Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. LinkedIn is seeking experienced FP&A business partners and opex planning professionals for a project in their AI Marketplace. The role involves completing a recorded AI-led video interview where candidates will explain their real-world experience in headcount modeling, opex and capex planning, and spend-control workflows.

Responsibilities

• You’ll complete a ~ 30-minute recorded AI-led video interview where you explain how you actually do your work in practice
• This interview will focus on:
• Headcount modeling, open roles, backfills, hiring freezes, and reconciliations with HR/recruiting
• Opex planning, vendor spend, allocations, accruals, and in-year spend controls
• Capex planning, proposal review, ROI, thresholds, business cases, and approval paths
• Handling spend or hiring beyond plan and escalating tradeoffs to decision-makers
• You will be asked to explain workflows specifically within: headcount planning, opex planning, capex proposal review, spend-control gates, budget reconciliation, and cross-functional planning workflows

Skills

• 6+ years in FP&A business partnering, opex planning, headcount planning, capex planning, or business-unit finance
• Direct, hands-on experience in headcount planning, opex planning, capex proposal review, spend-control gates, budget reconciliation, and cross-functional planning workflows
• Experience making or influencing decisions related to headcount approval, spend tradeoffs, capex thresholds, hiring-freeze exceptions, reconciliation differences, and business-owner escalation
• Familiarity with tools such as: Workday, Greenhouse or ATS data, Anaplan, Adaptive Planning, Coupa, Excel, Power BI, HRIS/reporting tools
• Strong ability to clearly explain workflows, decisions, and reasoning
• Experience owning or directly executing these workflows in a real production environment
• Experience working in a cross-functional finance, strategy, treasury, investor-relations, or business-partnering environment

Benefits

• This is a one-time, paid, project-based interview engaged on a contract basis — not a full-time role.
• Location: U.S.-based experts only
• Work Type: Remote
• Participants will control their own schedule
• Participants provide their own tools to complete the interview
• May participate in other opportunities as they choose

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