well-contextualized analysis
  • Be a visible, proactive contributor who helps elevate finance as a strategic partner
  • What You Bring :

  • 4+ years in Finance or Accounting, with strong FP&A and revenue recognition experience
  • Background in a digital marketing agency, consulting firm, or other project-based services business
  • Proven track record with month-end revenue entries, reconciliations, and reporting
  • Strong understanding of GAAP, especially ASC 606 principles
  • Experience with NetSuite and Adaptive Planning (or similar ERP / planning tools)
  • Familiarity with BI tools like Looker, Tableau, or Power BI (bonus points if you've built dashboards)
  • A process optimizer you find better, faster ways to get work done
  • Expert-level Excel / Google Sheets skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, model building)
  • Strong communicator who collaborates well with non-finance stakeholders
  • Why You'll Love It Here :

  • Fully remote-first culture work from anywhere in the U.S.
  • A collaborative, transparent team where your insights drive real business impact
  • Growth-oriented company with room for ownership, innovation, and career development
  • Competitive compensation, flexible time off, and great benefits
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