Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Analyst

Citylitics; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in sustainable public infrastructure is seeking an Analyst to join its Finance team in Toronto. This role involves financial reporting, forecasting, and data analysis, providing insights that drive operational excellence and strategic decision-making. Candidates with a passion for data and a proactive mindset will thrive in this dynamic environment, contributing positively to societal challenges while developing their career in an innovative and inclusive workplace.

Benefits

Internal mentorship program

Professional growth opportunities

Access to Generative AI tools

Team collaboration and celebrations

Qualifications

• 1-3 years experience in an FP&A role.
• Proficient in common Excel features like VLOOKUP and pivot tables.
• Experience with CRM data and B2B SaaS companies is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing accurate GAAP financial statements and metrics.
• Drive cash flow and accounting excellence through administrative tasks.
• Support Go-To-Market teams with weekly forecasting.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Data hygiene

Communication

Task automation

Education

Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics

Tools

Excel

Looker Studio

Hubspot

Salesforce

Job description

About Citylitics Inc.

Citylitics delivers predictive intelligence on local utility & public infrastructure markets

What is Infrastructure? It is the roadways you rely on to safely get to Grandma's house, it's the potable water that comes out of your kitchen tap that you wash your family's food with and it's the energy that heats our homes and powers our digital lifestyles.

Every year, trillions of dollars are spent on all areas of infrastructure to maintain our quality life and move our economy forward. However, our infrastructure is no longer equipped to meet the needs of the future. We hear about infrastructure failures, whether bridge collapses, power blackouts, or water main breaks, every day in the news. Climate change and extreme weather events are disrupting the basic infrastructure we took for granted for years.

Citylitics is solving the hardest data problems in infrastructure while building the sales intelligence platform that enables a faster, more transparent, and more efficient infrastructure marketplace. We turn millions of unstructured documents into high value intelligence feeds and datasets that are available on an intuitive user experience. Our goal is to enable solution providers to connect with cities with relevant infrastructure needs in a faster and more digital way than historic market channels. As more companies adopt our platform, cities & utilities will be able to access solutions that deliver on the promise of moving towards a more resilient, sustainable, and equitable infrastructure future.

Who Are We Looking For?

We are looking for a bright and curious analyst who will power our financial statements, forecasting, metrics, budgeting and business operations. Join our growing Finance team to find out what it’s like to collaborate across departments and with executive leaders to drive our shared goal of financial and operational excellence. You will flex your strong analytical skills to assess and maintain accurate business systems that multiple teams rely on for critical business decisions. You have a keen eye and infectious passion for data hygiene and the initiative to own problems and drive them to a solution.

This role is ideal for someone who is motivated to accelerate their experience in financial planning and business operations by taking on challenging problems while efficiently automating repetitive tasks. A successful candidate can perform multiple depths of analysis on any data set and communicate insights clearly across departments and different audiences.

The position will be out of our Toronto Headquarters.

What Will You Accomplish? / How You Will Make An Immediate Impact:

• Assist in the preparation of timely and accurate GAAP financial statements, board reporting, budgets, and KPIs to drive growth and smart decision-making
• Curate the data in our systems of business records that are critical for our next stage of growth, including our CRM and internal KPI reporting.
• Design and communicate daily, weekly, and monthly SaaS metric reports team leaders and company-wide meetings using insightful data visualizations.
• Articulate quantitative insights to management that will be used on a daily basis to drive decision-making.
• Support Go-To-Market teams (Sales, Demand Generation, and Customer Success) with their weekly forecasting from several software systems.
• Publish Daily Flash Report for founders on key daily KPIs and system statuses relating to KPIs, cost and resource management, and operations statuses.
• Perform strategic market research into current and new markets
• Perform financial modeling and scenario-building to stress test assumptions and investigate new opportunities.
• Drive cash flow and accounting excellence by owning administrative tasks in our invoicing, accounting, and tax systems
• Support a seamless annual audit and regulatory compliance certifications as needed
• Assist in the preparation and analysis of monthly GAAP financial reports, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery
• Help maintain documentation of financial processes and procedures to ensure compliance and efficiency
• Other duties assigned

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or similar
• 1-3 years job experience in an FP&A role
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in common Excel features used in business and finance, e.g. VLOOKUP, pivot tables
• Proficiency in data visualization, e.g. Looker Studio, Excel or Google Sheets
• Entrepreneurial mindset: takes initiative and asks questions
• Sharp intuition for data accuracy while being comfortable working with ambiguity
• Can easily spot and analyze data anomalies and gaps
• Resourceful enough to piece together incomplete data in a presentable way
• Cross-team communicator; equally comfortable approaching peers and leadership team
• Pro-active at task automation for efficiency
• Prior experience with CRM (Hubspot or Salesforce) data is a plus
• Prior work experience at a B2B SaaS company a plus

Why Citylitics?

• This is a rare opportunity to influence positive change within one of the biggest societal challenges of our generation: sustainable public infrastructure
• You get to support a disruptive solution with a compelling value proposition into an industry that is eager to hear from you and in a market with no direct competition.
• We live at the cross section of infrastructure, scaleup and data science/AI. There is no other team like us in Toronto.
• There is no corporate bureaucracy here. You will accomplish more here in a few months than what you would in a few years at a large, entrenched technology company.
• We believe that Data and AI will play an outsized role in our future, so we equip every team member with access to Generative AI tools and our full Data Universe to enhance their productivity and encourage innovation through experimentation.
• We are proud to offer every CityZen an internal mentorship program, in-role professional growth, skill-based development & learning, and internal promotion opportunities.
• We work hard, we play together, we win as a team! We are on a mission to solve infrastructure while savoring the moment and celebrating the little details along the way.

Citylitics is an equal opportunity employer. We are passionate about providing a safe workplace where everyone is accepted and has the opportunity to grow with us. We are committed to making diversity and inclusivity part of our culture!