Senior Financial Analyst

Lightspeed Commerce; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

Pension plan

Flexible time off

Remote work policies

Training opportunities

Health & wellness credit

Volunteer time off

Macbook purchase program

Job summary

Lightspeed Commerce, based in Montréal, is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join the FP&A team. You will build data-driven analyses to hold senior leaders accountable for budget targets and develop complex Excel models to grow the P&L.

You’ll partner with leaders, prepare management presentations, and streamline budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning. The role requires 3–5 years in financial analysis, with a strong focus on accuracy, deadlines and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years in progressive financial analysis experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Accounting or Finance
• Experience with financial modeling
• Expert knowledge in Excel
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven track record in business partnering or corporate FP&A

Responsibilities

• Establish solid business partnerships with leaders across the business
• Preparing presentations for the Senior Management team
• Preparing, improving and streamlining budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning process
• Performing deep analysis and scorecard against budget/forecast monthly and quarterly
• Responsible for timely month-end variance and management reporting
• Providing analytical support and financial guidance for business decisions, developing new analyses and improving reports

Skills

Financial analysis

Excel

Financial modeling

Budgeting & forecasting

Business partnering

Communication

Multitasking

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting or Finance

Tools

Pigment planning tool

Job description

Hi there! Thanks for stopping by Are you actively looking for a new opportunity? Or just checking the market? Well… you might just be in the right place!

We’re looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join our Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team. You will create and utilize data-driven analysis that holds the senior leaders of the business accountable to delivering budget targets. This candidate possesses effective communication skills, is self-motivated, is highly organized to meet deadlines, can extract insights from large and multiple data sets, can develop and maintain complex excel models and is passionate about growing the P&L.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Establishing solid business partnerships with leaders across the business
• Preparing presentations for the Senior Management team
• Preparing, improving and streamlining the budgeting, forecasting and long term planning process
• Performing deep analysis and scorecard against budget/forecast monthly and quarterly
• Responsible for the delivery of accurate and timely month-end variance and management reporting
• Providing analytical support and financial guidance to help with various business decisions. This includes developing new analyses and improving reports and metrics to better support senior leadership’s decision-making process

And a little bit of…

• Working on ad hoc projects as assigned; such as assessment of new business activities or change of process
• Assisting with special requests from the executive team
• Contributing as part of the wider team to achieve organizational objectives even if this means doing things that aren’t strictly within the scope of your role.

What You Need To Bring

• 3-5 years in progressive financial analysis experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Accounting or Finance
• Expert knowledge in Excel
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience with financial modeling
• Proven track record in business partner or corporate FP&A role
• Highly detail oriented and organized
• Strong and effective verbal and written communication to interact with all levels of management
• Demonstrated success working in a deadline driven and multi-task, fast-paced environment
• Ability to multitask and work quickly while being able to adapt to a rapidly evolving environment

Even Better If You Have, But Not Necessary

• Experience with Pigment planning tool
• Knowledge/experience working in a customer support organization

Be a changemaker

You’ll Enjoy

• A flexible work environment that empowers you to do your best work (3 days a week in office)
• A culture that celebrates performance
• The chance to make an impact in a team that’s big enough for career growth, but lean enough to make your voice heard
• Career-defining opportunities

Plus benefits designed to keep you happy, healthy and fulfilled.

• Flexible paid time off and remote work policies
• Equity options, because this is your company too
• Contributions to your pension plan. Your future matters
• Training opportunities to grow your skills and career
• Health and wellness credit so you feel your best
• Time off to volunteer and give back to your community
• Interest groups, employee led networks, social committees to sponsored sports teams
• Computer purchase program to get your personal Macbook
• Enhanced parental leave to support growing families
• Etc…

Fuel your growth. Find your people.

At Lightspeed, your growth is our priority. We invest in you with continuous learning opportunities, global mobility and benefits designed to support you—all within a driven, diverse and inclusive team that’s passionate about empowering our communities

Please note that we ask applicants to disclose any criminal convictions, and we conduct criminal record checks as part of our hiring process for this role.

Lightspeed is a proud equal opportunity employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive and barrier-free workplace. Lightspeed welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Where to from here?

Obviously, this has to be mutually beneficial: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you’re proud to come to every day.

Lightspeed is building communities through commerce, and we need people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to do that. We were founded in 2005, in Montreal’s gay village and our original members were all part of the LGBTQ+ community. The ethos of our business has been about inclusion from the very beginning, and we strive to provide a workplace where everyone belongs.

Who We Are

Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed's one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions, and connection to supplier networks.

Founded in Montréal, Canada in 2005, Lightspeed is dual-listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: LSPD) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: LSPD). With teams across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the company serves retail, hospitality, and golf businesses in over 100 countries.

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