Senior Manager FP&A

Lightspeed Commerce; Quebec; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible paid time off

Equity options

Pension plan

Training opportunities

Health and wellness credit

Time off to volunteer

Macbook purchase program

Enhanced parental leave

Job summary

Lightspeed Commerce, a Canadian tech company, seeks a Senior Manager FP&A to lead strategic finance initiatives and partner with VPs and the CFO. You will drive budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning, while guiding business partners and ensuring accurate financial plans across the organization.

You will manage a high-visibility FP&A function, report to the Senior Director of FP&A, and collaborate with external advisors. English fluency is required for interaction with global teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree requirement as stated in the ad.
• 10+ years in progressive financial analysis experience.
• Expert knowledge in Excel.
• Experience with developing, maintaining and reporting results of a P&L.
• Experience as a finance business partner supporting senior leadership.
• Experience working in Consulting, Accounting firm is preferred.
• Experience managing teams.
• Strong and effective verbal and written communication in English.

Responsibilities

• Own finance business partnership with VPs, and C-level stakeholders, providing sound fiscal insights that help achieve strategic plans.
• Prepare and present deliverables to C-suite.
• Build financial models, annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and monthly outlooks to support decision-making across the organisation, providing guidance to business partners and ensuring accuracy and completeness of financial plans.
• Partner with the business to provide insights and recommendations to drive revenue growth and optimise profitability.
• Manage the P&L for the business by analysing the financial and operating results, identifying areas for improvement and driving cost optimization efforts.
• Develop and implement financial policies and procedures to help drive more accurate forecasting and planning.
• Support other FP&A leaders to develop long term strategies.
• Support and/or develop a network of other cross functional contacts within the business to anticipate and plan for changes to revenue generation strategies.

Skills

Finance partner

Stakeholder management

Excel expert

Financial modeling

Communication

Education

Bachelor's in Commerce/Accounting/Finance

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 Manager FP&A to join our Finance team. You will be reporting to the Senior Director of FP&A. You will be responsible for leading an FP&A business partner relationship while driving strategic finance initiatives. This is a high-visibility seat inside a function that works directly with the CFO, ELT, and external advisors. This candidate will broaden established working relationships and methodologies with key stakeholders in both vertical and functional levels, executing on various planning cycles (Budget/Forecast/LRP), understanding and explaining revenue, headcount planning, cost of goods, operating expenses and compiling information into financial plans.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Own finance business partnership with VPs, and C-level stakeholders, providing sound fiscal insights that help achieve strategic plans
• Prepare and present deliverables to C-suite
• Build financial models, annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and monthly outlooks to support decision-making across the organisation, providing guidance to business partners and ensuring accuracy and completeness of financial plans
• Partner with the business to provide insights and recommendations to drive revenue growth and optimise profitability
• Manage the P&L for the business by analysing the financial and operating results, identifying areas for improvement and driving cost optimization efforts
• Develop and implement financial policies and procedures to help drive more accurate forecasting and planning.
• Support other FP&A leaders to develop long term strategies
• Support and/or develop a network of other cross functional contacts within the business to anticipate and plan for changes to revenue generation strategies

What You Need To Bring

• Bachelor's Degree in Commerce, Accounting or Finance
• 10+ years in progressive financial analysis experience
• Expert knowledge in Excel is a must
• Experience with developing, maintaining and reporting results of a P&L
• Experience as a finance business partner supporting senior leadership
• Experience working in Consulting, Accounting firm is preferred
• Experience managing teams
• Strong and effective verbal and written communication in English to interact with all levels of management. As a global company with employees and clients outside of Quebec, fluency in English as a working language is required for this position.

We know that people are more than what’s on their CV. If you’re unsure that you have the right profile for the role… hit the ‘Apply’ button and give it a try!

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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.

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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. For a glimpse into our world check out our career page here.

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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