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

  • New York, New York, United States
  • -
  • Remote

Job Description:

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.

Key Responsibilities

Professionals in this role may contribute to:

Budgeting, Forecasting & Planning Review

  • 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

Management Reporting & Variance Analysis

  • 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

Driver-Based Modeling & Operating Finance

  • 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

Ideal Profile

Strong candidates may have:

  • 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

Educational Background

  • 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 Have

  • 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

Why This Opportunity

  • Apply FP&A and corporate finance expertise to structured remote project work
  • Contribute to high-quality budget review, variance analysis, management reporting, and scenario modeling workflows
  • Work on flexible, project-based assignments aligned with your professional background
  • Use your finance planning judgment in a focused, detail-oriented consulting environment
  • Remote structure with competitive hourly compensation

Contract Details

  • Independent contractor role
  • Fully remote with flexible scheduling
  • Part-time commitment depending on project availability
  • Competitive rates between $80–$110 per hour depending on expertise
  • Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
  • Projects may be extended, shortened, or adjusted depending on scope and performance
  • Work will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution

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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