Senior Financial Analyst

Gilder Search Group; Renton, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

HSA/FSA plans

Retirement plan with employer match

Generous PTO + holidays

Job summary

SumBridge is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst in Renton, WA for a hybrid role requiring residency in Washington State. The position offers $110,000–$130,000 annually and directs budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis across units and programs.

You will work with GAAP expertise, build financial models, and develop dashboards in Power BI to inform leadership decisions. Direct hire, full-time with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance with 4–6 years of financial analysis and budgeting experience.
• Strong command of GAAP and financial analysis; working knowledge of financial planning systems.
• Advanced MS Excel—complex formulas, pivots, and lookups.
• Hands-on financial modeling from scratch with scenario and driver-based forecasting.
• Power BI experience for building reports and dashboards.
• Clear writing and confident presentation skills; able to present to executives.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and contribute to the annual budget and quarterly forecasts alongside a team of financial analysts.
• Analyze revenue and expense, balance sheet, and cash flow statements at the operating-unit and organization level.
• Identify trends, opportunities, and improvement areas through analysis and modeling.
• Build and analyze pre-award grant budgets, and review budget-to-actual results with program stakeholders, fund development, and grants management.
• Translate results into narratives, visualizations, and conversations that land with senior leaders.
• Prepare ad hoc financial models pulling data from a variety of disparate systems.
• Own the financial reporting components of annual regulatory reports to state and federal agencies.
• Administer the FP&A system and its related internal controls, and support a new system implementation — including stakeholder adoption.
• Help build out treasury management within the FP&A function and support the annual risk management policy renewal

Skills

Hands-on financial modeling

Advanced analytics

Strong writing & presenting

GAAP knowledge

Budgeting & forecasting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Data Science

Tools

MS Excel

Power BI

Job description

Senior Financial Analyst

SumBridge | Accounting and Finance Professional Services

Location: Renton, WA — hybrid (must reside in Washington State)

Compensation: $110,000 – $130,000, depending on skills and experience

Employment type: Direct hire, full-time

What you'll do

• Coordinate and contribute to the annual budget and quarterly forecasts alongside a team of financial analysts
• Analyze revenue and expense, balance sheet, and cash flow statements at the operating-unit and organization level
• Identify trends, opportunities, and improvement areas through analysis and modeling
• Build and analyze pre-award grant budgets, and review budget-to-actual results with program stakeholders, fund development, and grants management
• Translate results into narratives, visualizations, and conversations that land with senior leaders
• Prepare ad hoc financial models pulling data from a variety of disparate systems
• Own the financial reporting components of annual regulatory reports to state and federal agencies
• Administer the FP&A system and its related internal controls, and support a new system implementation — including stakeholder adoption

Help build out treasury management within the FP&A function and support the annual risk management policy renewal

What you'll bring

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, with 4–6 years of financial analysis and budgeting experience and 2+ years working with NFP or government contracts is desired — or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Strong command of GAAP, management accounting, and financial analysis; working knowledge of financial planning systems
• Advanced MS Excel — complex formulas, pivots, and lookups — with real fluency pulling and reconciling data from systems that don't talk to each other
• Hands-on financial modeling experience: building models from scratch, scenario and sensitivity analysis, and driver-based forecasting
• Power BI experience for building reports and dashboards that non-finance stakeholders can actually use
• The ability to define a problem, gather the data, establish the facts, and land on a defensible conclusion — then build an action plan around it
• Clear writing and confident presentation skills; you can hold your own in front of executives and boards

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or an analytical field such as Statistics, Mathematics, or Data Science
• 2+ years in a structured program such as public accounting (audit or consulting)
• Nonprofit and/or healthcare industry experience
• CPA, CFA, or CGMA

Benefits and perks

• Medical, dental, and vision for employees and their families
• HSA and FSA plans
• Life insurance, AD&D, and disability coverage
• Retirement plan with employer match
• Generous PTO accrual, 8 holidays plus 3 floating holidays, and extended illness time away
• Compassion time away, and an extended time-off program of up to 8 weeks for staff to invest in themselves
• Employee assistance and wellness programs
• Voluntary discounted plans (critical illness, accident, identity theft, pet insurance)
• Development and growth opportunities

SumBridge and our client are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, marital status, military status, sexual orientation, sensory, physical, or mental disability, genetic information, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal law.