FP&A Consultant

Location: Hybrid (3 days onsite per week)
Compensation: $65-$95/hour DOE
Employment Type: Contract, 3+ Months

A growing organization is seeking an experienced Contract FP&A Consultant to support a critical annual planning and budgeting cycle. This role will serve as a key business partner to finance and operational leaders, driving budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and profitability analysis across multiple business functions.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on finance professional with strong analytical capabilities, advanced Excel skills, and proven experience supporting revenue, margin, and operating expense planning.

• Lead and support annual budgeting and forecasting processes across revenue, gross margin, and operating expenses.
• Partner with business leaders to develop financial plans and budget assumptions.
• Build, maintain, and enhance financial models to support planning and decision-making.
• Perform variance analysis and provide insights into business performance, profitability, and operational trends.
• Analyze large data sets to identify risks, opportunities, and key drivers of financial results.
• Prepare management reports, presentations, and executive-level financial summaries.
• Support scenario planning and ad hoc financial analyses.
• Document and improve budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Mentor and support internal team members as needed.

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• 5+ years of progressive FP&A, financial analysis, or corporate finance experience.
• Experience leading or supporting enterprise budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Strong understanding of P&L management, budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including:
  • XLOOKUP
  • INDEX/MATCH
  • Pivot Tables
  • Financial Modeling
  • Large Dataset Analysis
• Strong communication skills with the ability to partner effectively across multiple levels of an organization.

• Experience supporting manufacturing, distribution, industrial, or multi-location organizations.
• ERP system experience (SAP, Oracle, Dynamics, or similar).
• Consulting, interim, or project-based finance experience.
• Experience working directly with operational and commercial leadership teams.

• A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to quickly learn business operations and build stakeholder relationships.
• Confidence presenting financial insights and recommendations to leadership.
• A collaborative approach combined with the ability to work independently.

• High-impact project with visibility across the organization.
• Opportunity to influence strategic planning and budgeting decisions.
• Collaborative and business-facing FP&A environment.
• Hybrid work arrangement with flexibility.
• Competitive hourly compensation based on experience.

Compensation: $65-$95/hour, depending on experience and qualifications.