Financial Analyst

Smile America Partners....the leader in providing School-Based Dental Services to children.

We are seeking a Financial Analyst who will report directly to the SVP of Finance and interface with the C-Suite in almost all aspects of the business. The Financial Analyst will play an essential role in virtually all aspects of strategic decision making, financial operational analysis, and interface regularly with the senior operators across all functions of the company. This position will occasionally engage with other outside stakeholders (i.e. lenders, auditors, regulators). This position offers a salary up to $100,000 based on experience. 

Essential Functions:

• Assist the SVP Finance in leading and managing the annual financial budgeting processes.
• Partner with the SVP Finance to provide comprehensive and timely analytical responses to business partners, especially concerning financial performance, risk management, guiding business decisions, and future projections
• Manage the monthly, quarterly, and annual FP&A processes with systematic variance analysis, forecasting, and scenario planning
• Familiarity with accounting principles and practices to ensure consistency and accuracy in financial reporting.
• Serve as the critical partner to the Operations team in bringing analytics to management of the company, – key areas include field team productivity, recruiting, staffing, and all internal operations
• Evaluate and analyze strategic opportunities, build complex defensible models to support decision-making, improve cross-functional processes, systems, and automation

Financial Analysis Duties & Responsibilities:

• Develop timely and accurate financial reports and analysis on performance, financial trends, and budgets in order to assist the SVP Finance, CFO, COO, CEO, and Board of Directors.
• Evaluate and advise on the impact of the introduction of new programs/strategies.
• Provide strategic financial input and leadership on decision making issues affecting the organization; i.e., evaluation of potential alliances, acquisitions and/or mergers
• Provide technical financial advice and knowledge to others within and outside of the financial function. The ability to interface with operators with limited financial acumen is critical.
• Continual improvement of the forecasting and budgeting process through education of department managers on financial issues impacting department budgets.
• Ability to work with disparate systems and incomplete data to create meaningful reports and analytics.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Advanced to expert level MS Excel
• Strong financial modeling skills, including experience building/updating/refining three-financial statement Excel models (P&L, BS, and CFS).
• Experience with general ledger accounting, including but not limited to: support and preparation of journal entries, reconciling accounts, and preliminary review of financial statements prior to month-end close.
• 3 years minimum of financial analysis experience, accounting/GL experience is a plus.
• Healthcare experience is a plus, but not mandatory.
• Role will primarily be REMOTE in nature, with occasional in-office meetings and collaborations, as well as occasional overnight travel.
• Strong preference for those based in the metro Detroit area.

Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree minimum, and Master’s degree is a plus.
• Expert Level Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint. Power BI and SQL is a plus.

Smile America Partners is the nation's leading in-school dental program founded almost two decades ago by two moms, who happen to also be dentists. The founders saw a tremendous need among underserved school aged children who did not have easy access to dental care and who often suffered from poor oral hygiene, tooth decay, pain and associated medical problems. Knowing that many parents could not take their children to the dentist due to issues including time off from work and transportation challenges, they sought to bring the care to the need. Today, through its dental partners, Smile America Partners provides preventive and restorative care to approximately 500,000 children per year.

Tooth decay is the most common, and preventable disease among children, more common than asthma. In fact, each year, over 51 million school hours are lost due to oral health related issues.

Smile America Partners affiliates with state licensed dentists, hygienists and assistants who use state-of-the-art portable equipment to provide all services onsite, directly in the school or in a self-contained mobile dental facility on site at the school. If portable equipment is used, classrooms, auditoriums or other school venues are literally transformed into fully functional dental offices for the day. Our expertise, obtained through years of experience bringing mobile dental care to schools, as well as through our highly qualified staff, enables us to bring exceptional care with minimal disruption to the normal school routine.

Smile America Partners is currently active in 20 states and has ongoing strategic partnerships with over 8,000 school districts, including 21 of the 25 largest school districts in the country.

Given the ongoing lack of access for many underserved children across the country, our services are in great demand and we are always looking for caring, compassionate professionals to join our team and play their part in making a difference in the lives of today's underserved children.

Rewarding Work. Competitive Compensation. Smile America Partners.

Smile America Partners is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or protected veteran status.