Sr Financial Analyst

Vaco by Highspring; Tempe (AZ); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High visibility

Budgeting ownership

Forecasting focus

Reporting improvements

Job summary

Vaco by Highspring seeks a Senior Financial Analyst in Tempe, AZ to support planning, forecasting, reporting, and decision-making across multiple business units. The role emphasizes partnering with leadership, driving process improvements, and delivering actionable insights for strategy.

The position offers a ~base salary with bonus potential and a hybrid schedule (4 days in office, 1 day remote) in Tempe, AZ. Strong Excel skills and experience with BI tools are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting required.
• 3+ years in FP&A, financial analysis, corporate finance or related.
• Advanced Excel skills required.

Responsibilities

• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning for multiple areas.
• Analyze monthly performance, identify trends, and provide actionable insights to leadership.
• Create and maintain reports, dashboards, and KPIs for decision-making.

Skills

FP&A

Financial analysis

Corporate finance

Advanced Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Vaco has partnered with an exciting company to hire a Senior Financial Analyst in Tempe, Arizona!

This position offers the opportunity to work in a highly visible role supporting financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and business decision-making across multiple areas of the organization. The ideal candidate will enjoy partnering with leadership, driving process improvements, and providing insights that help shape business strategy.

$90,000-$110,000 base salary + bonus (depending on experience)

Tempe, AZ (Hybrid - 4 days in office, 1 day remote)

Perks and Opportunities:

• High-visibility role with exposure to leadership and key business stakeholders.
• Opportunity to own budgeting and forecasting activities for multiple business units.
• Strong mix of strategic analysis and hands‑on financial planning responsibilities.
• Opportunity to build reporting tools, enhance processes, and improve data quality.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities for multiple areas of the business.
• Analyze monthly financial performance, identify trends and variances, and provide actionable insights to leadership.
• Create and maintain financial reports, dashboards, and key performance indicators to support decision-making.
• Develop financial models and business analyses to support growth initiatives, investments, and operational planning.
• Partner closely with Finance, Accounting, and business leaders to ensure accurate reporting and alignment with organizational objectives.
• Support strategic decision-making through ad hoc analysis, forecasting, and scenario modeling.
• Prepare presentations and reporting materials for executive leadership and key stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives related to financial reporting, data quality, and business processes.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field (Required).
• 3+ years of FP&A, financial analysis, corporate finance, or related experience (Required).
• Advanced Excel skills (Required).
• Experience in financial services or another highly regulated industry (Preferred).
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or other reporting and visualization tools (Preferred).
• Experience with forecasting, budgeting, financial modeling, and management reporting (Preferred).

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual's skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's 401(k) retirement plan.

Additional disclaimer:

Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.

Equal Opportunity Notice

Highspring LLC (d/b/a Vaco by Highspring) and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries ("we," "our," or "Vaco by Highspring") are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by applicable law. The company is also committed to ensuring that persons who need them are provided with reasonable accommodations; if an accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [e-mail].

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

Representation Notice

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. Additionally, you agree to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. Lastly, you agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

For residents of Ontario, Canada only: to the extent the position for employment is not with Highspring or not otherwise noted as vacant above, candidate should be informed that this role is to replace a presently employed person at Vaco by Highspring's client.

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Vaco by Highspring respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.

• California residents may access Vaco by Highspring HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring's use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client's use of AI products in hiring.

Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations; and
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or participation in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's retirement plan (or similar retirement benefits).