Does a fresh Excel spreadsheet hold endless possibilities for you? If so, this role may just be the prefect fit! We’re looking for a Financial Analyst to join our FP&A team. This role will support budgeting, forecasting, monthly reporting, and financial analysis across different areas of the business.
You’ll work closely with the FP&A team, Accounting, and business partners to understand financial results, identify key trends, and support business decisions. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working with numbers, wants to learn the business, and is interested in finding better and more efficient ways to work.
This role operates on a hybrid schedule and will require to work from our HQ located in the City of Industry, CA three days a week.
• Support the annual budget, forecasts, and monthly financial planning and reporting.
• Prepare and maintain financial models, reports, and supporting schedules.
• Analyze monthly results and explain key variances versus budget, forecast, and prior year.
• Work with Accounting during month-end close to review actuals, accruals, reclasses, and other financial activity.
• Prepare monthly reporting and presentations for management.
• Work with business partners to understand spending, business trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Help maintain recurring reports and ensure financial information is accurate and complete.
• Work with financial and operational data from different systems to support analysis and reporting.
• Look for opportunities to simplify, improve, and automate existing reports and processes.
• Support ad hoc financial analysis and other projects as needed.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field preferred.
• 2–3 years of relevant experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or financial analysis.
• Strong Excel skills and experience building and maintaining financial models.
• Solid understanding of financial statements, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable working both independently and as part of a team.
• Experience in retail or another multi-location business.
• Experience with enterprise planning/reporting systems such as Oracle.
• Interest in leveraging AI and automation to improve financial analysis, reporting and processes.
• Experience working with BI and data visualization tools.
At Hot Topic we pride ourselves on being the destination of pop culture and music merchandise. We do this by hiring the best people, having the best product, and providing the best customer experience for our one-of-a-kind fans.
Founded in 1989 in a Southern California garage, Hot Topic employs over 10,000 associates between 600+ retail locations, our headquarters, and two distribution centers. We give back to our communities in our partnerships with Mental Health America, Notes for Notes, and The Trevor Project.
We strive for HT Inc. to be an inclusive place where every individual can be successful, build their career, contribute to the company, our customers and community - AND HAVE FUN DOING IT!
When you join us, you become a part of something bigger. You join gifted individuals who are passionate about creating the best retail experience, best product, and a fierce connection to our brand. With talent from diverse backgrounds, we’ve assembled a group of highly motivated and driven individuals to achieve this common goal.
Our Values
This is what we do to be successful and how we do it:
- Focus on the success of our teammates
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement
- Everybody is responsible for the customer experience
- Infuse fun into everything we do
- Strive to do the right thing
Work doesn't have to feel like work here at HT! Learn more about our current opportunities and how you can become a part of the fandom at workatht.com.
