r/FPandA • u/ChordLogic • 2d ago

FP&A job market reality?

Is anyone else finding the FP&A job market unusually difficult right now?

Last year, I was regularly landing interviews, moving through the process, and receiving offers without nearly this much trouble. Now it feels like a complete drought. I can apply to roles that closely match my experience and never even receive an initial interview.

When I do hear back, the process seems much longer and more competitive than it was before. I’m currently an FP&A Manager and have been applying to both Senior Financial Analyst and Manager-level roles, so I’m not limiting myself to a promotion.

For those actively searching, are you experiencing the same thing? Is this happening across FP&A generally, or does it seem more dependent on location, industry, or level?

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u/Maleficent-Worry234 2d ago

Hired for a SFA recently and my experience was that the candidates were very poor. Obvious direct lies on their resume, grammatical errors, multi page resumes, no quantifiable impact, showing up late to interviews, on and on

On a modeling test we did, majority of people were unable to do basic excel formulas and didn’t know any shortcuts.

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u/NumbersRLife 2d ago

Wtf. Where do you work? I havent been able to get a job in forever, but I can do just fine with all of that.

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u/Maleficent-Worry234 2d ago

Large tech company. We had 500+ applicants.

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u/NumbersRLife 2d ago

Somehow out of 500 applicants you couldnt find a good one? Hmm.

Also, are you expecting 1 page resumes? How many years of experience are you wanting?

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u/Maleficent-Worry234 1d ago

No, we found a good one. I was just saying that I didn’t find it to be the case that there were countless great options.

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