Financial Analyst

Overall Scope: To support our continued growth opportunities, Gold’s Gym is currently searching for Financial Analyst candidates to fill an opening in our Accounting & Finance department. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated individual to join a growing company and to become a part of the most famous brand in fitness.

Responsibilities: 

Operations Finance

• Support the annual budgeting process, including development of monthly budgets for the next calendar year for individual gyms.
• Support long-range planning for corporate growth through acquisition, new site development and roll-out of new service offerings to existing facilities.
• Intra-month score-carding and reporting to facilitate executive level decision-making.
• Member and customer analysis to provide insight regarding new member sales, gym usage, gym traffic and member attrition.
• Revenue modeling and analysis to support pricing and volume decisions for existing facilities and new locations.
• Expense modeling and analysis to support field and corporate expenditure initiatives.
• Additional financial and operational analysis, as required, to support gym operations, as well as near-term and long-term financial decision making.
• Analytical support of marketing, retail and concessions, corporate sales, group exercise, personal training and other departments, per request.
• Assist with month-end and year-end close as needed.

Operating Metrics and Billing Support

• Maintain all operating metrics files, including monthly upload to general ledger.
• Perform periodic audit of active member files to ensure proper recording of member status, adherence to ASC 606 revenue accounting, and member counts.
• Support billing department in monthly billing process, including periodic audit of billing files and reconciliation to active member files and other records.
• Interface with leadership team and department personnel to communicate findings.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree is required.
• Financial modeling and data-analysis skills in Microsoft Excel are required.
• Experience with ERP systems (Great Plains Microsoft Dynamics preferred)
• Experience with Financial Planning & Analysis.
• Experience with mergers & acquisitions is a plus
• Advanced Excel capabilities are required.
• Major in Finance, Accounting or Business is preferred, but not required.
• Minimum of 2 – 3+ years’ work experience in financial / accounting role is preferred.
• Knowledge of Accounting rules and mechanics is a strong plus.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required.
• Ability to learn quickly and to adapt to fast-moving analytical situations with minimal oversight and guidance is a must.