Financial Planning Analyst (FP&A)

FP&A (6-month contract) Location: 100% Remote (PST Required) Schedule: 40 hours a week, onsite M - F, 6-month contract Hourly pay : $89/hour Role Overview This role builds trusted partnerships with functional leaders, supports decision-making through clear financial insights, and drives planning rigor across the business. The work blends financial analysis, operational understanding, and strategic thinking to help teams allocate resources, evaluate trade-offs, and execute on company goals. Core Responsibilities Business Partnering & Cross-Functional Support

• Serve as the finance partner to GTM and other teams, as needed. Understand their priorities, constraints, and performance drivers.
• Provide actionable insights that help leaders make decisions on hiring, investments, and trade-offs.
• Build strong relationships rooted in trust, responsiveness, and a solutions-oriented mindset.
• Translate financial concepts for non-finance stakeholders and adapt communication styles to different audiences.
• Participate in weekly and monthly team reviews as the go-to resource for financial clarity and thought partnership.
• Planning, Forecasting & Headcount Management
• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual planning cycles by building and maintaining bottoms-up and driver-based financial models.
• Manage headcount planning and reconcile changes with People, Recruiting, and functional leaders.
• Track progress against budget and forecast, surfacing early insights or risks and proposing corrective actions.
• Build scenarios that clarify the financial impact of strategic choices.

Performance Analysis & Reporting

• Analyze actuals against plan and forecast, identifying key performance drivers.
• Develop clear, concise reporting packages and dashboards that show teams where they're winning and where to pivot.
• Partner with Accounting during close to ensure accurate accruals and coding.
• Maintain and refine KPI frameworks that define success for each function.

Strategic & Ad Hoc Support

• Evaluate business cases for new initiatives, tools, programs, vendor spend, or organizational changes.
• Support analyses on pricing, retention, efficiency, and unit economics to help teams improve performance.
• Prepare materials for company-wide reviews, board discussions, and leadership alignment.
• Identify operational bottlenecks and help teams implement scalable processes.

Process & Systems Improvement

• Improve planning tools, workflows, and reporting to increase efficiency and reduce manual work.
• Define standardized processes for budget ownership, forecasting, vendor management, and resource planning.
• Create reusable templates and frameworks for common decisions or requests.

Skills :

• 3-5 years of experience in FP&A, Strategic Finance, Corporate Finance or similar fields
• Strong financial modeling (Advanced Google Sheets) and analytical capabilities
• High standards for accuracy, follow-through, and ownership; independent, get-it-done attitude with strong attention to detail and minimal need for oversight.
• Exceptional communication skills
• Strong cross-functional partnership skills and a collaborative, low-ego working style; able to work effectively with cross-functional partners.
• Familiarity with AI tools such as Claude Code, Gemini, or Codex is a plus. You don't need to be an AI expert, but you're curious and willing to adopt AI tools to work smarter and deliver better results!

At Premier Talent Partners, we are a people-centered recruitment firm with a strong focus on skills-based hiring. We specialize in placing individuals in roles ranging from entry-level to VP level across various fields, including Customer Success, Sales & Marketing, Finance & Accounting, Administrative, HR, Operations, and Technology. Our expertise spans contract/temporary, temporary-to-permanent, permanent, and employer-of-record services, and we are committed to equitable & inclusive hiring practices on a national scale. Benefits: Eligible employees may have access to benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, paid holidays, and other company-sponsored programs, subject to eligibility requirements. (If this is a contract role: This position is not eligible for company-sponsored benefits unless otherwise required by law.) If you have an interest in exploring other positions similar to this one, please note that compensation ranges and benefits offerings may vary by role and assignment. We do c