Financial Analyst jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-11-06, Skillenai has indexed 86 job postings with the title “Financial Analyst” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is SQL.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-06
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Frequently asked questions about Financial Analyst jobs
+How many Financial Analyst jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 86 job postings with the title “Financial Analyst” over the 90 days ending 2026-11-06.
+What skills do Financial Analyst jobs require?
Across Financial Analyst postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-06, the skills mentioned most often are SQL, financial modeling, forecasting, Excel, Python.
+Which cities are hiring the most Financial Analyst?
As of 2026-11-06, Financial Analyst postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in New York City, San Francisco, San Jose, Berlin, Chicago.
+Is Financial Analyst a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 86 Financial Analyst postings over the 90 days ending 2026-11-06. The skill mentioned most often in Financial Analyst postings is SQL, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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+What roles do people move into and out of Financial Analyst?
The career-flow chart shows roles before and after observed employer changes across all locations. Counts are moves, not distinct people or promotion probabilities. Same-role moves to another employer are included. The incoming and outgoing sides are separate groups of observations, not a matched three-stage journey.
Weekly indexed Financial Analyst postings — last 90 days
Career paths through Financial Analyst
Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.
Historical career profiles · all locations
744 employer moves kept the same role.
Roles before Financial Analyst
Roles after Financial Analyst
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
Same role means a change of employer while keeping the same role. Counts are moves, not distinct people, promotions, or your chances of making a particular move.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: Financial Analyst (different employer) | 744 |
| Before: Business Analyst | 145 |
| Before: Accountant | 136 |
| Before: Data Analyst | 127 |
| Before: Research Assistant | 52 |
| Before: Software Engineer | 37 |
| Before: Project Manager | 36 |
| Before: Consultant | 25 |
| After: Financial Analyst (different employer) | 744 |
| After: Business Analyst | 390 |
| After: Data Analyst | 278 |
| After: Software Engineer | 101 |
| After: Program Manager | 76 |
| After: Data Scientist | 74 |
| After: Accountant | 62 |
| After: Product Manager | 60 |
Skills most often required for Financial Analyst
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| SQL | 54 | 62.8% |
| financial modeling | 49 | 57.0% |
| forecasting | 40 | 46.5% |
| Excel | 35 | 40.7% |
| Python | 31 | 36.0% |
| Tableau | 30 | 34.9% |
| Power BI | 29 | 33.7% |
| budgeting | 20 | 23.3% |
| Variance analysis | 16 | 18.6% |
| FP&A | 15 | 17.4% |
| dashboards | 14 | 16.3% |
| data visualization | 13 | 15.1% |
| Looker | 11 | 12.8% |
| financial analysis | 10 | 11.6% |
| scenario analysis | 9 | 10.5% |
Top companies posting Financial Analyst jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Airbnb | 6 |
| Fivetran | 3 |
| OpenBrain | 3 |
| Ramp | 2 |
| Mastercard | 2 |
| Humana | 2 |
| Career-schwab | 2 |
| AUTO1 Group | 2 |
| Base | 2 |
| Pathwardcareerfair | 2 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring Financial Analyst
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 5 | 5.8% |
| San Francisco | 4 | 4.7% |
| San Jose | 4 | 4.7% |
| Berlin | 2 | 2.3% |
| Chicago | 2 | 2.3% |
| Denver | 2 | 2.3% |
| Mumbai | 2 | 2.3% |
| Oakland | 2 | 2.3% |
| Amsterdam | 1 | 1.2% |
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How this was computed
Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-06, matching postings whose canonical role is “Financial Analyst”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.
- role
- Financial Analyst
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-11-06
- window_days
- 90