Senior Financial Analyst

Lyft; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 115,000 - 144,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Toronto is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to support their Autonomous Vehicle team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis to drive strategic decisions. The role requires 5+ years of experience in financial planning, strong analytical skills, and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams. Benefits include health coverage, flexible paid time off, and commuter benefits, with a hybrid working model.

Benefits

Extended health and dental coverage

Mental health benefits

Flexible paid time off

Subsidized commuter benefits

Paid parental leave

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in financial planning or analytics in a technology company.
• Knowledge of financial systems like Anaplan, Tableau, or Oracle ERP.
• Detail-oriented self-starter with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own all aspects of budgeting, forecasting, and planning for AV business unit.
• Lead financial analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and ROI evaluations.
• Manage process optimization across functional departments.

Skills

Financial analysis

Quantitative analysis

Communication skills

Excel expertise

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Google Sheets

Anaplan

Tableau

Oracle ERP

Job description

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.

We are looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to support our Autonomous Vehicle (AV) team. This role will be located in our Toronto office. The ideal candidate will bring natural curiosity, financial rigor, and a continuous improvement mindset to the team driving financial analysis in support of strategic decision making at Lyft. This finance partner will have the opportunity to work in a team that will support, inform and influence decisions that can have a real impact on the P&L and can truly help shape Lyft’s future.

Responsibilities

• Own all aspects of budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning for our emerging AV business unit as a partner to key business leaders
• Lead in-depth financial analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and ROI evaluations to drive decision-making on new and existing products
• Spearhead and manage continuous process optimization across functional departments to scale with company growth
• Instill financial responsibility through education and partnership with cross functional teams and department heads
• Build comprehensive and dynamic models to drive insightful analytics and provide recommendations and key findings to leadership teams
• Create, distribute, and summarize clear, concise KPI reporting
• Support month end close processes including the analysis and reporting of financial results; ensuring key issues, risks, and business drivers are understood and highlighted
• Partner with broader FP&A team and other Finance colleagues on cross-functional initiatives, supporting with financial models and ad-hoc analysis

Experience

• 5+ years of experience in financial planning or analytics in a rigorous environment, ideally a high growth technology company with significant software engineering and product headcount.
• Demonstrated experience in developing analytical frameworks; excellent quantitative analysis and forecasting skills
• Detail oriented self-starter capable of operating autonomously and driving projects with high performance amidst ambiguity
• Strong communication and presentation skills, can easily present complex financial issues to non-finance executives
• Exceptional interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration skills, ability to drive operational excellence within a dynamic and fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of financial systems (Anaplan, Tableau, Oracle ERP or similar)
• Strong Google Sheet, Google Doc and Excel skills

Benefits

• Extended health and dental coverage options, along with life insurance and disability benefits
• Mental health benefits
• Family building benefits
• Child care and pet benefits
• Access to a Lyft funded Health Care Savings Account
• RRSP plan to help save for your future
• In addition to provincial observed holidays, salaried team members are covered under Lyft's flexible paid time off policy. The policy allows team members to take off as much time as they need (with manager approval). Hourly team members get 15 days paid time off, with an additional day for each year of service
• Lyft is proud to support new parents with 18 weeks of paid time off, designed as a top-up plan to complement provincial programs. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible.
• Subsidized commuter benefits

Lyft is committed to creating an inclusive workforce that fosters belonging. Lyft believes that every person has a right to equal employment opportunities without discrimination because of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, pardoned record of offences, or any other basis protected by applicable law or by Company policy. Lyft also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind. Accommodation for persons with disabilities will be provided upon request in accordance with applicable law during the application and hiring process. Please contact your recruiter if you wish to make such a request.

Lyft highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule — Team Members will be expected to work in the office at least 3 days per week, including on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Lyft considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks Lyft offers. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year. #Hybrid

The expected base pay range for this position in the Toronto area is CAD $115,000 - CAD $143,750. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Range is not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.