Professional Services Associate

Abacum
Barcelona, Spain
HybridCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Geared toward finance professionals comfortable with client-facing data integration and model-building, with a preference for candidates who thrive in collaborative, cross-functional environments and are open to working in Barcelona.

Best fit for

  • Individuals who are eager to learn and take ownership of client success across multiple touchpoints
    — “Eagerness to learn fast and ability to adopt an ownership mentality”
  • Professionals skilled in Excel-based analysis and able to translate complex data into actionable insights for stakeholders
    — “Experience in conducting analysis and problem-solving with Excel”

Things to consider

  • The role involves a significant client-facing component, which may require strong interpersonal and communication skills
    — “the ability to communicate complexity in a simple way to multiple stakeholders”
  • Candidates must be prepared to collaborate with engineering and product teams on feature development
    — “Collaborate with Engineering and Product teams to brainstorm and develop innovative new features”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in financial modeling and client onboarding in your resume and interviews
    — “Craft best-in-class financial models to optimize and enhance clients’ existing processes”
  • Showcase your independent problem-solving skills and ownership mentality in your interview responses
    — “A self-starter mindset with the ability to quickly respond to problems independently and consider all stakeholder needs”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • successful client implementations
  • positive client feedback
  • high client satisfaction
Typical background
financeconsulting

Skills & requirements

Required

Financial ModelingClient OnboardingData IntegrationProblem-solving

Preferred

Project ManagementProduct Knowledge

About the role

Original posting from Abacum via Ashby

About Abacum

Abacum is the leading Business Planning solution for finance teams to drive performance. By automating reporting, enabling collaboration, and simplifying planning and forecasting, we help finance teams shift from number crunching to driving strategic decisions.

Founded in 2020 by two former CFOs, we’ve grown into a global team of 100+ people across 30+ nationalities. Headquartered in New York, we have offices in Toronto and Barcelona. We’re trusted by industry leaders such as Dish Networks, Strava, BetterUp, Kajabi, JG Wentworth, Abridge, Cortex, and hundreds more.

We have raised over $100m, closing in June 2025 our $60M Series B, led by Scale Venture Partners, with the strong participation of Cathay Innovation, Y Combinator, Atomico, Creandum, and angel operators from Adyen, Zapier, and Twitch.

Our mission is ambitious and we can’t do it alone - join Abacum as we build the future of Business Planning!

What You’ll Do as an Professional Services Associate:

  • Seamlessly integrate new clients’ data and systems into the Abacum platform.
  • Craft best-in-class financial models to optimize and enhance clients’ existing processes.
  • Onboard, train, and support clients, transforming them into Abacum experts.
  • Provide impactful ad-hoc financial analysis to empower informed decision-making.
  • Collaborate with Engineering and Product teams to brainstorm and develop innovative new features

You have…

  • +2 years of experience of FP&A, broader Finance or consulting experience
  • The ability to dig deep into the data and think from first principles while delivering the best results
  • The desire to work in a client-facing role and the ability to communicate complexity in a simple way to multiple stakeholders
  • Experience in conducting analysis and problem-solving with Excel
  • A self-starter mindset with the ability to quickly respond to problems independently and consider all stakeholder needs
  • Eagerness to learn fast and ability to adopt an ownership mentality

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation including equity package
  • Competitive vacation policy
  • Medical Insurance
  • L&D budget
  • Access to Meditopia (wellbeing platform)
  • Language courses (English / Spanish)

Our Values

Customer Obsession: We share the understanding that Abacum's sole purpose is to create value for customers and relentlessly deploy all creativity and energy to that end.

Audacious Ambition: We dream big and embrace discomfort. We assume risks, make on-time mistakes and learn how to methodically accomplish our goals.

Good People: We are self-reflective and praise diversity of thought. We don't justify the end with the means and know where to draw the line. We have fun every day.

Tough Love: We truly care for everyone in the team and embrace honest feedback and radical candor as ways to genuinely help each other.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Source: Abacum careers (Ashby)

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