Senior FP&A Expert

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.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Forecasting

• 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

Variance Analysis & Management Reporting

• 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

Business Partnering & Strategic Finance

• 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

Capital Allocation & Investment Analysis

• 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

FP&A Tools & Financial Modelling

• 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

AI Evaluation & Rubric Development

• 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

Ideal Profile

• 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
• 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

Engagement Details

• Part-time independent contractor engagement
• Fully remote
• Flexible scheduling based on project requirements
• Compensation: $70–$80/hour
• Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded based on project needs and performance
• Work must be completed without using confidential or proprietary information belonging to any employer, client, institution, or other third party
• H1-B and STEM OPT support is unavailable for this engagement

About the Platform

This opportunity is available through 24-MAG LLC. We connect experienced professionals with remote consulting opportunities across technical, evaluation, and project-based workstreams.

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