Financial Analyst

The role

This Financial Analyst will manage accounts payable, expense coding, payment operations, and financial reporting. The role focuses on automating manual processes and providing visibility into cash requirements and company spending.

What you will do

• Own the AP workflow including invoice intake, approval, and payment.
• Code expenses across GL accounts, departments, cost centers, projects, and reporting categories.
• Run payment cycles and prepare payment reports for Finance leadership.
• Maintain AP aging and vendor schedules to help understand upcoming cash requirements.
• Investigate duplicate invoices, missing approvals, incorrect coding, vendor discrepancies, and payment issues.
• Partner with teams across the business to improve invoice, expense, and purchasing processes.
• Support month-end AP reconciliations, accruals, expense analysis, and supporting schedules.
• Prepare reporting around company spending, vendors, payments, outstanding liabilities, and expense trends.
• Identify repetitive manual work and help implement workflows, integrations, and automation.
• Take on projects across cash forecasting, budgeting, reporting, financial analysis, and finance systems.

Required 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.
• A solid understanding of accounting fundamentals, including AP, GL coding and reconciliations.
• Strong Excel and Google Sheets skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Clear communication skills.
• A high degree of ownership.
• Curiosity about systems, automation, and how technology can make Finance better.
• Comfort operating in an environment where processes are still evolving.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and generous company equity
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance – 99.99% of premiums covered by Cantina
• 42 days of paid time off, including 15 PTO days, 10 sick days, 15 company holidays, and 2 floating holidays
• Generous parental leave & fertility support
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Lifestyle spending account – $500/month
• Complimentary lunch and snacks for in-office employees
• One Medical membership

About the company

Cantina is a new social platform founded by Sean Parker with the most advanced AI character creator. Their bots are lifelike, social creatures that can interact across voice, video, and text.