Implementation Consultant

hostanalytics; United States; Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly setup with home office

Monthly wifi & cell phone reimburse

Volunteer days & birthday PTO

Parental leave with meals & support

Equity eligibility & benefits

Annual company-wide gatherings

Job summary

Host Analytics seeks an Implementation Consultant to drive onboarding and deployment of a cloud-based financial performance management platform for enterprise finance teams. You will translate business requirements into scalable configurations, guiding customers toward best-practice solutions and ensuring successful go-lives.

The role blends financial acumen, technical aptitude, and consultative engagement, operating across customer success, product, and services to deliver measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on experience in accounting, finance, FP&A, or closely related domains.
• Background implementing financial systems, EPM/FPM platforms, or other complex business applications.
• Strong consultative mindset balancing customer-specific needs against product best practices.
• Excellent communication skills with both technical teams and senior customer executives.
• Ability to ramp quickly on new technologies in an evolving environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end implementations of a cloud financial performance management suite, from discovery and design through configuration, testing, validation, and go-live.
• Partner with finance and accounting stakeholders to map current processes and translate them into effective platform configurations.
• Guide customers toward best-practice approaches while constructively challenging requirements for long-term value and scalability.
• Manage scope, timelines, and risks to deliver predictable, on-time outcomes across concurrent engagements.
• Run enablement sessions covering training, knowledge transfer, and post-implementation handoff for customer and partner audiences.
• Act as a cross-functional partner to sales, customer success, and product teams, channeling field feedback into product and services improvements.

Skills

Consultative mindset

Communication skills

Adaptable

Finance/FP&A knowledge

Job description

Role overview

This Implementation Consultant role drives customer onboarding and deployment for a cloud-based financial performance management platform used by enterprise finance and accounting teams. The position blends financial acumen, technical aptitude, and consultative engagement to translate business requirements into scalable, high-quality solutions. It sits inside a delivery services function and operates at the intersection of customer success, product best practices, and predictable project outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end implementations of a cloud financial performance management suite, from discovery and design through configuration, testing, validation, and go-live
• Partner with finance and accounting stakeholders to map current processes and translate them into effective, scalable platform configurations
• Guide customers toward best-practice approaches while constructively challenging requirements that could limit long-term value or scalability
• Manage scope, timelines, and risks to deliver predictable, on-time outcomes across concurrent engagements
• Run enablement sessions covering training, knowledge transfer, and post-implementation handoff for customer and partner audiences
• Act as a cross-functional partner to sales, customer success, and product teams, channeling field feedback into product and services improvements

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in accounting, finance, FP&A, or closely related domains
• Prior consulting or professional services experience, ideally in SaaS or enterprise software
• Background implementing financial systems, EPM/FPM platforms, or other complex business applications
• Strong consultative mindset with the ability to balance customer-specific needs against product best practices
• Excellent communication skills with both technical teams and senior customer executives
• Comfort delivering a thoughtful, professional pushback when it is necessary to protect the customer's outcomes
• Adaptable across diverse customers, industries, and project teams; able to ramp quickly on new technologies in an evolving environment

Benefits and work setup

• OTE range of $85,000–$100,000 USD per year depending on experience and location, plus equity eligibility and benefits resources
• Volunteer days, birthday PTO, and quarterly company-wide wellness days
• Generous parental leave with meal delivery and supply support for new parents, plus mental health support access
• Remote-friendly setup with home office stipend and monthly wifi and cell phone reimbursements
• Annual company-wide gatherings and active Employee Resource Groups with support for forming new communities