Lead Strategic Financial Analyst
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Lead Strategic Financial Analyst
Finance
North America
Director, Strategic Finance & Insights
VP Finance and CFO
What you’ll be doing
Take on complex, open-ended questions
that span multiple parts of the business and bring structure to ambiguity;
- Understand how our different businesses make money, identify the key drivers of growth, and assess whether that growth is sustainable , connecting the individual business performance to the broader consolidated picture;
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Build financial models and analysis from the ground up
Find, access and validate the data you need
Improve forecasting across the business
Own the monthly and quarterly finance rhythm
Challenge assumptions, identify risks and opportunities, and turn complex analysis into clear recommendations
What you need to bring
We're a team within Finance responsible for helping Lightspeed understand what is driving our business today, where it is going next, and what we should do about it. This role sits at the intersection of strategic finance, data and business analysis, with exposure across Lightspeed's software, payments, capital and hardware businesses.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to bring structure to ambiguous or unowned problems;
- Sound financial modelling skills, including building driver-based models and three-statement analysis from the ground up;
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Experience working with data directly, including SQL or an equivalent querying tool and a BI platform;
- Strong business curiosity and the ability to dig into a number until you understand what is really driving it;
- The ability to challenge assumptions and numbers while building trusted relationships with business partners;
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to make complex analysis clear and actionable for both finance and non-finance audiences;
- Experience working in a complex business with multiple revenue streams or business models.
You’ll enjoy
- A flexible work environment that empowers you to do your best work
- 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
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