<p><strong>Financial Analyst</strong> </p><p><strong>The opportunity</strong> </p><p>Finance meets real-world operations. You will own the reporting and insights that help our Amusements teams make better, faster decisions - from attendance and ticket mix to labor, throughput, and spend per guest. </p><p><strong>What you'll do</strong> </p><ul><li>Develop park-level analytical views to explain performance drivers across attendance, ticket mix, pricing, labor efficiency, and guest spend — identifying trends, anomalies, and opportunities for further investigation. </li><li>Own daily and weekly KPI reporting: build and maintain dashboards, scorecards, and metric definitions the team trusts. </li><li>Partner with department leaders to turn results into action - quantify impact, surface risks, and recommend next steps. </li><li>Lead monthly department financial reviews: connect P&L results to operating drivers (volume, mix, pricing, labor productivity, controllable spend). </li><li>Support forecast and budget cycles with driver-based models and scenario analysis. </li><li>Investigate close variances and partner with Accounting/Operations to ensure accurate accruals and clean month-end storytelling. </li><li>Continuously improve analytical processes by refining metric definitions, automating recurring analysis where possible, and flagging data inconsistencies or emerging risks. </li><li>Deliver ad hoc analysis for leadership (pricing and promotions, staffing plans, hours of operation, vendor decisions, capital requests). </li><li>Conduct on-site analysis at the Gatlinburg location as needed to better understand operations, validate assumptions, build relationships with department leaders, and strengthen financial storytelling. </li></ul><p><strong>Minimum qualifications</strong> </p><ul><li>Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or equivalent practical experience. </li><li>2+ years in financial analysis, FP&A, or an analytics-heavy role; comfortable working with large datasets. </li><li>Advanced Excel skills (modeling, pivots, Power Query) and strong written/presentation communication. </li><li>High ownership, high attention to detail, and the ability to hit deadlines in a fast-moving environment. </li><li>Ability to travel at least once a week to our Gatlinburg operation. </li></ul><p><strong>Preferred qualifications</strong> </p><ul><li>Experience supporting a multi-unit, hospitality, retail, resort, or attraction operation. </li><li>Experience providing data analysis to operations or finance teams. </li><li>Power BI experience (data modeling, DAX, and dashboard building). </li><li>ERP/POS data experience (NetSuite preferred) and comfort reconciling across sources. </li><li>SQL familiarity (or strong willingness to learn). </li></ul><p><strong>Salary: $65,000-$75,000 (experience dependent).</strong> </p>