About this role
About World Business LendersCorporate Planning & Performance — budget and reforecast support; three-statement forecasting; operating expense and headcount planning; variance analysis; and management reporting. Portfolio & Capital — origination and portfolio forecasting; NPL, REO, and recovery analysis; cash and liquidity; facility and covenant forecasting; and capital scenarios. Strategic Finance, Data & Automation — channel, product, and unit economics; pricing and profitability; business cases and scenario modeling; automated reporting; FP&A data and model governance; due diligence; and workflow automation.
Role Focus
- World Business Lenders provides general-purpose, short-term, real estate-collateralized commercial loans to small and medium-sized businesses throughout the United States that may not have access to traditional sources of funding.
- WBL is a U.S.-based company with a 100% remote workforce. We are seeking a detail-oriented FP&A Analyst to support the company’s financial planning, forecasting, modeling, and management-reporting activities.
- This is a remote Contract/Consultant position. Standard working hours are generally 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. Additional hours may occasionally be required based on operational needs.
- The FP&A Analyst will build, maintain, reconcile, and analyze financial models and reports within an assigned area of the FP&A function.
- The role requires strong Excel skills, comfort working with large and sometimes incomplete datasets, and the ability to produce accurate, transparent, and well-documented analysis.
- Analysts are expected to support the broader FP&A function as needed, but hiring and performance expectations will emphasize the primary functional assignment.
- A detail-oriented FP&A Analyst assigned to a primary functional area while supporting the broader planning and analysis needs of the business
- Collect, organize, validate, and maintain financial and operational data used in FP&A models, reporting, and analysis.
- Build, update, and maintain financial models, forecasts, analyses, and reports within the assigned functional area.
- Reconcile model outputs and management reports to source data and financial statements and investigate discrepancies.
- Analyze actual results and business performance, identify material drivers and variances, and prepare clear explanations.
- Prepare scenario, sensitivity, break-even, and other decision-support analyses as needed.
- Maintain clear model assumptions, supporting schedules, version control, change logs, and process documentation.
- Support recurring management reporting and improve or automate reporting where practical.
- Work with Accounting, Operations, and other departments to obtain required data and resolve inconsistencies.
- Support broader FP&A, due-diligence, and ad hoc financial projects as needed.
- Education:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Business Administration, Data Analytics, or a related field.
- Experience:
- Two to three years of progressive experience in FP&A, financial analysis, financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, accounting analysis, or a related finance position.
- Strong understanding of financial statements, including the income statement, balance sheet, and cash-flow statement.
- Experience preparing budgets, forecasts, cash-flow projections, and actual-to-forecast variance analyses.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including:
- Financial formulas and functions
- Pivot tables and charts
- Lookup and conditional formulas
- Scenario and sensitivity analysis
- Financial model construction
- Excel-based reporting and dashboards
- Working with large datasets
- Ability to review financial information, identify discrepancies, and reconcile reports to source data.
- Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills.
- Ability to explain financial results and analysis clearly to finance and non-finance stakeholders.
- Relevant experience in at least one functional assignment listed above; candidates are not expected to have depth across all three.
- Ability to work independently, manage recurring deadlines, and communicate regularly in a remote environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in commercial lending, mortgage lending, specialty finance, banking, or another financial-services environment.
- Experience developing management reports or dashboards in Power BI.
- Experience supporting multi-entity, multi-business-unit, or consolidated budgeting and forecasting processes.
- Experience in one or more of the following: consolidated planning, lending or portfolio analysis, liquidity and capital planning, pricing or unit economics, or financial reporting automation.
What We Offer
💰 USD compensation: $1,000–$1,500, with up to $1,800 considered for candidates with exceptional expertise or relevant experience.
🏖️ Paid Time Off (PTO).
🌍 Fully remote — work from wherever you do your best work!
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