Kforce has a client that is seeking a Financial Analyst I in Tempe, AZ. Duties Include: * Financial Analyst provides comprehensive and complex financial analyses, with an emphasis on reporting and forecasting * Prepares and supervises the preparation of complex analytical and financial reports * Conducts and directs highly technical accounting-based research and analysis projects * Conducts/compiles and analyzes financial info or studies such as acquisition analysis, detailed financial plans, interest rate analysis, operating forecasts, peer group comparisons, or integrated revenue/expense analyses, projections, reports, or presentations * Creates and analyzes monthly, quarterly and annual reports and ensures financial information has been recorded accurately * Provides analysis and interpretation of results * Identifies trends and developments in competitive environments and presents findings to senior management * Requires deep understanding of business lines supported to properly align financial models and to assess the impacts to operational goals and strategic plans * Manages the accounting/finance data through ad hoc and management reporting * May be responsible for process improvement/automation pertaining to reporting