Project Planning Assistant

We are looking for a Project Planning Assistant to support our consulting team as we begin a new engagement with a partner located in Brussels. This role is essential for maintaining the organizational structure of our financial system implementations and ensuring that every milestone is met with precision. You will work within a fully remote environment, helping to coordinate the administrative side of complex enterprise projects.

About Alpine Business Consulting
Alpine Business Consulting works at the intersection of finance processes and the systems that support them. We specialize in Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and analytics, helping finance teams fix platforms that never delivered on their promises. While we build new systems from scratch, much of our work involves remediating existing setups in Oracle EPM, SAP BPC, and Power BI. We focus on the numbers side of the house, ensuring that consolidation rules, intercompany eliminations, and reporting pipelines reflect how a finance team actually operates.
Our approach moves away from typical implementation theatre. We prioritize finance-first configurations and fixed-price engagements, giving our clients certainty before any work begins. We do not believe in keeping clients dependent on us. Instead, we build administrator training and documentation into every project so teams can run their systems independently after go-live. We are a remote-first team of consultants who understand that a dashboard is only useful if the data is accurate to the cent and available the morning a period closes. Whether it is a cloud migration or a complex forecasting model, we value precision over presentation.

What You Will Do

• Maintain project schedules and update task completion status within our project management tools to keep timelines accurate.
• Assist in tracking budget consumption by comparing actual hours spent by consultants against original estimates.
• Organize and distribute project documentation, ensuring that technical specifications and user manuals are correctly versioned.
• Coordinate internal team synchronization meetings and document the outcomes of status calls with our Brussels-based partner.
• Verify that data reconciliation checklists are completed by technical consultants during system testing phases.
• Support the preparation of weekly progress reports that highlight upcoming milestones and potential scheduling risks.
• Help manage the logistics of remote training sessions for client administrators to ensure a smooth hand-off.
• Monitor shared project mailboxes and ensure that client inquiries are routed to the correct consultant for a timely response.
• Update resource allocation charts to help the leadership team understand current team capacity.

What We Are Looking For

• A basic understanding of business processes or project management principles gained through studies or initial internships.
• High attention to detail, specifically the ability to spot inconsistencies in spreadsheets or project schedules.
• Clear and professional communication skills, particularly in writing concise status updates and meeting summaries.
• Comfort using standard office software like Excel to track data and create simple progress charts.
• A curious mindset and a desire to learn how Enterprise Performance Management systems support corporate finance teams.
• The ability to manage your own time effectively while working in a fully remote setting.
• A disciplined approach to administrative tasks, recognizing that organization is the foundation of a successful project.
• A willingness to ask questions and seek clarification when project requirements or timelines are unclear.

What We Offer

• A permanent, full-time position with a pay structure that is competitive for the entry-level market.
• A fully remote work environment where performance is measured by the quality and accuracy of your work.
• Direct exposure to high-level financial consulting projects and modern enterprise technology.
• A culture that values technical precision and honest communication over corporate optics and office politics.
• Opportunities to learn project management methodologies within a firm that prioritizes fixed-price, outcome-based work.
• Access to experienced consultants who are willing to share their knowledge of finance and systems implementation.
• A stable working environment where project expectations are clear and deliverables are well-defined.

How We Work
Our firm operates on the principle that consulting should provide long-term value, not long-term dependency. We work exclusively in a remote capacity, which allows us to focus entirely on the technical and financial requirements of our clients without the distractions of traditional office culture. By utilizing fixed-price engagements, we commit to specific results within a set timeframe. This requires our project planning to be disciplined and accurate. We make sure that every system we build or fix is accompanied by thorough documentation so that the finance teams we serve can manage their own platforms with confidence after our work is done.