Senior Financial Analyst - Varsity Spirit Products

Location: Hybrid role based at the Varsity Brands headquarters in Farmers Branch, Texas; in-office Monday–Thursday and work from home Friday. Work hours are 8am–5pm CT.

Company

hirify.global is a Varsity Brands company serving cheerleading, dance, performing arts, band, and yearbook through apparel, educational programs, camps, clinics, competitions, and related products.

What you will do

• Support month-end close, including journal entries, accrual analysis, account reconciliations, expense review, and investigation of unusual activity.
• Prepare management reporting and executive commentary covering performance against budget, forecast, prior year, and key business metrics.
• Analyze revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, working capital, balance sheet activity, and other financial results to identify risks, opportunities, and trends.
• Lead and support annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, long-range planning, financial models, scenario analysis, and sensitivity analyses.
• Partner with Finance, Accounting, Sales, Operations, and functional leaders to validate assumptions, explain variances, and develop corrective actions.
• Improve close processes, reporting tools, forecasting, documentation, internal controls, data quality, and analytical capabilities while supporting audit requests.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.
• Five or more years of experience in accounting, financial analysis, FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, or a related finance role.
• Strong knowledge of financial statements, month-end close, journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience with SAP or other ERP, financial planning, reporting, or business intelligence systems.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, organization, and business-partnering skills, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines with limited supervision.

Nice to have

• Experience in business unit finance, manufacturing, distribution, apparel, consumer products, or a similar environment.
• Experience developing budget and forecast models, executive reporting packages, dashboards, KPI reporting, reconciliations, or automated financial analysis tools.
• CPA, CMA, MBA, or progress toward a professional certification.
• Experience with SOX, audits, internal controls, financial statement reviews, or balance sheet reconciliation requirements.

Culture & Benefits

• Health care benefits, HSA employer contributions, FSA opportunities, and a wellbeing program.
• 401(k) plan with company matching, company-paid life insurance, AD&D, and short-term disability coverage.
• Paid time off and holidays, employee ownership opportunities, employee resource groups, and financial coaching.
• Employee discounts, credit union access, and volunteer opportunities through the St. Jude partnership.
• Minimal travel, with occasional out-of-area or overnight travel based on business needs.