Financial Analyst

Ready Seafood Company is a rapidly growing wholesale lobster business located up and down the coast of Maine with headquarters based in Saco, ME. As the largest lobster processing facility in the State, we have quickly become a leading seafood exporter, shipping millions of pounds of live lobster, fresh HPP, cooked and whole frozen lobster meat to nearly every corner of the world. With over 200 employees, our team-based employee model makes for a competitive, fast-paced work environment with tremendous growth opportunities.

We are looking for a Financial Analyst to join our growing team!

Our core values are team, adaptability, forward thinking and authenticity.

Reports to: Finance Manager

Position Summary:

This role is responsible for compiling, analyzing, and reporting key metrics of the business. This role will primarily support the various department leaders across the organization as well as the company’s broader finance function. The successful candidate must be able to interpret data and understand connections. The ability to think in terms of cost accounting and reporting are essential. Candidates must consider themselves super-users in Excel.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Build and update daily, weekly, and monthly reports and dashboards for various business units (e.g. sales, logistics, operations, purchasing)
• Assist with the annual budget and quarterly forecasting processes
• Assist with monthly and quarterly corporate reporting requirements
• Assemble monthly financial outputs for monthly business unit meetings
• Maintain accurate and organized databases of operational and financial metrics
• Perform other ad-hoc projects for operations and finance teams as needed

Specific Duties/Projects:

• Weekly sales reports
• Weekly Plant KPI Reports (Yields, Volume, Labor)
• Weekly Piecework Calculation
• Daily production profitability reporting
• Monthly Inventory Reporting
• Compiling month-end financial summaries to each business unit
• Assist with building templates for annual budget and quarterly forecasting processes
• Ad hoc sales pricing requests for new products

Knowledge & Skills Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree, Business, Finance, Accounting, or Economics preferred
• Excel super user
• Basic Excel usage is not adequate.
• Familiarity with ERP/Database systems
• Basic understanding of financial statements
• Ability to summarize data and/or reports into actionable items for business leaders in the company
• Excellent accuracy of data compilation
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills

Work Environment:

This job operates in a clerical, office setting. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Ready Seafood is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Ready Seafood does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.