Senior Finance Consultant

Limelight Software; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology firm in Toronto is seeking a Senior Finance Consultant to deploy their FP&A platform for clients. Candidates should have 2–4 years of experience in venture capital or corporate finance, with strong financial modeling skills in Excel. You will build financial models, lead budgeting projects, and provide actionable insights to finance teams. This role offers an opportunity to work in a collaborative environment and shape finance transformations.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in venture capital, private equity, investment banking, or corporate finance.
• Strong financial modeling skills in Excel with advanced formulas and sensitivity analysis.
• Proven ability to analyze financial statements and metrics.

Responsibilities

• Deploy Limelight’s FP&A platform for clients, configuring models and reporting structures.
• Build and optimize driver-based financial models to evaluate performance and connect metrics.
• Lead budgeting and forecasting projects across various planning areas.

Skills

Financial modeling skills in Excel

Strong analytical skills

Communication skills

Collaborative mindset

Job description

At Limelight, we’re transforming how organizations plan, forecast, and analyze with our modern FP&A platform. We replace static spreadsheets with automation, collaboration, and real-time insights that empower finance teams to scale with confidence.

We are building a team that thrives on data, collaboration, and impact. As a SeniorFinance Consultant, you’ll apply your financial modeling expertise to deploy Limelight for clients—helping them modernize their planning and unlock new insights. This role is ideal for professionals with backgrounds in venture capital, private equity, investment banking, or corporate finance who want to expand their careers into FP&A technology and advisory.

What You’ll Do

• Deploy Limelight’s FP&A platform for clients, configuring models, templates, and reporting structures to match business needs.

• Build and optimize driver-based financial models that evaluate business performance, forecast growth, and connect operational metrics to financial outcomes.

• Partner with client finance teams to replace spreadsheets with scalable automation, ensuring accurate, consistent, and real-time planning.

• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and scenario analysis projects across revenue, Opex, workforce, and Capex planning.

• Deliver insights on KPIs and business drivers that guide executive decision-making.

• Act as a trusted advisor, presenting financial and operational insights clearly to finance leaders and stakeholders.

What We’re Looking For

• 2–4 years of experience in venture capital, private equity, investment banking, or corporate finance.

• Strong financial modeling skills in Excel (advanced formulas, scenarios, sensitivity analysis).

• Proven ability to analyze financial statements, drivers, and metrics.

• Quick to learn and configure new systems and data relationships.

• Excellent communication skills—able to translate complex models into actionable insights.

• Entrepreneurial, collaborative mindset with the ability to thrive in fast-paced environments.

• Interest in FP&A technology and the opportunity to consult on modern finance transformations.

Why Join Us
This is an opportunity to bring your financial modeling expertise into a consultant role where you’ll directly shape how leading organizations transform their financial planning. At Limelight, you’ll work in a collaborative environment, gain exposure to leadership decisions, and expand your career into FP&A automation, technology consulting, and strategic finance.

You won’t just build models—you’ll help clients leave spreadsheets behind and scale with a modern FP&A platform.