Remote | Senior FP&A Expert — $70–$80/hour
24-Mag•New York, NY
•Remote
About The Position
We are sharing a specialised part-time consulting opportunity for senior FP&A professionals with deep expertise in financial planning, forecasting, variance analysis, financial modelling, and strategic business decision-making. This role supports advanced AI evaluation work focused on realistic corporate finance and FP&A workflows. Selected experts will design complex financial scenarios, develop reference outputs, and create evaluation rubrics that reflect how experienced FP&A leaders approach forecasting, business performance, capital allocation, and strategic planning.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience in FP&A, corporate finance, strategic finance, or a closely related field
- Senior-level experience as an FP&A Leader, Director of FP&A, Head of FP&A, CFO, or comparable finance professional
- Direct ownership of budgeting cycles, forecasting models, management reporting, or capital-allocation decisions
- Strong expertise in financial modelling, variance analysis, scenario planning, and sensitivity analysis
- Familiarity with FP&A platforms such as Anaplan, Adaptive Insights, Planful, or comparable systems
- Experience with BI tools such as Tableau or Power BI and large-company ERP environments
- Strong understanding of corporate finance principles and financial modelling best practices
- Familiarity with US GAAP, IFRS, or both
- Ability to communicate complex financial reasoning clearly and concisely in writing
Nice To Haves
- CFA, MBA, CPA, or a comparable professional qualification is advantageous
- Experience developing training materials, evaluation rubrics, financial case studies, or professional review frameworks is highly valued
Responsibilities
- Develop realistic FP&A scenarios involving annual planning, budgeting, and forecasting cycles
- Create tasks based on driver-based forecasting and operational performance assumptions
- Build reference forecasts that reflect realistic business conditions and financial constraints
- Evaluate forecasting methodologies for accuracy, consistency, and decision usefulness
- Identify weak assumptions, modelling gaps, and unsupported projections
- Develop scenarios involving actual-versus-budget and actual-versus-forecast performance
- Analyse revenue, cost, margin, and operating-performance variances
- Produce reference variance reports and management commentary
- Evaluate whether financial explanations identify meaningful business drivers
- Assess AI-generated reporting for analytical depth, accuracy, and executive relevance
- Create tasks reflecting collaboration between FP&A teams and operational business leaders
- Develop scenarios involving resource allocation, performance management, and strategic decision support
- Evaluate financial recommendations in the context of business objectives and operational constraints
- Assess trade-offs between growth, profitability, investment, and cash generation
- Produce reference analyses suitable for senior management decision-making
- Develop scenarios involving capital budgeting and investment decisions
- Apply financial modelling, scenario analysis, and sensitivity analysis to strategic investments
- Evaluate business cases, returns, risks, and alternative capital-allocation options
- Assess assumptions underlying investment recommendations
- Create reference analyses that demonstrate senior-level corporate finance judgement
- Develop tasks involving financial models, planning systems, BI tools, and enterprise reporting environments
- Apply knowledge of platforms such as Anaplan, Adaptive Insights, Planful, Tableau, Power BI, or comparable tools
- Structure complex financial and operational data for analysis and reporting
- Evaluate model architecture, assumptions, outputs, and financial logic
- Apply relevant US GAAP or IFRS reporting conventions depending on the scenario
- Design expert-level evaluation tasks across FP&A and corporate finance workflows
- Draft reference financial models, forecast decks, variance reports, and business-case analyses
- Develop rubrics that distinguish senior FP&A judgement from generic or template-driven work
- Review AI-generated outputs for financial accuracy, analytical quality, and practical relevance
- Identify subtle reasoning errors, unrealistic assumptions, and incomplete financial analysis
- Provide clear written rationale supporting evaluation decisions
Benefits
- Flexible scheduling
- Part-time independent contractor engagement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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