Finance Manager

Finance Manager

$120,000 -$140,000 base salary (depending on experience)

Tempe, AZ (hybrid schedule)

Vaco has partnered with a respected company in the education space to find their next Finance Manager. This role provides leadership over corporate budgeting, forecasting, and monthly financial planning cycles, while delivering insights to drive strategic decisions. You will develop and maintain KPIs and dashboards, streamline reporting, and partner across teams to support key initiatives and process improvements. If this aligns with your experience, we encourage you to apply.

• Immense growth opportunity

Flexible, results-driven work environment

Competitive and rewarding compensation structure

• Lead corporate budgeting, forecasting, and monthly financial planning cycles, including model ownership and scenario analysis.
• Drive close‑related analytics, variance commentary, and performance insights to support senior leadership decisions.
• Develop and maintain KPIs, dashboards, and reporting tools to measure operational and financial performance.
• Partner across operations, accounting, and business units to support strategic initiatives and validate financial assumptions.
• Identify process improvements, enhance financial models, and streamline reporting to improve accuracy and speed of insights.

• Power BI and advanced Excel experience required
• Education industry experience preferred
• BS in finance or related field required

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.

Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer 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 federal, state or local law.

Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and / or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact  .

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