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FP&A Analyst CV Template

FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis) is finance that looks forward, not backward. Not the accounting team closing last month, but the analysts answering 'what does Q3 look like if we hire 8 more engineers and open a new market'. In SaaS, FP&A became one of the most critical seats after 2024, with every dollar of investor money under fresh scrutiny.

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What recruiters look for

Top signals on a FP&A Analyst CV

Specific models you built: cash burn, runway, unit economics, scenario planning
Size of budget and revenue you worked with, in $ or percentage of company
Tools at confident level: Excel/Sheets mandatory, ideally NetSuite or one of the modern FP&A tools
SQL at SELECT-JOIN-GROUP level, not just "familiar with SQL"
Experience preparing materials for board or investor pitches
SaaS metrics fluency (ARR, MRR, NRR, GRR, CAC, LTV, payback period)
B2-C1 English for working with English-speaking executives

Key skills

Skills to feature on a FP&A Analyst CV

Hard skills

Financial modeling in Excel / Google Sheets3-statement model (P&L, BS, CF)Scenario and sensitivity analysisSaaS metrics (ARR, MRR, NRR, GRR)Unit economics and cohort analysisCash burn and runway projectionBudgeting and variance analysisSQL for warehouse queriesBI tools (Looker, Tableau, Power BI)FP&A platforms (Anaplan, Pigment, Cube, Mosaic)ERP basics (NetSuite, QuickBooks)Materials prep for board / investors

Soft skills

Patience for detailSkepticism toward your own numbersAbility to explain a financial finding to a non-finance personWritten communication for memosStakeholder management with impatient VPsDecision-making at 70% of the data, not waiting for 100%

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01Built an 18-month 3-statement company model with 4 scenarios (downside, base, upside, stretch) that became the basis for a $32M Series B raise.
02Cut the monthly budget cycle from 14 to 6 working days by introducing rolling forecast and automating it through Pigment.
03Found in unit economics that the SMB segment had negative contribution margin after 9 months, presented to the CFO, business changed pricing and segment returned to positive in 5 months.
04Co-led quarterly board prep with the CFO for 3 quarters running, owned a 24-slide deck of financial and operational metrics.
05Introduced cohort-based NRR calculation in place of an approximate one, surfaced an 8% expansion-revenue stream that was hidden in the original reports.
06Built a weekly cash-flow forecast in Sheets with automatic ingest via SQL to Snowflake, drove forecast error to +/- 2% on a 4-week horizon.
07Migrated P&L reporting from a monthly PowerPoint into a live Looker dashboard, cutting C-level review time from 45 to 8 minutes.
08Ran financial due diligence on a $4.2M acquisition target, surfaced 3 red flags in revenue recognition, deal repriced down to $2.8M.
09Authored an 11-page memo on opening an EU office with a 3-year financial model, decision was made on the back of this memo.
10Mentored 1 new FP&A analyst through their first 4 months, they ran a solo monthly review in week 3 instead of the usual week 6.

Salary ranges

What FP&A Analyst earn

2024–2025 estimates. Wide ranges by experience and seniority.

Market

Junior

Mid

Senior

Ukraine

$1,500-2,500 USD/mo

$2,800-4,500 USD/mo

$5,000-8,000 USD/mo

3,000-4,500 EUR/mo

5,000-7,500 EUR/mo

8,000-12,000 EUR/mo

USA

$80,000-110,000 USD/yr

$120,000-160,000 USD/yr

$170,000-230,000 USD/yr

Interview prep

5 questions FP&A Analyst candidates hear

Q1Walk me through a model you built from scratch. What assumptions did you make, how did you validate them, what changed after your first review with the CFO?
Q2How do you project cash runway when both hiring plan and revenue are uncertain?
Q3You found a 12% gap between forecast and actual. How do you approach root cause?
Q4How do you handle a sales VP pushing for a bigger budget when the math says no?
Q5When you inherit a model from a previous analyst, where do you start the audit?

FAQ

Common questions about this CV

How do I get into FP&A without a finance background?

Shortest path: CFA Level 1 or CPA, plus 2-3 years in consulting or audit, then move into corporate FP&A. Without a strict finance background, the bridge usually comes via Senior Data Analyst at a SaaS company, where SaaS analytics rolls naturally into an FP&A move.

CFA or MBA, which one?

CFA goes deep on finance and is valued in IB and buy-side. MBA goes wide on network and is valued in corporate FP&A and for VP Finance moves. For an FP&A career, a top-program MBA opens more doors, CFA deepens the technical bench. If forced to pick one: MBA.

Do I need SQL in FP&A?

In 2026, yes, mandatory. Without SQL you wait a week on the data team for numbers you could pull yourself in 10 minutes. Basic level (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY, basic window functions) is enough.

How do I show impact on a CV when the work is mostly Excel models?

Translate models into the business decisions they supported. 'Built a cash-flow model' is weak. 'Cash-flow model surfaced a 4-month runway gap, CFO shifted hiring by 2 quarters and the company avoided going cash-negative' is strong.

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