Devon Blake

Financial Analyst

Boston, MA, United States

Professional Summary

Results-driven Financial Analyst with 4+ years supporting FP&A, forecasting, and variance analysis for multi-site consumer and SaaS businesses. Strong Excel/SQL modeling, board-ready reporting, and cross-functional partnership with sales ops and product finance.

Employment History

Financial Analyst

Horizon Peak Consumer Brands · Boston, MA

Jan, 2023 · Present

Own monthly close package and rolling 12-month forecast for a $180M revenue portfolio; cut close cycle from 8 to 5 days. Built driver-based P&L models in Excel/SQL that improved forecast accuracy 12% YoY. Partner with sales ops on pricing scenarios and SKU profitability; flagged $2.1M margin leakage.

FP&A Analyst

Beacon Harbor Software · Cambridge, MA

Jun, 2021 · Dec, 2022

Supported ARR/NRR reporting and cohort retention analysis for a 220-person B2B SaaS company. Automated weekly KPI dashboards; reduced ad-hoc report requests ~40%. Prepared quarterly board pack slides with variance commentary for CFO.

Finance Intern / Junior Analyst

Harbor Trust Mutual · Boston, MA

Jun, 2019 · May, 2021

Assisted month-end journal entries, reconciliations, and expense analytics for branch operations. Built pivot-based spend trackers used by three regional managers.

Education

B.S. Finance

Northeastern University · Boston, MA

2015 · 2019

Relevant: CFA Level I candidate; Advanced Excel, SQL, Power BI

Skills

FP&A

Financial modeling

Variance analysis

Advanced Excel

SQL

Power BI

Tableau