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. Requirements
• 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.

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