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7 results for Financial Analyst Entry Level in Carlsbad, CA
- Irvine, CA
- onsite
- Permanent / Full Time
- 110000 - 135000 USD / Yearly
- We are looking for a Financial Analyst to join a Financial Services organization in Irvine, California. This role combines financial planning, performance analysis, and business intelligence to help leaders make informed decisions. The ideal candidate will turn complex data into clear insights, improve reporting efficiency, and support planning activities that strengthen business performance.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Drive the annual budget, quarterly outlooks, and longer-term financial planning cycles by gathering inputs, validating assumptions, and consolidating results.<br>• Produce monthly reporting materials, including performance summaries, variance reviews, and presentation-ready insights for leadership discussions.<br>• Build and refine financial models that evaluate strategic investments, pricing scenarios, profitability, and other key business decisions.<br>• Examine financial and operational results to uncover patterns, highlight risks, and identify opportunities for improved performance.<br>• Work closely with finance partners and cross-functional leaders to deliver recommendations backed by data and business context.<br>• Create and maintain Power BI dashboards, scorecards, and other reporting tools that provide visibility into executive, departmental, and operational metrics.<br>• Streamline recurring reporting activities through automation to enhance accuracy, consistency, and turnaround time.<br>• Convert business reporting needs into scalable analytics solutions while supporting reporting standards, metric definitions, and data governance efforts.<br>• Perform ad hoc analysis using enterprise data sources and warehouse environments, and assist with data validation, reconciliation, and overall data quality improvement.<br>• Contribute to Adaptive Planning support, model upkeep, data integration enhancements, and broader process improvement initiatives across Finance and business intelligence functions.
- 2026-11-04T00:00:00Z
- San Diego, CA
- onsite
- Permanent / Full Time
- 75000 - 90000 USD / Yearly
- We are looking for a Financial Analyst to join our team in San Diego, California. In this role, you will help guide planning, reporting, and performance analysis by turning financial data into clear business insights. The position works closely with leaders across the organization to support budgeting, forecasting, profitability review, and executive reporting. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys combining analytical rigor with cross-functional partnership to improve financial decision-making.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Build and refine financial plans, including annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and longer-term outlooks that support company objectives.<br>• Partner with department leaders to prepare projections for revenue, margins, operating costs, staffing, and capital spending.<br>• Maintain integrated financial models across the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow, while improving driver-based forecasting assumptions.<br>• Prepare recurring management reports that compare actual results to plan, forecast, and prior periods, highlighting meaningful trends and performance gaps.<br>• Investigate variances in business results, track key financial and operating metrics, and provide practical recommendations to support better decisions.<br>• Collaborate with sales, marketing, product, and operations teams to evaluate pricing, promotions, product performance, and overall profitability by customer, channel, and market.<br>• Support executive and board-level reporting by developing schedules, analysis, commentary, and presentation materials for leadership review.<br>• Work alongside accounting during month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities to validate results, explain material changes, and provide audit support.<br>• Enhance reporting and planning processes within Workday Adaptive, ensuring financial data remains accurate, accessible, and aligned with information recorded in NetSuite.
- 2026-11-04T00:00:00Z
- Irvine, CA
- onsite
- Temporary to Hire
- 24.5385 - 31 USD / Hourly
- We are looking for an early-career accounting team member to join a collaborative finance team in Irvine, California. This Contract to Permanent position offers the chance to build practical experience across core accounting functions while contributing to daily financial operations. You will work closely with accounting leadership, strengthen your technical skills, and gain exposure to reconciliations, general ledger activity, and month-end processes in a fast-moving environment.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Manage incoming customer payments, post cash activity accurately, and maintain up-to-date accounts receivable records.<br>• Reconcile customer accounts, investigate payment variances, and resolve billing discrepancies in a timely manner.<br>• Support invoice processing and assist with accounts payable tasks to help ensure obligations are recorded correctly and paid on schedule.<br>• Prepare journal entries and help maintain accurate general ledger data for routine accounting activity.<br>• Complete bank, credit card, cash, and balance sheet reconciliations to support reliable financial reporting.<br>• Assist with monthly close procedures and contribute to ad hoc accounting assignments as business needs arise.<br>• Record deposits in QuickBooks and use internal systems to track financial transactions with accuracy.<br>• Maintain organized financial documentation and follow established accounting controls and internal procedures.
- 2026-11-13T00:00:00Z
- Irvine, CA
- onsite
- Permanent / Full Time
- 90000 - 150000 USD / Yearly
- We are looking for a Financial Analyst/Manager to support institutional planning and financial decision-making for a university environment in Irvine, California. This role oversees the annual budgeting cycle, leads forecasting activities throughout the year, and delivers meaningful analysis that helps departments manage resources effectively. The position also partners closely with campus leaders to evaluate financial performance, assess new proposals, and provide clear reporting on budget variances and trends.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Lead the full annual budgeting cycle, coordinating with finance partners, faculty, and administrative teams to develop plans aligned with organizational priorities.<br>• Prepare and present monthly comparisons of actual results against budget, highlighting key variances and recommending actions to improve financial performance.<br>• Build and maintain rolling forecasts, scenario models, and what-if analyses to identify risks, opportunities, and expected financial outcomes.<br>• Review departmental financial activity and spending patterns using budgeting and accounting tools to strengthen cost control and support informed decision-making.<br>• Partner with budget owners across the organization to monitor revenue and expenses, address emerging issues, and help keep operations on track with approved plans.<br>• Assess the financial viability of program proposals, pro formas, and funding requests by analyzing assumptions, projected results, and strategic fit.<br>• Monitor restricted funds and related balances on a regular basis, providing recommendations on the appropriate use and release of available resources.<br>• Maintain financial structures such as departments and cost centers within the accounting framework to support accurate reporting and budget oversight.<br>• Track profitability by program and revenue source, including development and upkeep of cost allocation methodologies.<br>• Contribute to external and regulatory reporting requirements by preparing financial data, analysis, and supporting documentation as needed.
