Senior Finance Consultant

or drop it. Application deadline is minor metadata; we could include in a

maybe under a generic "Details" but not required. Probably we can drop it as it's not essential? But we need preserve ALL substantive information. Is deadline substantive? Possibly yes. But we can include as a short paragraph without a heading. About Aston Carter: boilerplate about company; we should remove as it's not specific to role. Also EEO statements etc removed. Thus sections: About the role (description), Responsibilities, Requirements (maybe combine Essential Skills and Additional Skills & Qualifications?), Skills (maybe separate), Benefits, Pay, Schedule (Work Environment). Also Job Type & Location maybe as a short paragraph. We must not repeat job title as heading. Use

for section headings. We need to decide headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications (or Requirements), Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Possibly also Job Type & Location as a paragraph. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual content. Let's extract each bullet. Responsibilities bullets: - Support enterprise-wide budgeting activities, including revenue planning, gross margin expectations, and operating expense targets. - Coordinate recurring forecast cycles and assist leadership with updates to financial outlooks throughout the fiscal year. - Analyze actual financial results against budget and forecast expectations, identifying key drivers impacting profitability and overall business performance. - Develop, enhance, and maintain financial models and reporting tools to improve visibility into revenue, margin, and expense trends. - Monitor gross margin performance across customer, product, and supplier segments, highlighting risks and opportunities for improvement. - Partner with operational and commercial teams to understand cost drivers, pricing dynamics, and profitability trends, and translate findings into financial insights. - Prepare monthly and quarterly financial analyses for management, providing clear, actionable recommendations to support strategic and operational decision-making. - Ensure the accuracy and integrity of budgeting, forecasting, and margin reporting processes through ongoing review, validation, and continuous improvement. - Document planning methodologies, reporting procedures, and financial analysis processes to support consistency, scalability, and knowledge sharing. - Create and distribute ad hoc analyses related to profitability, pricing, budgeting, forecasting, and operational performance in response to leadership and business needs. Essential Skills bullets: - Strong financial analysis skills with the ability to interpret complex data and identify key drivers of performance. - Hands-on experience with budgeting processes, including revenue, gross margin, and operating expense planning. - Proficiency in margin analysis, including monitoring and evaluating gross margin performance across multiple segments. - Experience in financial reporting, including preparation of monthly and quarterly management reports and analyses. - Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. - At least 4 years of experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A) or finance. - At least 2 years of experience supporting budgeting and forecasting processes. - Ability to develop and maintain financial models and reporting tools to support planning and decision-making. - Strong communication skills to present financial insights and recommendations to leadership and cross-functional teams. - High attention to detail and commitment to ensuring accuracy and integrity of financial data and reporting. Additional Skills & Qualifications bullets: - Experience working closely with leadership teams on budgeting, forecasting, and financial strategy. - Background in partnering with operational and commercial teams to understand cost drivers and pricing dynamics. - Ability to document and standardize planning methodologies, reporting procedures, and analysis processes. - Comfort with performing ad hoc analyses related to profitability, pricing, budgeting, forecasting, and operational performance. - Demonstrated ability to quickly make an impact in a dynamic environment and contribute to continuous improvement of financial processes. Work Environment paragraph: "This role operates in a hybrid work environment, with three days in the office and two days working from home each week. All team members are in the office on Wednesdays, and the other in-office days are selected by the employee. The office is clean, modern, and offers comfortable workspaces designed to support focused analysis and collaboration. The position provides flexibility in start and end times within the workday, allowing for a degree of schedule autonomy while maintaining alignment with business needs. The culture is rooted in a long-standing, family-owned business with over 50 years of history, characterized by strong, personable leadership and an environment where employees can quickly make a meaningful impact through close collaboration with decision-makers" Job Type & Location: "This is a Contract position based out of Chanhassen, MN." Pay And Benefits: Pay range $41.00 - $55.00/hr. Benefits list: - Medical, dental & vision - Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital - 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available - Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) - Short and long-term disability - Health Spending Account (HSA) - Transportation benefits - Employee Assistance Program - Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) We should keep as list. Schedule: maybe from Work Environment we already have schedule details; we could make a Schedule section with that info. But we already have Work Environment includes schedule. Could combine. But we need to include a Schedule section only if posting actually states them. It does state schedule: three days in office, two days WFH, flexibility in start/end times. So we can create a Schedule section with that. Benefits section: we have list. Pay section: just pay range. We also need About the role section: we have description paragraph. Responsibilities section: list. Qualifications/Skills: we have Essential Skills and Additional Skills & Qualifications. Could combine into Requirements (or Qualifications) and Skills. But we need to decide. The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have both Requirements and Skills if content distinct. We have Essential Skills (skills) and Additional Skills & Qualifications (more qualifications). Could treat Essential Skills as Skills, Additional Skills & Qualifications as Requirements/Qualifications. Or combine. Let's make: - About the role (description) - Responsibilities - Requirements (combining Essential Skills and Additional Skills & Qualifications? but we need to keep all info) - Skills (maybe we can split: Essential Skills as Skills, Additional Skills & Qualifications as Requirements). Let's do: - Requirements: Bachelor's degree, years experience, etc (Essential Skills that are more like qualifications) - Skills: financial analysis, budgeting, margin analysis, financial reporting, communication, attention to detail, etc. But Essential Skills includes both qualifications and skills. Might be messy. Simplify: Have one section "Requirements" that includes both Essential Skills and Additional Skills & Qualifications (since they are all requirements/qualifications). Then have a "Skills" section maybe not needed. But we need to follow instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we can combine into one "Requirements" section covering all bullet points from Essential Skills and Additional Skills & Qualifications. That would be substantive. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We also need Job Type & Location maybe as a short paragraph without heading? Could be included in About the role? But it's separate info. Could add a paragraph after About the role: "Job Type & Location: This is a Contract position based out of Chanhassen, MN." But that's like a heading? We can just put a

