Senior Financial Planning, Budgeting & Reporting Consultant - Contract - 19423
Senior Financial Planning, Budgeting & Reporting Consultant - Contract - 19423

About the Opportunity

Our client, located downtown Ottawa, is currently recruiting for an experienced Senior Financial Planning & Reporting Consultant to support a finance transformation initiative.

Over the past year, our client has invested significantly in new systems and processes, and has established a strong foundation for the responsible use of AI and automation across the organization. They are now looking to work with a consultant to bring together and enhance the tools, reports, and processes already underway, reducing manual effort and improving decision-making across multi-year planning, forecasting, and reporting.

The successful candidate will build on the knowledge and expertise that already exists within the Finance team, while contributing external experience, mentoring, and knowledge transfer so the team can confidently maintain, enhance, and evolve the solution over time.

Duties include but are not limited to:

Assess the current state of the organization’s financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes

Develop a future-state vision and framework, including a prioritized implementation roadmap

Build rolling multi-year forecasts and improve cash flow forecasting to monthly precision

Help translate operational information (budgets, purchase orders, contracts, staffing data) into timely insights that support reallocation of resources as priorities evolve





Reduce reliance on manual spreadsheets and repetitive reporting effort

Design and build more automated, self-service, and energetic reports, dashboards, models, and templates

Provide staff mentoring and knowledge transfer so the Finance team can confidently maintain and evolve the solution

Work within key organizational milestones

About You

The successful candidate will have the following:

Proven experience leading financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting transformation projects, ideally in a consulting or advisory capacity

Strong background building rolling multi-year forecasts and monthly-precision cash flow forecasting

Demonstrated ability to design automated, self-service reporting and dashboards that reduce manual effort

Experience mentoring internal finance teams and transferring knowledge to support long-term ownership of new tools and processes

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex financial concepts for non-finance stakeholders

About the Job

This is a contract consulting engagement, expected to begin in September 2026. The scope and duration will be shaped collaboratively with the client’s Finance team, with the engagement aligned to key organizational milestones.

Location: Hybrid to be discussed

Hourly rate: $50-80/hour, commensurate with experience. Final rate will be confirmed based on the consultant's background and the milestone-based scope of work

Please note that all candidates must be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity.

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