- 2026-10-22T00:00:00Z
- Costa Mesa, CA
- onsite
- Temporary / Contract
- 76 - 88 USD / Hourly
- We are looking for a Sr. Financial Analyst to support financial planning and performance reporting for defense manufacturing programs in Costa Mesa, California. This Long-term Contract position will focus on delivering clear insight into project financial health through recurring and on-demand analysis, helping stakeholders understand spending trends, forecast alignment, and overall program performance. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical judgment, experience with federally funded contract reporting, and the ability to translate complex financial data into practical business recommendations.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Prepare weekly, monthly, and special-request financial reports that evaluate program results against forecasts, budgets, and operating plans.<br>• Analyze budget-to-actual performance and identify key drivers behind cost variances, schedule impacts, and changes in resource usage.<br>• Monitor project burn rates and spending patterns to provide timely visibility into financial status and potential risks.<br>• Produce reporting for government-funded programs, including contract-related expenditure summaries, labor utilization details, and fund tracking documentation.<br>• Build and maintain financial models that support forecasting, scenario planning, and decision-making for program and finance leadership.<br>• Perform ad hoc analysis by extracting, organizing, and interpreting financial data to address emerging business questions.<br>• Partner with cross-functional teams to improve reporting accuracy, validate assumptions, and strengthen financial controls across assigned projects.
- 2026-11-04T00:00:00Z
- Suite 2040, CA
- remote
- Temporary / Contract
- 39.5865 - 45.837 USD / Hourly
- We are looking for an FP&A Analyst to support a late-stage clinical biopharma organization in California as it strengthens its finance operations ahead of commercial growth. This Long-term Contract position is ideal for a hands-on, detail-oriented individual who can lead Concur-related finance systems work while also contributing to budgeting, spend analysis, and financial reporting. The role partners closely with Finance and cross-functional teams to deliver compliant, well-documented processes and a reliable user experience.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Direct the full lifecycle of the Concur rollout, from discovery and workflow design through configuration, validation, launch support, and ongoing optimization.<br>• Set up and maintain expense, travel, and corporate card programs, including approval paths, policy rules, and system connections to the broader finance environment.<br>• Establish compliant spend-tracking processes for transparency reporting, ensuring meal and transfer-of-value data is captured accurately for industry reporting obligations.<br>• Collaborate with Finance and business stakeholders to align system behavior with day-to-day operational needs and refine configurations when process requirements evolve.<br>• Create user guides, deliver training sessions, and promote adoption by helping employees and managers use the platform effectively.<br>• Administer finance system controls by overseeing access, supporting periodic access reviews, maintaining change records, and preparing documentation for audit requests.<br>• Coordinate with related platforms such as Coupa and other finance tools to support end-to-end expense, travel, and procurement workflows.<br>• Apply structured change control practices by documenting incidents, enhancements, and service requests with clear ownership and traceability.<br>• Manage external implementation partners and vendors, while providing regular project updates, maintaining documentation, and communicating progress to stakeholders.<br>• Provide light FP&A support through budget tracking, spend reporting, and variance analysis for the Finance team.
- 2026-11-02T00:00:00Z
- San Diego, CA
- remote
- Permanent / Full Time
- 130000 - 150000 USD / Yearly
- <p>We are looking for an experienced AI/Data Governance Program Lead to help strengthen responsible AI practices within a financial services environment in San Diego, California. This position works closely with technology, security, legal, and risk stakeholders to create practical governance for AI platforms, large language models, and automated decision-support tools. The role is ideal for someone who can translate evolving regulatory expectations into clear controls that support innovation while protecting the business.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Design and refine governance frameworks, policy standards, and review processes that guide the responsible use of AI across the organization.</p><p>• Assess internally developed and externally sourced AI solutions to identify concerns related to security, privacy, compliance, and operational risk.</p><p>• Oversee a centralized record of AI tools and use cases, ensuring approved implementations remain visible, current, and properly governed.</p><p>• Define control measures for employee-created AI solutions, including expectations for data access, retention, and acceptable content handling.</p><p>• Partner with audit, risk, and control teams to address identified weaknesses, strengthen oversight, and communicate program status to leadership.</p><p>• Provide practical guidance to business teams on responsible AI adoption and adjust governance approaches as technologies and regulations continue to change.</p><p>• Contribute to risk assessments involving model governance, data governance, and architecture governance for AI-enabled initiatives.</p>
- 2026-11-05T00:00:00Z