with that sentence. Similarly, we could include Workplace Type duplicate but we already have schedule. Let's craft HTML:

About the role

The Senior Finance Consultant plays a key role in enterprise-wide budgeting, forecasting, and margin analysis, providing leadership with clear financial insights and actionable recommendations. This position develops and maintains financial models and reporting tools that enhance visibility into revenue, gross margin, and operating expense trends, while ensuring the accuracy and integrity of core financial planning processes. The role partners closely with operational and commercial teams to understand cost drivers, pricing dynamics, and profitability trends across customer, product, and supplier segments.

Responsibilities

• Support enterprise-wide budgeting activities, including revenue planning, gross margin expectations, and operating expense targets.
• Coordinate recurring forecast cycles and assist leadership with updates to financial outlooks throughout the fiscal year.
• Analyze actual financial results against budget and forecast expectations, identifying key drivers impacting profitability and overall business performance.
• Develop, enhance, and maintain financial models and reporting tools to improve visibility into revenue, margin, and expense trends.
• Monitor gross margin performance across customer, product, and supplier segments, highlighting risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Partner with operational and commercial teams to understand cost drivers, pricing dynamics, and profitability trends, and translate findings into financial insights.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly financial analyses for management, providing clear, actionable recommendations to support strategic and operational decision-making.
• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of budgeting, forecasting, and margin reporting processes through ongoing review, validation, and continuous improvement.
• Document planning methodologies, reporting procedures, and financial analysis processes to support consistency, scalability, and knowledge sharing.
• Create and distribute ad hoc analyses related to profitability, pricing, budgeting, forecasting, and operational performance in response to leadership and business needs.

Requirements

• Strong financial analysis skills with the ability to interpret complex data and identify key drivers of performance.
• Hands-on experience with budgeting processes, including revenue, gross margin, and operating expense planning.
• Proficiency in margin analysis, including monitoring and evaluating gross margin performance across multiple segments.
• Experience in financial reporting, including preparation of monthly and quarterly management reports and analyses.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• At least 4 years of experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A) or finance.
• At least 2 years of experience supporting budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Ability to develop and maintain financial models and reporting tools to support planning and decision-making.
• Strong communication skills to present financial insights and recommendations to leadership and cross-functional teams.
• High attention to detail