Limelight is a fast-growing FP&A platform transforming how finance teams plan, forecast, and report. We empower our customers with dynamic, connected, and scalable financial models. As an Associate Financial Consultant, you’ll bridge the gap between our platform and our customers’ financial processes.
About the Role:As an Associate Financial Consultant, you’ll act as a trusted advisor to finance teams across industries. You’ll lead implementations of Limelight’s financial planning platform while drawing from your background in finance, accounting, and technology to support and guide customers. You’ll collaborate closely with clients to understand their business models and design scalable budgeting, forecasting, and reporting solutions.
This is a cross-functional role that requires strong communication, technical know-how, and a deep understanding of financial planning and analysis.
Responsibilities:Lead end-to-end implementation projects for new Limelight customers, from requirements gathering to go-live and support.
Design, configure, and validate financial models, templates, and reports within the Limelight platform.
Act as the main point of contact for client finance teams throughout onboarding and implementation.
Translate financial concepts into scalable technology solutions—budgets, forecasts, headcount plans, dashboards, allocations, etc.
Provide guidance and best practices on modeling approaches and reporting outputs.
Partner with internal product, and success teams to ensure client goals are met.
Train client users and ensure successful adoption.
Manage project timelines, deliverables, and risks while keeping clients informed and confident.
Build long-term relationships and help expand the usage of Limelight post-implementation.
2+ years of experience in FP&A, financial consulting, accounting systems, financial analysis, or financial software implementation
Strong understanding of financial planning cycles—budgets, forecasts, variance analysis, reporting
Experience with tools like Excel, NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Adaptive or other FP&A tools
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines
Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, SaaS environment
CPA, CFA, or PMP is a value add
You’ll Thrive If You:
Enjoy helping finance professionals work smarter with better tools
Gain a mix of consulting, finance, and technical skills
Like taking ownership of a project and seeing it through from design to delivery
Are energized by client interaction, problem-solving, and tracking customer value
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What We Do
At Limelight, we believe Finance teams should spend more time analyzing data rather than consolidating spreadsheets. Our application, Limelight, empowers the Office of Finance and provides the ability to manage, track and monitor budgeting, planning, and forecasting. Because we start with user experience, Limelight provides an easy way to collect and consolidate data. We then apply intelligence to instantly identify variances, growth opportunities, and business performance. And all this happens in real-time. Limelight was designed with CFOs, Controllers, VP of Finance, and financial analysts in mind.
Specialties
Budgeting, Rolling Forecast, Sales Forecast, HR Planning, Capital Planning, P&L Reporting Packages, Variance Analysis, Consolidations, External Reporting & XBRL
Supported Technologies
IBM Cognos TM1, Oracle Essbase, Microsoft Analysis Services, Microsoft SQL Server, PostegreSQL
