Financial planning and analysis
From building the model to deciding where the company spends.
The steps
Developing
Senior
Manager
Director
| # | Step | What changes here | Jump | Skills |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Financial analystDeveloping · Individual contributorNo active openings | Moves from assembling the report to explaining the variance. | — | |
| 2 | Senior financial analystSenior · Individual contributorNo active openings | The model becomes a recommendation. | PromotionJump: Moderate | |
| 3 | FP&A managerManager · People managementNo active openings | Accountable for other areas’ budgets, not their own. | PromotionJump: Moderate | |
| 4 | Finance directorDirector · ExecutiveNo active openings | Translates strategy into numbers and back again. | PromotionJump: Moderate |
What makes the differenceAlso asked for
This describes moves that happen, not a recommended sequence or the only way to get there.
How this path was built
A structured starting point: it describes how this function is organized in technology companies, not a survey of Costa Rican employers. The skills at each step come from the platform’s curated vocabulary. Each version goes through industry review before it replaces this one.
- Evidence as of
- August 16, 2026
- Reviewed on
- August 16, 2027