Lead Strategic Financial Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Address intricate, open-ended inquiries that encompass various aspects of the business and establish order amidst uncertainty.

• Grasp how diverse businesses generate revenue, pinpoint crucial growth factors, and evaluate the sustainability of that growth.

• Link individual business outcomes to the overall consolidated performance.

• Develop financial models and analyses from scratch to respond to strategic inquiries and support decision-making processes.

• Locate, access, and verify data, including hands-on experience with SQL and BI tools.

• Enhance in-year and long-term forecasting by refining methodologies and key drivers, boosting accuracy, and streamlining processes for better clarity.

• Manage the monthly and quarterly finance cycles.

• Collaborate with business teams for reviews and reporting purposes.

• Question assumptions, identify risks and opportunities, and translate complex analyses into straightforward recommendations for senior finance leadership and business executives.

• Report to the Director of Strategic Finance & Insights and engage directly with the VP of Finance and CFO.

⛳️ Requirements

• Excellent problem-solving abilities with a knack for providing structure to ambiguous or undefined issues.

• Proficient financial modeling skills, including the capability to create driver-based models and perform three-statement analysis from the ground up.

• Experience working directly with data, utilizing SQL or a similar querying tool along with a BI platform.

• Strong curiosity about business operations and an aptitude for investigating business drivers.

• Ability to question assumptions and figures while fostering trusted relationships with business partners.

• Exceptional communication skills, capable of translating complex analyses into clear and actionable insights for both finance and non-finance audiences.

• Experience in a multifaceted business environment with various revenue streams or business models.

• Availability to work within EST/EDT hours.

• Legal eligibility to work in Canada, as specified in the application requirements.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible work environment.

• Flexible paid time off and remote work policies.

• Equity options.

• Contributions to your pension plan.

• Training opportunities.

• Health and wellness credit.

• Time off to volunteer.

• Interest groups, employee-led networks, social committees, and sponsored sports teams.

• Computer purchase program for acquiring your personal Macbook.

• Enhanced parental leave.

• Medical, dental, wellness, life, and disability insurance.

• RRSP plan and matching contributions.

• Paid parental leave top-up.

• Paid time off.