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Financial Analyst

United States, Palo Alto · Job Posted April 05, 2026
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Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Financial Analyst to join our team in the Palo Alto area, on a contract basis. In this role, you will provide critical support to the finance director by streamlining operational financial planning and analysis (FP&A) processes and ensuring accurate reporting. This position is ideal for someone who is detail-oriented, experienced in advanced financial tasks, and comfortable collaborating across departments.

Job Responsibility

  • Generate and manage detailed expense reports to ensure accurate tracking and analysis
  • Oversee headcount reporting and forecasting processes to align with organizational goals
  • Develop and maintain budgets while providing precise forecasting to support decision-making
  • Assist in month-end closing activities, including identifying accruals and reconciling accounts
  • Review and analyze open purchase order (PO) reports to ensure proper management
  • Monitor and manage expenses, with a focus on marketing spend, ensuring cost efficiency
  • Scrub, validate, and analyze financial data to maintain integrity and reliability
  • Collaborate with vendors to investigate invoices and resolve discrepancies in PO closures
  • Partner with non-finance business stakeholders to provide financial insights and guidance

Requirements

  • Proven expertise in expense and headcount management
  • Strong knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, and accrual accounting practices
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel, including pivot tables and lookup functions
  • Ability to work effectively with non-finance business partners and communicate financial concepts clearly
  • Experience in investigating vendor invoices and managing purchase order closures
  • Familiarity with services related to detail orientation and associated financial processes is preferred
  • Adept at financial analysis, modeling, and variance analysis
  • Strong analytical skills, including data mining techniques to extract and interpret financial data

Nice to have

Familiarity with services related to detail orientation and associated financial processes is preferred

What we offer

  • medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance
  • eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan

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