Financial Analyst III

Pyramid Consulting, Inc; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Pyramid Consulting, Inc. is seeking a Financial Analyst III for a 12-month contract in Sunnyvale, CA. The role is hybrid with potential for extension based on performance and business needs.

The candidate should bring 4 years in finance/accounting/procurement or vendor operations with transactional focus, strong knowledge of accruals, OpEx/CapEx, and cashflow. Proficiency in SAP/Oracle/NetSuite and advanced Excel/Sheets is required, along with excellent communication and data-analysis skills.

Qualifications

• Four years of experience in a finance, accounting, procurement, or vendor operations role with a focus on transactional processing.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of accruals and ability to explain and apply the differences between accrued, invoiced, and paid, aligning month-end positions.
• Solid understanding of OpEx versus CapEx treatment and when to capitalize versus expense and when to involve Accounting.
• Strong cashflow literacy and understanding of timing between contract execution, upfront payment, delivery, invoicing, and cash outflow; awareness of PO terms.
• Proficiency with financial management systems (SAP, Oracle, NetSuite) and MS Office/Google Suite with advanced Excel/Sheets skills.
• Solid grasp of fundamental accounting (AP/AR, GL) and PO-to-Pay workflows.
• Ability to work with large datasets and in ambiguous environments; high attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication with stakeholders and data-quality discipline.
• Experience applying AI tooling in finance contexts with judgment on trusted outputs.
• Track record of identifying inefficiencies and driving concrete improvements.

Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end financial processes and governance for contracted engagements.
• Communicate with internal and external stakeholders, maintaining data quality and strict approval gates.
• Identify inefficiencies in existing processes and drive measurable improvements.

Skills

P2P

Vendor Management

Budget Management

Finance Operations

Tools

SAP

Oracle

NetSuite

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

Immediate need for a talented Financial Analyst III. This is a 12 Months Contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Sunnyvale, CA (Hybrid).

Job ID:26-28683

Pay Range: $50 - $60/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Skills: -P2P, Vendor Management, Budget Management, Finance Operations
• 4 years of experience in a finance, accounting, procurement, or vendor operations role with a focus on transactional processing.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of accruals — able to explain and apply the difference between accrued, invoiced, and paid, and build a defensible month-end position where delivery and invoicing are out of sync.
• Solid understanding of OpEx versus CapEx treatment — able to reason about how a given engagement should be classified, what drives capitalization versus expensing, and when to elevate to Accounting rather than deciding alone.
• Strong cashflow literacy — understands the timing gap between contract execution, upfront payment, delivery, acceptance, invoice, and cash out, and how PO structure and payment terms drive it.
• Proficiency with financial management systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite) and MS Office Suite / Google Suite (particularly advanced Excel/Sheets skills).
• Strong understanding of fundamental accounting principles (AP/AR, general ledger) and financial workflows (PO-to-Pay).
• Comfortable working with large datasets and operating in ambiguous environments.
• Excellent organizational skills and a high degree of attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with internal and external stakeholders, including holding a firm line on data quality and approval gates Works with a sense of urgency for critical business requests.
• Customer service oriented person, focused on quality communication with a bias for action.
• Demonstrated use of AI tooling in a finance or operations context, with sound judgment about where AI output can be trusted and where it must be verified — particularly for financial figures, vendor-facing communication, and anything entering a system of record Track record of identifying inefficiencies in an existing process and driving a concrete improvement, with evidence of the impact.
• Comfortable working in spreadsheets and workflow tools at a level beyond basic data entry — building repeatable reconciliations, validations, and checks rather than re-performing them manually each cycle

Our client is a leading Tech Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions.

Pyramid Consulting, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.