Executive Business Analyst at Guardian Fire Protection Services, LLC
Rockville, MD — full-time
The Executive Business Analyst is a highly visible hybrid role that combines business and financial analysis with hands-on executive, reporting, communications, and project support. Working directly with the CEO and Executive Leadership Team (ELT), this individual contributes across a broad range of analytical, financial, communications, and strategic initiatives that shift with the priorities of the business. A significant responsibility will be coordinating and preparing the Company's monthly operating report for its private equity sponsor, Knox Lane, and the Board of Directors package. The role requires gathering and analyzing information from business leaders, synthesizing management commentary, and transforming multiple inputs into concise, accurate, and professionally written executive reports and presentations. Designed for a high-performing early-career professional, the position offers unique exposure to executive management, private equity ownership, Board reporting, acquisitions, and strategic transactions, with strong opportunity for advancement. Key Responsibilities: Executive Support & Coordination Serve as a versatile, day-to-day support resource to the CEO and executive leadership team. Draft and manage emails, correspondence, agendas, briefing materials, and presentations. Track action items, deadlines, and follow-ups across multiple projects and stakeholders. Conduct research, coordinate shifting priorities, and handle confidential information with discretion. Analytics, Reporting & Financial Analysis Build and maintain executive dashboards, scorecards, KPI reporting, Excel models, and forecasts. Analyze financial and operational performance across business units, branches, service lines, and markets - including variance, profitability, budgeting, and scenario analysis. Monitor operational KPIs (e.g., revenue growth, margin, technician utilization, service-agreement retention, quote conversion, backlog) and work with operational leaders to understand what is driving results. Translate data into concise observations and actionable recommendations and prepare supporting materials for leadership meetings and operating reviews. Board & Private Equity Reporting Coordinate and prepare the Company's monthly operating report for Knox Lane, working closely with the CEO, CFO, ELT, and business-unit leaders to gather required financial, operational, and KPI information. Analyze monthly performance and assist management in developing clear explanations of results, key variances, business trends, risks, opportunities, management actions, and forward-looking expectations. Gather comments and input from ELT members and synthesize multiple perspectives into a cohesive, concise, and professionally written management narrative. Develop and maintain executive-quality PowerPoint presentations, charts, tables, executive summaries, and supporting analyses for monthly operating reviews. Coordinate preparation of the Board of Directors package,