Five years at an investment bank taught me financial modelling, valuation, and the kind of analytical rigour that only comes from working in an environment where a wrong number costs real money. What it did not teach me was flexibility. The hours were punishing, the culture was rigid, and the work-life equation had been broken for years. When my wife gave birth to our first child, I realised the trade-off was no longer worth it.
I explored remote options seriously and found OnlineBestJobs.ph. I was specific in my profile: financial modelling, business valuation, scenario analysis, investment memo preparation, and management reporting — not general bookkeeping, not data entry. I targeted founders, CFOs, and fund managers who needed analytical firepower without a full-time finance hire. My first client was a Canadian venture fund that needed portfolio company performance dashboards rebuilt from scratch.
That engagement led directly to two more fund relationships and a retainer with a SaaS startup whose CFO needed a weekly financial model update and investor reporting package. I now work with four clients across Canada, the UK, and Singapore on a consistent retainer basis. I earn more than my banking salary, I work from home, and I was present for every one of my daughter's first-year milestones. That is the life OnlineBestJobs.ph made possible — and I would choose it every time.
