Senior FP&A Expert - Financial Task Design and Evaluation

<p>Lightly AG is a Zurich-based AI company and ETH/HSG spin-off, backed by Y Combinator and top-tier investors. Our machine learning and computer vision technology is trusted by global leaders in autonomous driving, medical imaging, and visual inspection.</p><p><strong>We’re looking for experienced Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) professionals with strong financial modeling and analytical backgrounds to support an advanced AI evaluation project.</strong> You'll design realistic financial planning and business decision-making tasks, develop reference solutions, and evaluate AI-generated financial outputs for accuracy, completeness, and practical business relevance.</p><p>This is a <strong>remote, project-based contractor opportunity with flexible working hours.</strong><br><br><strong>Compensation:</strong> <strong>$400 USD per accepted task</strong>. Each task is estimated to take approximately 5–6 hours to complete, equivalent to an indicative hourly rate of $67–$80/hour. Actual earnings per hour will vary depending on the time spent completing each task. Compensation is based on successfully completed and accepted tasks, not on hours worked. </p><h2>Tasks</h2><p><strong>What you'll be doing</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Design realistic FP&A tasks and business scenarios</strong> that reflect complex, real-world financial planning, forecasting, and decision-making workflows</p></li><li><p><strong>Develop financial models and reference solutions</strong> using Excel, including traceable formulas, documented assumptions, scenario analysis, and consistency checks</p></li><li><p><strong>Create tasks involving core FP&A processes</strong>, such as annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, variance analysis, headcount planning, and investment decisions</p></li><li><p><strong>Build and evaluate integrated financial analyses</strong>, incorporating income statements, balance sheets, cash flow forecasts, working capital, and liquidity considerations</p></li><li><p><strong>Develop scenarios involving multiple sources of financial and business information</strong>, including spreadsheets, contracts, emails, and management presentations</p></li><li><p><strong>Evaluate AI-generated financial models, analyses, and recommendations</strong> for technical accuracy, financial consistency, completeness, and sound business judgment</p></li><li><p><strong>Identify material errors, unsupported assumptions, inconsistencies, and weaknesses</strong> in financial models or conclusions</p></li><li><p><strong>Define clear evaluation criteria and acceptable outcomes</strong>, accounting for valid alternative financial approaches and reasonable assumptions</p></li><li><p><strong>Write precise task instructions, reference answers, and concise executive-level explanations</strong> that accurately reflect the underlying financial analysis</p></li><li><p><strong>Apply structured evaluation guidelines consistently</strong>, providing clear, evidence-based rationales for your assessments</p></li></ul><p>The project focuses on developing and evaluating realistic financial tasks to assess how effectively advanced AI systems can perform complex FP&A workflows. Your role is to bring practical financial expertise to the design of challenging business scenarios and the evaluation of AI-generated outputs against professional standards.</p><h2>Requirements</h2><p><strong>You're a strong candidate if you:</strong>