# Financial Planning Analyst

> Pavago · Pakistan (Remote) · — · Posted 2026-08-20

**Workplace:** remote

## Description

### **Budgeting & Forecasting Specialist – FP&A, Financial Modeling & Variance Analysis | Remote**

**Position Type:** Full-Time, Remote  
**Working Hours:** U.S. Client Business Hours

### **About the Role**

At Pavago, one of our clients is hiring a **Budgeting & Forecasting Specialist** to own financial planning, forecasting, financial modeling, and variance analysis.

This is a hands-on **FP&A role** focused on building reliable budgets and forecasts, analyzing business performance, and providing forward-looking insights that help leadership make better decisions.

You’ll partner with finance leaders and department heads to ensure financial plans are **accurate, realistic, and aligned with business strategy**.

### **What You’ll Own**

### **Budgeting & Financial Planning**

-   Lead preparation of annual **operating and capital budgets**
-   Consolidate financial inputs across departments and business units
-   Align budgets with company goals, operational plans, and resource constraints
-   Partner with department leaders to validate assumptions and spending plans

### **Forecasting & Scenario Planning**

-   Maintain rolling forecasts for:

-   Revenue
-   Expenses
-   Cash flow

-   Update forecasts with actual results and revised assumptions
-   Build **scenario and sensitivity analyses** to evaluate potential outcomes
-   Identify emerging financial risks and opportunities

### **Variance Analysis**

-   Compare actual performance against budgets and forecasts
-   Identify key drivers behind financial variances
-   Prepare clear written commentary for leadership
-   Recommend corrective actions based on performance trends

### **Financial Modeling**

-   Build dynamic financial models using **Excel and Google Sheets**
-   Develop models for:

-   DCF
-   ROI
-   IRR
-   Break-even analysis
-   Scenario planning

-   Use advanced formulas, pivot tables, macros, and data integrations to improve modeling efficiency and accuracy

### **Reporting & Executive Insights**

-   Prepare management reporting packages, dashboards, and visualizations
-   Translate complex financial data into clear business insights
-   Present risks, opportunities, trends, and recommendations to leadership
-   Support strategic and operational decision-making with financial analysis

### **FP&A Process Improvement**

-   Identify inefficiencies in budgeting and forecasting workflows
-   Improve planning cycles, data inputs, and reporting processes
-   Support implementation or optimization of FP&A platforms such as:

-   Anaplan
-   Adaptive Insights
-   Workday
-   Hyperion

### **Requirements**

-   Bachelor’s degree in **Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field**
-   **3+ years of FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, or financial analysis experience**
-   Advanced **Excel / Google Sheets** skills, including:

-   Nested formulas
-   Pivot tables
-   Sensitivity modeling
-   Financial modeling

-   Experience building and maintaining budgets and rolling forecasts
-   Experience preparing **variance analysis and commentary for leadership**
-   Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
-   Ability to build financial models from scratch
-   Strong written and verbal English communication
-   Comfortable working independently during U.S. business hours

### **Nice to Have**

-   Experience with **Anaplan, Adaptive Insights, Hyperion, Workday**, or similar FP&A tools
-   Familiarity with **Power BI, Tableau, or Looker**
-   MBA, CFA, or CPA
-   Experience in **SaaS, real estate, or professional services**
-   Experience improving or automating forecasting processes

### **What Success Looks Like**

-   Forecast accuracy maintained within approximately **±5–10%**
-   Budgets completed accurately and on schedule
-   Variance explanations delivered within **2–3 days of close**
-   Financial models remain accurate and consistently updated
-   Leadership receives clear, actionable financial insights
-   Forecasting cycle time improves through automation and process optimization

### **Interview Process**

1.  Initial Phone Screen
2.  **Spark Hire Video Interview**
3.  Recruiter Interview
4.  Practical Financial Modeling & Sensitivity Analysis Task
5.  Client Interview
6.  Offer & Background Verification

### **Apply Now**

If you’re an FP&A professional who excels at **budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, variance analysis, and turning financial data into actionable business insights**, we’d love to hear from you.

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## Apply

[Apply at Pavago](https://apply.workable.com/pavago/j/94531FF011/apply)

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