Financial Analyst POST NUMBER: 474884

Overview

A growing, privately held organization is looking to add a Financial Analyst to its team. This role will partner closely with the Finance Manager and broader business leaders to support planning, reporting, and strategic analysis across the organization.

This is a high-impact position for someone who enjoys digging into data, building insights, and working cross-functionally to help guide business decisions.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Support the budgeting and forecasting process, including gathering inputs and tracking performance against plan
• Assist with monthly close deliverables, including variance analysis and reporting packages
• Analyze financial results and identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement
• Partner with teams across operations, commercial, and leadership to validate assumptions and improve forecast accuracy
• Build and maintain financial models to support scenario analysis and business initiatives
• Help prepare presentations and reporting materials for leadership review
• Contribute to long-range planning and strategic initiatives
• Identify ways to streamline reporting and improve existing financial processes

What Success Looks Like

• Able to translate financial data into clear, actionable insights
• Builds strong relationships across teams and becomes a go-to finance partner
• Demonstrates attention to detail while managing multiple priorities
• Comfortable working both independently and collaboratively

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
• ~2–4 years of experience in financial analysis, accounting, or related role
• Experience working with financial data in an ERP or reporting system
• Strong Excel skills (modeling, analysis, data manipulation)
• Exposure to budgeting, forecasting, or month-end processes preferred
• Ability to communicate effectively with both finance and non-finance stakeholders

Nice to Have

• Experience with data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.)
• Familiarity with financial planning tools or large datasets
• Background in a fast-paced or growing organization

Why This Role

• High visibility to leadership
• Opportunity to influence key business decisions
• Strong exposure across multiple areas of the business
• Clear path for growth within finance

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 within Vaco/Highspring 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.