Senior Financial Analyst

As a leading healthcare education organization, Unitek Learning’s family of schools helps thousands of students launch and accelerate their careers every year. As a rapidly growing and highly successful company, Unitek is also a great place to pursue a rewarding and challenging career. We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, unlimited growth potential, and a collegiate work environment.

We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Senior Financial Analyst to join our team, with a focus on leveraging Adaptive Planning to handle detailed data requests. Hybrid position, two days a week (Tues and Wed) in office at 1241 W Warner Rd in Tempe. The ideal candidate will have a proven ability to manage complex financial datasets, extract insights, and contribute to decision-making processes. Experience in the education industry is highly preferred, with a strong foundation in financial analysis and basic SQL knowledge.

• Work closely with various internal teams to gather, analyze, and interpret financial information from Adaptive Planning and other sources.
• Generate detailed financial reports and models to support decision-making processes.
• Develop, maintain, and improve financial models to assess business performance.
• Learn and apply basic SQL to extract and manipulate data from relevant databases for financial analysis purposes.
• Analyze historical data trends and forecast future financial performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including finance, operations, and management, to ensure alignment on business priorities.
• Support ad-hoc financial analysis and reporting requests, including variance analysis, financial projections, and due diligence requests.
• Stay up to date with industry trends, regulations, and financial best practices, particularly in the education sector.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline is required.
• Experience: Minimum of 3 years of experience in financial analysis, preferably in the education sector or a similar industry.
• Technical Skills:
  • High level of proficiency in Adaptive Planning or similar financial planning tools is required.
  • Basic SQL knowledge and the ability to learn and apply SQL for data extraction is preferred.
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including nested IF statements, Index-Match, Offset, and complex financial modeling.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present financial data clearly and concisely.
• Experience in Higher Education preferred.

We Offer:

• Medical, Dental and Vision starting the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
• 2 Weeks’ starting Vacation per year.  Increasing based on years of service with company
• 12 paid Holidays and 2 Floating Holiday
• 401K with a Company Match
• Company Paid Life Insurance at 1x’s your annual salary
• Leadership development and training for career advancement
• Tuition assistance and Forgiveness for you and your family up to 100% depending on program