Senior Consultant – FP&A (Pricing, Financial Planning & Reporting)
Role Overview
The Senior Consultant – FP&A will play a critical role in establishing and managing the financial planning, pricing, and performance reporting framework of the Global Shared Services Center (GSC). The role will support leadership in driving data-driven decisions, ensuring pricing integrity, and providing end-to-end financial visibility across service lines.
This position is highly strategic and operational—ideal for someone who can build from scratch, challenge assumptions, and partner with business leaders in a fast-scaling shared services environment.
Key Responsibilities
1. Pricing & Financial Modeling (Core Priority)
- Develop and maintain Fully Loaded Cost (FLC) models across service lines
- Support rate card development using cost-plus pricing methodology
- Analyze actual vs. planned margins and identify leakage drivers
- Perform scenario modeling (volume, headcount, ramp-up, pricing sensitivity)
- Ensure alignment between TA salary ranges and pricing assumptions
2. Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning
- Prepare monthly P&L analysis with variance explanations
- Build headcount and cost models (compensation, overhead, CAPEX impact)
- Support investment case preparation (e.g., facilities, laptops, expansion)
3. Management & Executive Reporting
- Prepare ExCo-level reports and dashboards (Revenue, Cost, Margin, Utilization)
- Develop financial storytelling for leadership
- Translate complex financials into clear business insights and recommendations
4. Process Improvement & Governance
- Help establish pricing governance framework and approval matrix
- Standardize financial models, templates, and reporting cadence
- Identify inefficiencies and recommend process automation / improvements
- Ensure compliance with internal policies and financial controls
Qualifications:
Education & Certification
- Bachelor's Degree in Accountancy, Finance, or related field
- CPA required (strong preference)
Experience Requirements
- 5–8+ years of relevant experience in:
- FP&A / Financial Planning
- Pricing / Costing / Financial Modeling
- Shared Services / BPO / Consulting environment (HIGHLY preferred)
- Strong understanding of:
- P&L, Cost structures, and Margin analysis
- Fully Loaded Cost (FLC) / Cost allocation methodologies
- Experience in:
- Building financial models from scratch
- Supporting senior stakeholders / leadership reporting
- Handling multi-entity or cross-border operations
- Pricing strategy (cost-plus, benchmarking, rate cards)
- Financial reporting tools (Power BI, Tableau, or similar) – preferred
- Experience supporting rapid scale-up environments (0 → 300+ FTE)
Soft Skills & Competencies
- Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset
- Ability to challenge assumptions and influence decisions
- Excellent communication skills (exec-level storytelling)
- High level of ownership and accountability
- Comfortable working in a startup / ambiguous environment
- Strong stakeholder management (Finance, Ops, TA, Leadership)
