Remote | FP&A Planning & Management Reporting Consultant — $80–$110/hour

24-Mag•New York, NY

15h•Remote

About The Position

We are sharing a specialised part-time consulting opportunity for professionals experienced in FP&A, corporate finance, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, headcount modeling, management reporting, and structured finance planning workflows. This role supports current and upcoming remote consulting opportunities focused on structured FP&A review, budget and forecast analysis, management reporting assessment, headcount planning, driver-based modeling, scenario analysis, and high-quality project execution. Selected professionals will apply their finance expertise to review realistic planning scenarios, evaluate financial assumptions and documentation requirements, prepare structured written outputs, and support accurate, evidence-based FP&A workflow tasks.

Requirements

4+ years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, strategic finance, business finance, finance operations, management reporting, or related finance roles.
Experience with one or more areas such as budget building, forecast rollups, variance analysis, driver-based planning, headcount modeling, unit economics, KPI reporting, or scenario modeling.
Familiarity with EPM or finance planning tools such as Anaplan, Adaptive Planning, Pigment, Planful, Vena, Oracle EPM, Workday Adaptive, Excel, Google Sheets, or similar systems.
Comfort reading and preparing finance artifacts such as budgets, forecast packs, variance bridges, board decks, headcount models, KPI reports, and scenario models.
Strong written communication skills and ability to explain FP&A reasoning clearly.
Ability to follow structured instructions and produce evidence-based work.
A degree or professional background in finance, accounting, economics, business administration, mathematics, statistics, or a related quantitative field is helpful.
Equivalent practical experience in FP&A, corporate finance, strategic finance, planning, forecasting, or management reporting is also highly relevant.

Nice To Haves

Experience with headcount planning, department budgeting, opex planning, unit economics, board reporting, operating reviews, or finance business partnering.
Familiarity with Anaplan, Adaptive Planning, Pigment, Planful, Vena, Excel-based modeling, EPM workflows, or finance planning systems.
Experience preparing or reviewing budgets, forecasts, variance bridges, board packs, KPI reports, headcount models, or scenario analyses.
Strong understanding of SaaS metrics, operating finance, departmental planning, hiring plans, or driver-based financial models.
Strong attention to detail in model-heavy, numbers-heavy, and documentation-based finance environments.

Responsibilities

Review FP&A scenarios involving budget rollups, forecast packs, planning assumptions, department budgets, and target financial outputs.
Evaluate budgets and forecasts against source materials, defined targets, planning logic, and documented business requirements.
Support structured review of headcount plans, hiring plans, unit economics, forecast models, and planning workbooks.
Identify missing assumptions, reconciliation issues, model inconsistencies, and expected planning outcomes.
Review management reporting scenarios involving variance bridges, KPI calculations, board-pack metrics, financial summaries, and performance reporting.
Evaluate variance explanations against fixed decompositions, source data, expected calculations, and reporting requirements.
Support structured review of board decks, forecast packs, KPI reports, operating reviews, and management reporting materials.
Prepare clear written explanations for FP&A decisions based on source materials and verifiable criteria.
Review operating finance scenarios involving driver-based opex walks, scenario models, input assumptions, expected outputs, and business drivers.
Evaluate scenario models against specified inputs, financial formulas, operating assumptions, and target results.
Support structured review of EPM workflows using tools such as Anaplan, Adaptive, Pigment, Excel, Google Sheets, or similar systems.
Maintain accuracy, consistency, and professional judgment across submitted work.