People Strategy Consultant (Contract)

About the Company

FloQast is a cloud-based company that builds software to help manage accounting departments by centralizing the workflow, assigning tasks, supporting documentation, and automating tie-outs and reconciliations. We pride ourselves on being the fastest, most accurate way for accountants to close out their books. Headquarters in Los Angeles, CA, we are a growing startup in the accounting space with only a handful of competitors and great vision.

About the Engagement

FloQast is seeking an experienced People Strategy Consultant to deliver certain defined, time-limited projects supporting our People function. This is an independent contractor engagement, not an employment position. The Contractor will be retained to produce specific work product against agreed milestones and will determine independently how, when, and where the work is performed.

The anticipated engagement term is approximately 3-4 months, beginning on or around July 1, 2026 and concluding upon delivery and acceptance of the deliverables below. Scope, acceptance criteria, and fees for each deliverable will be set out in a written Statement of Work executed by both parties.

Deliverables

The People Strategy Consultant will be engaged to produce the following deliverables:

• Employee Relations Framework. Design and document an employee relations framework, including

supporting policies, escalation pathways, and reference materials, delivered as a defined work product.

• Annual Performance Review and Merit Enablement. Develop the enablement package for FloQast’s annual performance review and merit cycle, including training materials and the delivery of associated training sessions to designated stakeholders.
• Workstream Playbooks. Build a set of workstream playbooks documenting defined people-operations processes, delivered as completed reference documentation.
• Calibration Consolidation and Visualization. Develop a consolidated calibration framework and supporting visual tools to streamline the review and alignment of performance calibration data across teams, delivered as a defined work product.
• PBP Process Optimization and AI-Integration. Evaluate and optimize existing PBP processes and identify opportunities for AI-integration to improve efficiency and accuracy, delivered as a documented recommendations package and updated process flows.
• PBP Toolkits and Enablement Materials Update. Review and update existing PBP toolkits and enablement materials to reflect current best practices and organizational needs, delivered as revised reference documentation.
• Policy Review and Optimization. Conduct a comprehensive review of existing People-function policies and deliver optimized policy documentation with recommended updates, delivered as a completed policy package.

The People Strategy Consultant would be engaged to produce and deliver these work products. The People Strategy Consultant is not engaged to perform ongoing day-to-day operational duties, to manage or supervise FloQast personnel, or to occupy a standing role within the People team.

How the Engagement Works

• The People Strategy Consultant controls the manner, method, schedule, and location of the work, and is responsible for delivering the agreed deliverables by the agreed milestones.
• The People Strategy Consultant uses their own equipment and tools and may engage their own assistants or subcontractors.
• The People Strategy Consultant is free to perform services for other clients, including concurrently, during the term, subject to certain contractual restrictions.
• Compensation is tied to the deliverables as set out in the State…