Junior Financial Analyst - Retail (12-Month Contract)

Lush Handmade Cosmetics; Toronto, Vancouver; Hybride; CAD 66 000 - 73 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Lush Handmade Cosmetics seeks a Junior Financial Analyst - Retail to partner with Retail teams in FP&A, delivering timely financial insights and actionable analysis. You will contribute to budgeting, forecasting, and the development of dashboards that simplify complex data for stakeholders.

In this role, you will collaborate across manufacturing, distribution, retail, digital and admin streams, with a focus on retail drivers, KPIs, and continuous process improvements, while upholding Lush values.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of progressive FP&A experience.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.
• Proven analytical, modeling, and problem-solving skills.
• Collaborative and inclusive approach to business support.
• High proficiency with Microsoft Excel.
• Proactive approach and initiative.
• Strong time management and ability to work calmly under pressure.
• Self-motivated and results oriented.
• Excitement to learn and relate to Lush’s core brand values.

Responsabilités

• Finance partner to Retail teams, providing timely financial support.
• Tell the story with data, showing trends and impacts actionable by the business.
• Support month-end variance analysis and operational reviews for Retail.
• Focus on P&L, working with FP&A Retail team and shop managers as needed.
• Support monthly forecasting and annual budgeting processes; develop and improve forecasting models.
• Review metrics/KPIs to identify opportunities and educate stakeholders on their impact.
• Develop and improve centralized tools/dashboards for performance visibility.
• Provide decision support and ROI analysis on projects/initiatives.
• Improve financial concepts across the business for clear understanding.
• Seek opportunities to improve accuracy and efficiency of processes.
• Support ad-hoc analyses, modeling, and presentation materials.

Connaissances

FP&A experience

Presentation skills

Analytical skills

Financial modeling

Communication

Excel proficiency

Time management

Self-motivated

Collaboration

Formation

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or related field

Outils

Power BI

Microsoft Dynamics AX

Adaptive forecasting software

Description du poste

The Junior Financial Analyst - Retail plays an essential role in growing talent in our business through collaboration and support within FP&A and our business partners. You know how to be curious about opportunities and how to be real with feedback and support.

Analysts play an essential role in developing and executing the company vision by supporting decision making, planning, and driving results. You will understand business operations, developing tools, metrics, and processes to provide information that drives action and improvements. You will ensure information is accurate, relevant, and actionable while being understood by a wide audience of stakeholders.

You will be comfortable regularly interacting with all levels of staff and provide them with insightful, forward looking, reporting and analysis. Lush is a true vertically integrated business including Manufacturing, Distribution, Retail, Digital, and Admin streams. While all streams are linked, this role is primarily focused on the Retail teams. You will play a key role in all budgeting and forecasting workflows for these teams.

As a growing business, Lush needs people that can adapt and evolve to the needs of the business. You are a listener with a structured approach to planning but are also excited to drive discussion that leads to action. You have a passion for what you do and are ready to join a business dedicated not just to technical proficiency but to the practices of fair-trade sourcing, supporting sustainable communities, and giving back to grass roots organizations.

Our Lush staff live with purpose, finding their personal value connection with the values of our business, bringing their work and life paths into one holistic journey. #mylushlife

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Financial business partner to the Retail teams, providing quality, relevant, and timely, financial support to the stream and the organization.
• Be a storyteller, turning data into easily understood trends and impacts that can be actioned by the business.
• Support month-end variance analysis and operational reviews for Retail, providing insights on financial performance and key underlying drivers, changes against the plan, and upcoming opportunities and risks.
• P&L key focus will include, but not limited to; operational costs working closely with the FP&A Retail operational team member and liaising with shop managers when needed.
• Support monthly financial forecasting and annual budgeting processes, including the development, maintenance, and ongoing improvement of forecasting models to ensure accurate financial plans.
• Review metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to find actionable opportunities for stakeholders and educate the business on how those metric drive financial improvements.
• Support the development and improvement of centralized tools and dashboards for business users to clearly understand their performance and opportunities.
• Support work with stakeholders to provide decision support, impact assessment, and return on investment (ROI) analysis on the evaluation of projects and strategic initiatives.
• Improve finance knowledge across the business by effectively communicating financial concepts that can be easily understood by all stakeholders.
• Proactively seek opportunities to improve accuracy and efficiency of processes and deliverables.
• Provide support for any ad-hoc analysis projects, modeling, and presentation materials as required.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• 1-2 years of progressive FP&A experience. Consideration for internal candidates with a strong track record with internal financial operations.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.
• Proven analytical, modeling, and problem-solving skills, with an in-depth knowledge of financial statements and drivers that impact them.
• A proven, collaborative, and inclusive approach to business support.
• High level of proficiency and experience with Microsoft Excel.
• Proactive approach and initiative.
• Strong time management skills and ability to work calmly under pressure to achieve deadlines.
• Self-motivated and results oriented with a focus on delivering high-quality work.
• Excitement and commitment to learn, understand, and relate to Lush’s core brand values.

Preferred:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Commerce, Business Admin, or related field.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics AX (or other ERP) and/or Adaptive forecasting software considered an asset.
• Experience in dashboarding, analysis and visualizations through PowerBI.

Thriving with a diverse company culture, celebrating the uniqueness of our staff, and committed to inclusion. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

We thank all interested applicants; however, only qualified candidates will be contacted.

Job Type: 12-Month Contract Role. Full Time

Work type: Hybrid position. 2-3 days on-site is required.

Job Location: The successful candidate must be located in or around Toronto, ON or Vancouver, BC.

Recruitment Process Overview:

This salary range is based on an assessment of the local market and may vary depending on the successful candidate's location. This range is based on base salary and does not include additional bonus program and total rewards eligibility.

Base Salary Range

$66,000 - $73,000 CAD

Lush Handmade Cosmetics participates in E-Verify in certain US states includingAL, GA, NC, SC, FL, AZ, UT, TN and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States.

Lush Cosmetics North America respectfully recognizes that our business operates on Indigenous territory across Turtle Island. As a business headquartered in Canada, our largest facilities are located on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh, as well as here on the lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit, Anishnabeg, Chippewa, Haudenosaunee and Wendat, and now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.

Our commitment to reconciliation and decolonization is guided by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action #92 . We recognize that our facilities, along with our settler and newcomer staff are guests on this land and as we act to repair past harm, we do it together in ally ship with Indigenous People everywhere, including staff, customers and with leadership from organizations and communities we work with.