Financial Analyst

Position:
Financial Analyst

Location: Mostly Remote – Raleigh, Durham area preferred

A growing, private?equity?backed SaaS company is seeking a Financial Analyst to join its finance team during a period of continued growth and scale. This role is fully remote and offers meaningful exposure to forecasting, budgeting, financial modeling, and cross?functional decision support.

This position is ideal for an early?career analyst (approximately 1–5 years of experience) who is highly analytical, quick on their feet, and comfortable working independently in a fast?paced environment. The most important qualities for success are strong problem?solving ability, intellectual curiosity, and exceptional Excel skills.

• Highly analytical and able to think on your feet
• Curious and motivated to deeply understand how a SaaS business operates
• Comfortable taking ownership from problem definition through recommendation
• Able to communicate insights clearly to non?finance stakeholders
• Collaborative, low?ego, and proactive in a remote environment

• Mostly remote role with direct impact on company?wide planning and decision?making.
• Exposure to senior finance leadership and high?visibility projects
• Opportunity to build broad FP&A experience early in your career
• High level of autonomy and trust to own your work
• Supportive, collaborative team culture with strong mentorship
• Hands?on exposure to modern ERP and FP&A / planning tools

• Support annual budgeting, forecasting, and periodic reforecasting across revenue, headcount, and operating expenses
• Build, maintain, and improve financial models (P&L, SaaS metrics, cohort analysis, unit economics, scenarios)
• Analyze revenue trends, operating expenses, and key SaaS KPIs (e.g., ARR, retention, LTV/CAC) and translate findings into actionable insights
• Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reporting packages, including variance analysis versus budget, forecast, and prior periods
• Partner cross?functionally with teams such as Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Operations, and Product on financial questions and investment decisions
• Support the development and maintenance of dashboards and reporting across Excel/Sheets, ERP, CRM, and FP&A tools
• Assist with ad hoc analysis and special projects related to pricing, new initiatives, resource allocation, and scenario planning
• Contribute to continuous improvement of financial processes, reporting quality, and automation
• Support FP&A systems and planning tools, helping structure models, maintain data integrity, and enable business users

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
• 1–5 years of experience in financial analysis, FP&A, corporate finance, or a highly analytical accounting role
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills (financial modeling, complex formulas, pivot tables, scenario analysis)
• Strong analytical and problem?solving skills with high attention to detail
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and handle ambiguity
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• High ownership mindset, intellectual curiosity, and comfort building structure from scratch

• Experience in a SaaS or subscription?based business
• Exposure to FP&A or planning tools (e.g., Pigment, Anaplan, Adaptive, Planful, or similar)
• Experience working with ERP and CRM systems (e.g., Net Suite, Salesforce, or similar)
• Background in a private?equity?backed or high?growth environment
• Familiarity with BI tools or basic SQL (not 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…