Financial Analyst III – Budgeting & Forecasting

About the role

Arrow is hiring a Financial Analyst III in Denver, Colorado, within its corporate finance function. The role leads the annual budgeting cycle and monthly forecasting across several corporate cost centers, works with global teams and partners with functional leaders, accounting and senior leadership to turn data into decisions.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the annual budgeting cycle and monthly forecasting across multiple corporate cost centers, including calendars, templates and models, and submission reviews.
• Partner with functional leaders, Accounting and Finance counterparts to align on assumptions, timing and expected outputs.
• Improve forecast accuracy by identifying emerging risks and opportunities and updating key drivers such as headcount, project spend and vendor run-rates.
• Produce monthly and quarterly financial packages with variance analysis, root causes and forward-looking implications, and consolidate global results into a single view for leadership.
• Recommend options and trade-offs (cost actions, rephasing, prioritization) rather than simply flagging variances.
• Maintain and evolve corporate allocation methodologies, manage allocation complexity across changing org structures, and run the annual allocation true-up with documented methods and variance explanations.
• Prepare materials for executive reviews such as quarterly business reviews, present financial results and defend the outlook.

Required profile

• Typically a 4-year degree and at least 3 years of related experience, or an advanced degree without experience, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience owning budgeting and forecasting cycles and delivering variance analysis with clear drivers and recommendations.
• Comfort working in ambiguous, cross-functional environments with shifting structures and competing priorities.
• Strong problem-solving, attention to detail and judgment focused on decision-relevant insights.

Required skills

• Advanced Excel (required)
• Oracle ERP, HFM and/or OneStream preferred
• Macros/VBA, Power BI and/or Power Query a plus

What we offer

• Hiring range of $80,100 to $90,000, depending on location, experience, education and skill level.
• Medical, dental and vision insurance, 401k with matching contributions, and short- and long-term disability.
• HSA/HRA options, paid time off and tuition reimbursement.
• Hybrid arrangement: Tuesday to Thursday in the office, Monday and Friday from home.
• Discounted RTD passes, on-site gym and lockers, bike racks and an on-site caf.