Financial Consultant - Exempt

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for a Financial Consultant - Exempt to join a long-term contract opportunity in Fridley, Minnesota. This position supports Commercial FP& A initiatives by combining financial analysis expertise with reporting, process improvement, and cross-functional project coordination. The role will help turn financial and operational data into practical insights, improve reporting consistency, and streamline recurring activities so business leaders can focus on decision-making. This opportunity is well suited for someone who is detail oriented and comfortable working across finance, analytics, and business teams to drive measurable improvements.

Responsibilities:
• Lead a portfolio of commercial finance reporting and automation initiatives, keeping deliverables on track through structured plans, milestone management, and regular progress updates.
• Work with finance, analytics, and technology partners to define priorities, address dependencies, and maintain alignment across projects.
• Review existing workflows, design improved future-state processes, and recommend ways to reduce manual effort, simplify handoffs, and increase standardization.
• Gather and document reporting sources, dashboard usage, metric definitions, and key considerations so teams have a clear understanding of available data resources.
• Evaluate current reports and dashboards across commercial finance functions and identify opportunities to combine, enhance, retire, or simplify tools where appropriate.
• Translate business needs into dashboard requirements, including logic validation, wireframes, quality checks, and user acceptance criteria for automated reporting solutions.
• Partner with data and analytics teams to replace recurring spreadsheet-based reporting with scalable and user-friendly dashboards.
• Reconcile dashboard results against approved financial data sources to confirm accuracy, consistency, and reporting integrity.
• Prepare user guidance and practical reference materials that help teams adopt dashboards effectively and apply them in the right business context.• Demonstrated experience in financial planning and analysis, including forecasting, reporting, and connecting business performance to financial outcomes.
• Strong background in reporting, analytics, and documentation, with the ability to organize complex information into clear and usable formats.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience supporting automation or dashboard-driven reporting improvements.
• Proven project management capabilities, including workplan development, issue tracking, stakeholder coordination, and progress reporting.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners, including finance, analytics, IT, and senior business stakeholders.
• Experience with reconciliations and validating reporting outputs against financial systems or approved source data.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain findings, requirements, and recommendations to a range of audiences.
• Knowledge of commercial finance processes, financial reporting, and performance analysis in a business environment.