# Financial Planning Analyst

> Pavago · Argentina (Remote) · — · Posted 2026-05-06

**Workplace:** remote

## Description

### **💰 Budgeting & Forecasting Specialist (FP&A / Financial Modeling)**

**Full-Time | Remote | U.S. Client Business Hours**

### **🚀 About the Role**

We’re hiring a highly analytical and detail-oriented **Budgeting & Forecasting Specialist** to help drive smarter financial decisions through forecasting, financial modeling, budgeting, and strategic analysis.

This role is ideal for someone who:

-   Loves working with numbers and financial models
-   Can turn raw data into actionable business insights
-   Understands forecasting, variance analysis, and scenario planning
-   Enjoys influencing leadership through data-driven recommendations

You’ll work closely with:  
✅ finance leadership  
✅ department heads  
✅ operations teams  
✅ executives

to ensure the company has accurate, forward-looking financial visibility.

### **📊 What You’ll Own**

### **Budgeting & Financial Planning**

-   Lead preparation of:

-   annual budgets
-   operating plans
-   departmental forecasts
-   capital expenditure planning

-   Consolidate inputs across departments and business units
-   Ensure budgets align with:

-   growth goals
-   operational realities
-   strategic priorities

### **Forecasting & Scenario Modeling**

-   Maintain rolling:

-   revenue forecasts
-   expense forecasts
-   cash flow projections

-   Update models monthly and quarterly using actual performance data
-   Build:

-   sensitivity models
-   scenario analyses
-   forecasting assumptions

-   Analyze:

-   growth opportunities
-   cost impacts
-   hiring plans
-   operational risks

### **Financial Modeling & Analysis**

-   Build dynamic financial models using:

-   Excel
-   Google Sheets
-   FP&A tools

-   Create:

-   DCF models
-   ROI analysis
-   break-even analysis
-   profitability models
-   headcount planning models

-   Improve reporting accuracy through:

-   automation
-   dashboards
-   integrations

### **Variance Analysis & Reporting**

-   Compare:

-   actuals vs budget
-   actuals vs forecast
-   forecast vs prior periods

-   Prepare executive-ready commentary explaining:

-   variances
-   risks
-   trends
-   recommendations

-   Develop dashboards and reporting packages for leadership review

### **Cross-Functional Collaboration**

-   Partner with department leaders to validate assumptions and spending plans
-   Work closely with:

-   finance teams
-   operations
-   leadership
-   FP&A stakeholders

-   Translate financial insights into practical business recommendations

### **Process Improvement & Automation**

-   Identify inefficiencies in forecasting workflows
-   Improve:

-   reporting processes
-   model accuracy
-   planning cycles

-   Support implementation or optimization of:

-   Anaplan
-   Adaptive Insights
-   Workday
-   Power BI
-   Tableau
-   Looker

### **🔥 What We’re Looking For**

### **Core Requirements**

-   Bachelor’s degree in:

-   Finance
-   Accounting
-   Economics
-   or related field

-   3+ years of FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, or financial analysis experience
-   Advanced Excel / Google Sheets skills:

-   nested formulas
-   pivot tables
-   scenario modeling
-   financial forecasting

-   Strong experience with:

-   variance analysis
-   financial reporting
-   forecasting cycles

-   Ability to communicate financial insights clearly to non-financial stakeholders

### **⭐ Nice to Have**

-   Experience with:

-   Anaplan
-   Adaptive Insights
-   Hyperion
-   Workday

-   MBA, CPA, or CFA credentials
-   Experience in:

-   SaaS
-   real estate
-   professional services
-   high-growth businesses

-   Familiarity with:

-   Power BI
-   Tableau
-   Looker

-   Experience automating financial workflows or reporting

### **📅 What a Typical Day Looks Like**

-   Update forecasting models with current actuals
-   Analyze variances and identify trends or risks
-   Run financial scenarios and sensitivity analyses
-   Build executive dashboards and reporting packages
-   Meet with department leaders to validate assumptions
-   Improve spreadsheets, models, and planning workflows
-   Present financial insights and recommendations to leadership

**In short:**  
You provide the financial clarity and forecasting intelligence that helps leadership make smarter business decisions.

### **📈 Success Looks Like**

-   Forecast accuracy consistently within target ranges
-   Budgets delivered accurately and on time
-   Executive reporting that drives decisions and clarity
-   Reduced forecasting cycle times through automation
-   Error-free financial models and dashboards
-   Strong leadership confidence in forecasting reliability

### **🌍 Why This Role Stands Out**

-   High-impact role influencing strategic decisions
-   Strong ownership over forecasting and planning processes
-   Opportunity to build advanced financial models and reporting systems
-   Exposure to leadership and cross-functional operations
-   Remote flexibility with modern finance tools and workflows
-   Career growth into:

-   Senior FP&A
-   Finance Manager
-   Strategic Finance
-   Director-level planning roles

### **🧪 Interview Process**

-   Initial Phone Screen
-   Video Interview with Pavago Recruiter
-   Practical Financial Modeling Task
-   Client Interview
-   Offer & Background Verification

### **👉 Apply Now**

If you:

-   Love financial modeling and forecasting
-   Enjoy turning numbers into business insights
-   Thrive in analytical, fast-paced environments
-   Want to influence real business decisions through finance

This role is a strong fit for you.

## Apply

[Apply at Pavago](https://apply.workable.com/pavago/j/03AE72BF2F/apply)

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