FP&A Specialist - Budget Planning

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: FP&A Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $100/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Build bottoms-up annual budgets and multi-year long-range plans with consolidation and approval paths.
• Produce rolling reforecasts of P&L, cash flow, and KPIs reflecting actuals and updated drivers.
• Develop headcount and capital expenditure plans with hiring pacing, project approvals, payback, and prioritization.
• Produce monthly management reporting packs with variance commentary and profitability analysis using cost allocation methodology.
• Forecast revenue from bookings, pipeline coverage, and demand signals, and document model drivers and assumptions.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 4+ years in FP&A at an operating company, owning a plan or a reforecast cycle.
• Advanced Excel modeling and the judgment to explain a variance, not just calculate it.

Preferred

• Finance business partnering or commercial finance experience.
• Experience with planning systems such as Anaplan, Adaptive, or Pigment.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

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• AI interview based on your resume
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