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

Lightspeed is seeking a strong finance business partner with experience supporting business unit leaders to be our future Senior Financial Analyst for the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team. The ideal candidate will help the Finance Manager for FP&A in supporting the functional and vertical leaders. This candidate is able to 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. This is your chance to build a successful career within a fast growing tech company where your work will have a direct and visible impact on the results.

What you'll be doing:

• Active involvement in managing the budgeting, forecasting and long term planning process
• Perform deep analysis and scorecard against budget/forecast monthly and quarterly
• Prepare monthly management reports which are reviewed by executive team
• Review the month's financial performance compared to budget with the business unit leads, providing financial guidance and/or interpretation of the department's financial performance
• Identify and communicate financial/operational trends that represent a significant impact to the business and possible and "what if" scenarios
• Identify opportunities or areas of financial underperformance, conduct an in depth analysis and make appropriate recommendations
• Support the business strategically by performing ROI analysis on investment opportunities, and tracking/reporting on the performances of the initiatives
• Create user friendly tools to track performance and allow for quick forecasting turnaround
• Ensure that the business processes in place enable accurate financial information and put in place necessary corrective measures in a timely manner
• Ability to multitask and work quickly while being able to adapt to a rapidly evolving environment
• Work and collaborate cross functionally with Finance, Business Partners and the Corporate Team
• Understand the competitive landscape that Lightspeed competes within and assist with market analysis
• Where required submit financial reports to the Controllership team, identifying and providing commentary on key drivers
• Work on ad hoc projects as assigned; such as assessment of new business activities or change of process
• Assist with special requests from the executive team

What you need to bring:

We're a Financial Planning and Analysis team located in Montreal, Toronto and New York. Our team is responsible for supporting and challenging the business to continually ensure that its strategies align with financial goals.

We're looking for a Senior Finance candidate who has experience with the following:

• Bachelor's Degree in Commerce, Accounting or Finance
• Expert knowledge in Excel is a must
• 3+ years in progressive financial analysis experience
• Experience with developing, maintaining and reporting results of a P&L
• Experience as a finance business partner supporting senior leadership
• Strong and effective verbal and written communication to interact with all levels of management
• Strong strategic / outside of the box thinking and analytical skills
• Detail oriented, autonomous, and able to take initiative
• Highly motivated and can work both as a team and independently

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!

What's in it for you?

Come live the Lightspeed experience...

• Ability to do your job in a truly flexible environment;
• Genuine career opportunities in a company that's creating new jobs everyday;
• Work in a team big enough for growth but lean enough to make a real impact.

… and enjoy a range of benefits that'll keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry:

• Lightspeed RSU program (we are all owners)
• Unlimited paid time off policy
• Flexible working policy
• Health insurance
• Health and wellness benefits
• Paid leave assistance for new parents
• Linkedin learning
• Volunteer days

In addition to the perks you see on the Careers page, you'll get access to:

• Be part of a team that's making a huge impact on our quest to empower small and medium-sized businesses with some cool tech that's critical to managing their business!
• Opportunity to learn and expand your skill set, forge wonderful relationships and make your mark within the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family, a true Canadian tech success story
• This role provides the opportunity for you to develop financial acumen through a deep understanding of FP&A and build your interpersonal skills with teams across the globe - all at the same time!
• Beautifully renovated office space in a castle, one of the best development centers in Montreal (should COVID restrictions allow this in the future)