Senior Financial Analyst

Mayo Clinic; Escondido (CA); On-site; USD 122,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid learning

Health coverage

Mentorship

Flexible Escondido, CA setup

Job summary

Mayo Clinic in Escondido, CA seeks a Senior Financial Analyst for a 5-year, temporary assignment with a senior stake in strategic direction. The role covers capital approvals, audit-ready documentation, payroll and vendor payments, and journal-entry oversight, with a focus on tax compliance and forecasting.

Ideal candidates bring 6+ years in finance, mentoring experience, and comfort with a dynamic, high-standards environment.

Qualifications

• At least 6 years building expertise within the finance space.
• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support senior teammates.
• Hands-on familiarity with Tax Compliance, sharpened by Forecasting side projects.
• Ability to read a room and adapt in a temporary, high-focus environment.

Responsibilities

• Keep capital-expenditure approvals flowing with clear documentation.
• Walk auditors through documentation so it answers itself.
• Process payroll, expense reports, and vendor payments accurately.
• Own the senior sign-off on journal entries above the threshold.
• Audit travel and entertainment spend and enforce policy.
• Track grant funding, restricted accounts, and compliance reporting.
• Build the close documentation a new senior hire could follow.

Skills

Finance experience

Mentor/coach

SQL

Journal entries

Tools

SQL

Tax Compliance

Forecasting

Job description

Think of this Senior Financial Analyst opening as the financial conscience of Mayo Clinic's Escondido, CA operation. This is $122,000 - $168,000 for 5 years of Innovation, a temporary schedule, and a senior stake in where Mayo Clinic heads next.

Key Responsibilities

• Keep capital-expenditure approvals flowing without losing the paper trail
• Walk auditors through documentation so clean it answers itself
• Process payroll, expense reports, and vendor payments accurately
• Own the senior sign-off on journal entries above the threshold
• Audit travel and entertainment spend without becoming the bad guy
• Track grant funding, restricted accounts, and compliance reporting
• Build the close documentation a new senior hire could follow blind

What You'll Bring

• At least 6 years building expertise within the finance space
• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support senior teammates
• Sound instincts for reading a room you've never been in before
• Comfort with temporary arrangements and the rhythms of a quality-focused workplace
• Roughly 6+ years operating in a similar Senior Financial Analyst position
• Hands-on familiarity with Tax Compliance, sharpened by Forecasting side projects

We started Mayo Clinic in an Escondido garage because the finance status quo deserved a deeply technical reckoning. We keep the temporary workload sustainable so your best SQL work isn't your last gasp.

Salary opens at $122,000 - $168,000 and the perks compound:

• paid learning
• health coverage
• mentorship
• a flexible Escondido, CA setup

Updated today, this Senior Financial Analyst req has fresh dates and an open invitation.