I'm a Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager with 8+ years of experience helping businesses improve budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, reporting, and decision-making through practical, data-driven finance solutions.
I specialize in developing structured, driver-based models that connect revenue, costs, and operational drivers to produce accurate, actionable insights. My work supports budgeting, strategic planning, performance tracking, and executive decision-making.
I’ve built and supported models used by leadership teams to evaluate performance, plan growth, and make key financial decisions.
I have experience building and improving financial models, KPI dashboards, and reporting tools that provide clear visibility into business performance across multiple areas or locations. This includes forecasting, scenario analysis, variance analysis, and translating complex data into simple, decision-ready outputs.
I also work closely with operational teams to align financial models with how the business actually runs, including staffing planning, cost structures, and growth drivers, ensuring outputs are both realistic and usable.
I typically support clients with:
• Financial modeling (forecasting, scenario analysis, projections)
• Budgeting and financial planning
• KPI dashboards and reporting tools
• Revenue, cost, and margin analysis
• Model cleanup, restructuring, and optimization
• Excel-based systems and workflow improvements
My focus is on building models and tools that are not only accurate, but also intuitive, easy to maintain, and reliable for real business decision-making.
Christopher K.
CFA | Investment Consultant | Modeling Expert | Excel/VBA Wizard
Robbinsville, New Jersey
$150/hr$150 per hour5.0 (40) 79 jobs $100K+ total earnings
Investment consultant with 20+ years of experience blending qualitative and quantitative disciplines in both retail and institutional roles, providing solutions to clients’ toughest challenges. Innovative problem-solver who optimizes portfolios as well as processes & procedures. Primarily focused in asset allocation, portfolio construction & risk management with experience in research, thought leadership, and client-facing roles. Past focus on building investment and financial models as well as investment portfolios. CFA charterholder, previous Series 7 & 63 registration holder. Excel & VBA wizard.
Current Role:
Krug Investment Solutions, LLC
*Founder and CIO
Independent investment consultant providing OCIO services to financial advisors and institutional investors. Advising on matters of asset allocation, risk management, portfolio construction, due diligence, and thought leadership content.
Previous Roles:
Confidence Wealth Management
* Chief Investment Officer (CIO)
Lead monthly Investment Committee meetings, reporting on performance of funds and portfolios, as well as highlighting key economic data and market moving news. Provide high-level market commentary for clients, and more in-depth commentary for advisors. Created and managed a suite of in-house model portfolios, plus perform due diligence of mutual funds and ETFs.
BlackRock
* Vice President, Portfolio Solutions
Provided consulting on portfolio construction and risk management to assist financial advisors with asset allocation, portfolio structure and implementation decisions. Through dedicated coverage of RIAs, Private Banks and Family Offices, developed deep partnerships with high-AUM teams and their CIOs. Often considered a key stakeholder in their decision-making process.
Prudential Financial Inc
* Senior Associate, Research, Multi-Asset Class Solutions
Drove the research and thought leadership effort within the newly created group, catering to public and corporate pensions, sovereign wealth funds and other institutional clients. Delivered insights on investment trends and opportunities for clients through white papers, general economic reports and custom client-driven projects.
Bloomberg New York, NY
* Metals & Mining Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence
Provided in-depth analysis, trade ideas, and data sets on industries and companies via the Bloomberg terminal’s equity research portal. Covered base metals, precious metals, iron and steel from a macroeconomic and industry perspective. Published thematic research, as well as bullish & bearish scenarios for professional investors, traders and portfolio managers.
* Investment Strategist, Bloomberg Wealth
Led the development of multiple aspects of the RIA’s investment process & hybrid robo-advisor platform, especially focusing on the investment policy framework and portfolio construction process.
SEI Investments
*Senior Portfolio Strategist, Global Portfolio Strategies
Responsible for research, development, implementation, and ongoing oversight of SEI’s strategic and active global asset allocation program, including goals-based strategic portfolios & funds, as well as multi-asset objective-based funds.
Jeff M.
Commercial Real Estate Expert (Underwriting, CFO, Financial Analysis)
Wildwood Crest, New Jersey
$100/hr$100 per hour5.0 (2) 19 jobs $200K+ total earnings
Highlights:
-Senior Analyst for a $1.5 Billion mixed-use portfolio, responsible for evaluating and communicating the impact of acquisitions, operations, redevelopment, leasing, and sales on cash flow and investment returns.
-Experienced full-stack web developer, familiar with core web technologies (HTML, CSS) and the leading languages, including Javascript (including ReactJS), PostgreSQL, and Python.
-Partners included some of the largest Pension Funds, Banks, and Insurance companies in the world. Responsible for building and presenting Investment Memorandums, Business Plans, and Financing Requests.
-Developed and maintained Cash Flow and Valuation models for a leading NRSRO Credit Rating Agency, utilized in generating CMBS ratings relied on by institutional investors.
-Underwriting over $7 billion of Commercial Real Estate properties across all asset types.
-Securing over $500 million of Construction, Bridge, and Permanent financing
As the Senior Analyst for a leading mixed-use Mid-Atlantic Real Estate Development firm, I have experience in all stages of the Real Estate lifeycle, including but not limited to:
Acquisition and Disposition/Sale: Underwriting and Due Diligence, Contracts, Investment Memorandums, Prorations, Waterfalls
Financing: Construction, Bridge, and Permanent financing
Operations: CAM and Tax Reconciliation, Budgeting and Reforecasting
Valuation: Extensive experience with Argus and Excel modeling, including integration with internal and extenal APIs and databases.
Scenario Analysis: Evaluating and communicating the impact of operations, leasing, and potential dispositions or repositioning on partner distributions and investment returns.
In addition, I am an experienced full-stack web developer, familiar with core web technologies (HTML, CSS) and the leading languages, including Javascript (including ReactJS), PostgreSQL, and Python.
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