Senior Financial Analyst

Firstbase; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading SaaS company is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst in Calgary, Alberta. This position involves financial planning, forecasting, and serving as a trusted advisor to business leaders. Candidates should have 3-5 years of experience in finance, strong Excel skills, and the ability to build relationships. The role is hybrid and offers opportunities to impact significant financial decisions within the organization.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in financial planning & analysis or corporate finance.
• Experience in the technology industry, SaaS, or marketplace.
• Ability to build strong relationships with business leaders.

Responsibilities

• Drive revenue planning and forecasting for a key segment.
• Execute the development of the annual plan and quarterly forecast.
• Improve reporting frameworks and processes.

Skills

Financial planning & analysis

Advanced Excel skills

Analytical problem solving

Communication skills

Relationship building

Tools

Anaplan

Hubspot

Netsuite

Job description

About AppDirect

Become a digital, global citizen and enable the new generation of digital entrepreneurs around the world. AppDirect offers a subscription commerce platform to sell any product, through any channel, on any device - as a service. We power millions of subscriptions worldwide for organizations. We do this by our values-driven culture - one that enables you to Be Seen, Be Yourself, and Do Your Best Work.

About You

AppDirect is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join the Strategic Finance (FP&A) team as our company continues to expand rapidly. This role will serve as a trusted advisor to key business leaders, delivering key recurring reporting and ad-hoc analysis to guide key business decisions. The role will also help drive and improve the delivery of key financial planning processes, including the annual plan, quarterly forecast, and monthly close.

This is a highly visible role within a rapidly growing and dynamic business and will be exposed to all critical functions of the business, including the executive suite. The ideal candidate will be a data-driven individual with an analytical eye toward problem solving and have robust financial modeling experience with an ability to drive sustainable impact across the organization. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, be able to work effectively cross-functionally, and have a high-level of attention to detail.

What you’ll do and how you’ll have an impact

• Revenue planning/forecasting for a key segment of the business;
• Forecasting & Budgeting: Drive and execute the development of the annual plan, quarterly forecast, and the close process;
• Business Partnering & Analytics: Be the business expert and financial advisor to key Provider Services division leaders in order to aid in business decision-making and strategic planning;
• Sales Business Planning: Drive business planning for our growth engine across different products and geographies;
• Systems & Process Building: Continuously improve reporting frameworks, tools, and processes to ensure access to timely, accurate and actionable financial guidance.

What we’re looking for

• 3-5 years of experience in financial planning & analysis or corporate finance;
• Technology industry, SaaS, or marketplace experience;
• Advanced Excel skills to develop insightful financial models and quantitative analysis, paired with critical thinking and sound business judgment;
• Experience with Anaplan (or similar FP&A Forecasting tool), Hubspot and Netsuite is a plus;
• Ability and desire to build key relationships with leadership in key areas and quickly to build strong & trusting finance business partner relationships. Goal of these partnerships is to support business segments with both achieving their goals and maintaining budgets while also finding ways for finance to enable the success of each function;
• Soft skills: Ability to eloquently distill and communicate complex topics broadly to board members, front-line team members and everyone in between. You are proactive and have a positive attitude with a can-do, service-oriented mentality;
• Entrepreneurial: Self-starter with a high degree of ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment and tend to blades of grass while not losing sight of the broader vision and opportunity.

At AppDirect, we believe that innovation thrives in an environment that houses diversity of excellence, experience and thought. We respect each AppDirector as their own fingerprint; unique with no one alike. We foster an environment of inclusion without regard to race, religion, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity enabling AppDirectors to embrace their uniqueness to do their best work. As such, we strongly encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and/or people with intersectional identities.

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