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Job Title: Financial Modelling Specialist
Position Type: Full-Time, Remote
Working Hours: U.S. client business hours (aligned with prospect time zones and outreach cadences)
About Pavago
Pavago is a global recruitment partner specialising in placing top-tier offshore talent with fast-growing U.S. companies. Our clients expect precision, ownership, and world-class standards from day one. We source elite, high-agency professionals who can work independently, think critically, and operate at a U.S. accounting and financial analysis standard.
We are hiring a Financial Modelling Specialist for a client, who is backed by YC (W 25 ), building an advanced financial and business modelling infrastructure used to train AI systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Build complete, end-to-end financial and business models for internal AI training workflows.
- Review and refine models built by other analysts for structure, clarity, and accuracy.
- Collaborate with the client’s internal team to improve modelling frameworks and documentation.
- Participate in regular working sessions to align on modelling standards.
- (Optional) Provide structured feedback to junior analysts when needed.
Requirements
- 3–7+ years of hands-on financial modelling experience, ideally across multiple industries or business models.
- Strong command of U.S.-standard accounting, including:
- GAAP principles
- Revenue recognition
- Cash flow alignment
- Accrual vs. cash accounting
- Forecasting & variance analysis
- Preferred backgrounds:
- Investment Banking
- Private Equity
- FP&A / Strategic Finance
- Corporate Finance / Consulting
- Accounting + modelling hybrid roles
- Advanced Excel / Google Sheets capability; able to build, audit, and optimise complex models.
- High agency: thrives with loose direction and can create structure independently.
- Strong communication skills — clear explanation of assumptions, logic, and model decisions.
- Bonus: experience with structured data work, labelling, or AI training datasets.
What the Day-to-Day Looks Like
- Take on new modelling assignments with broad instructions and turn them into clean, structured outputs.
- Build or refine detailed models (operating models, forecasting, scenario analysis, KPI frameworks, etc.).
- Review peer models, identify issues, and propose improvements.
- Join short recurring check-ins with the team to maintain consistency and refine standards.
- Update frameworks, templates, and modelling documentation as needed.
- This is focused, analytical work that rewards precision and clear thinking.
Interview Process
- Initial Phone Screening – Quick review of background, communication, and fit.
- Zoom Interview with Pavago’s HR Team – Deep dive on experience and expectations.
- Short Assignment – A brief modelling task to evaluate structure and fundamentals.
- 15-Minute Sync with Client Company – Quick alignment on role, expectations, and communication style.
- Extensive Modelling Assignment – A more detailed task assessing analytical depth, logic, and modelling quality.
- Final Interview with Client Team – Walkthrough of your approach and problem-solving style.
- Offer & Background Check – Final step before onboarding.
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Requirements mentioned
- 3–7+ years of hands-on financial modelling experience, ideally across multiple industries or business models.
- Strong command of U.S.-standard accounting, including:
- Preferred backgrounds:
- Advanced Excel / Google Sheets capability; able to build, audit, and optimise complex models.
- High agency: thrives with loose direction and can create structure independently.
- Strong communication skills — clear explanation of assumptions, logic, and model decisions.
- Bonus: experience with structured data work, labelling, or AI training datasets.
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