Financial Analyst

Haffner's: A Regional Leader Fueled by Family, Integrity, and Safety.

At Haffner's, we're more than a company – we're a family. As a prominent wholesale fuel distributor in New England, we've established a strong presence, managing gas stations, convenience stores, car washes, and food service locations. Our renowned Haffner's brand operates across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine.

We go beyond fuel distribution, offering heating oil, propane, and HVAC services to 45,000 customers across the region. Our commitment to integrity and safety is unwavering; it's in everything we do. We prioritize building relationships and consistently doing the right thing.

Our culture thrives on growth, innovation, and excellence. As a part of our team, you'll contribute to our ongoing success, embracing the core values of "Fueled by Family," "Do the right thing," "Safety in everything we do,” and “Be resourceful.”

Job Summary:

The Financial Analyst partners with the Director of Financial Planning & Analysis and business leaders across the organization to support financial planning, reporting, forecasting, and business analysis. This role is responsible for evaluating financial and operational performance, developing financial models, identifying trends, and providing data-driven insights that support strategic decision-making across retail, energy, fleet, car wash, and real estate operations.

The position serves as a key business partner to finance and operational teams, helping leaders understand performance, improve profitability, enhance operational efficiency, and achieve organizational goals. Success in this role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to translate complex financial and operational data into clear, actionable recommendations.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Assist with annual budget and period reforecasting activities across multiple business units.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial analyses comparing actual results to budget, forecast, and prior-year performance.
• Develop and maintain financial models to support strategic initiatives, acquisitions, capital projects, new site development, and operational improvements
• Support periodic forecasting and scenario analysis to assist management with decision-making
• Create ad hoc financial and operational reports to support departmental decision-making and identify opportunities for optimization
• Conduct market research and industry analysis to support growth initiatives and strategic planning
• Assist with the development and maintenance of KPI dashboards and business intelligence reporting tools
• Evaluate the financial performance of marketing programs, pricing initiatives, loyalty programs, and operational projects.
• Partner with operational leaders to provide financial insights that improve performance and support strategic initiatives.
• Other duties as assigned.

Expectations:

• Assist in the preparation of the annual budget.
• Assist in the preparation of monthly and quarterly actual to budget performance including analysis of data. Identify trends, variances and area of concern.
• Provide valuable foresight and decision support through effective business intelligence.
• Work with senior management on strategic deep dives by developing financial models and insights on topics such as capital planning and tracking, return on investment of strategic initiatives, event tracking and execution.
• Assist with the development of key performance indicators, financial analytics and other ad-hoc reports.
• Participate in cross-functional projects focused on profitability improvement and process optimization.