Title: Head of Financial Planning & Analysis
Location: Remote (LATAM-based, US time zone alignment required)
Employment Type: Full-Time Contractor (40 hrs./week)
About the Role
Our client is seeking an FP&A professional based in Latin America to support financial planning, forecasting, and analysis for a US-based organization with international operations.
This role partners closely with executive leadership and accounting teams to deliver accurate financial insights, models, and reporting that support strategic decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead company wide financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, modeling, and reporting in partnership with the CFO.
- Develop annual budgets, rolling forecasts, long range plans, and scenario models that support strategic and operational decisions.
- Analyze consolidated monthly and quarterly P and L results across multiple entities and geographies. Identify key drivers, risks, and opportunities.
- Present clear financial insights and recommendations to executive leadership to support data driven decision making.
- Design and maintain dashboards, KPIs, OKRs, and performance reporting to track results against strategic goals.
- Partner closely with Accounting to ensure alignment between actuals, forecasts, and budgets, including across international entities.
- Identify and lead initiatives to improve financial processes, automation, and reporting systems to support scale and international growth.
- Support ad hoc analysis such as pricing, enrollment or demand forecasts, ROI analysis, breakeven analysis, and evaluation of new initiatives.
- Act as a strategic finance advisor on new business opportunities, geographic expansion, and operational investments.
- Leverage advanced analytics or AI driven approaches to improve forecasting accuracy and financial insight, when applicable.
Must Have Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or a related field.
- 7 or more years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or strategic finance.
- Strong accounting knowledge with a solid understanding of US GAAP.
- Proven experience supporting multi entity and international operations, including currency and regional reporting considerations.
- Advanced financial modeling skills and high proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to influence executive level stakeholders through clear financial analysis.
- Ability to work remotely and travel a few weeks per year as needed.
Nice to Have
- Experience in VC or PE backed or high growth environments.
- Exposure to education, travel, or international program based business models.
- Experience with NetSuite, Salesforce, or similar financial planning and CRM systems.
- Master’s degree in Business, Finance, or a related field.