Data Analyst - Finance

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Lightspeed Commerce

Lightspeed is the fast, intuitive POS and payments platform helping the world’s best retail, hospitality and golf businesses get even better.

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Lightspeed is seeking a full-time Data Analyst to join our Finance team, as part of our Revenue and Corporate reporting team. By analyzing and optimizing operational data, you'll accelerate and improve our ability to make decisions by ensuring we have access to timely and accurate information. The ideal candidate is one who is fascinated by interpreting global financial data and discovering the trends that position Lightspeed as the leading market competitor.

What you’ll be responsible for: 

  • Interpret large amounts of financial data that provide insight to the business through scalable and repeatable reports
  • Manage data accuracy requests from other departments and Ad-Hoc requests from senior leadsership
  • Perform data quality analysis and system performance checks across different systems (ERP, CRMs, billing systems, etc)
  • Manual and automated daily data reconciliation/manipulation for resolving quality issues in a timely manner.
  • Conduct and support financial reporting deliverables such as Month End/Quarter End Reports and Board Deck material.
  • Perform quality assurance on new reports and work on different automation projects that improve the flow of data between systems
  • Collaborate with other members of the team on various projects to ensure good quality
    data being used.

What you’ll be bringing to the team:

  • 2-3 years experience in a Business Analyst, Financial Analyst, or Statistician role
  • Bachelor degree in Business Technology Management, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics or any other related fields 
  • Advanced MS-Excel knowledge and SQL
  • Experience working with Salesforce and Looker

Even better if you have, but not necessary:

  • Experience with Python
  • Ability to multitask and to work in a fast-paced office environment
  • Experience with Finance Statements
  • Experience working with a SaaS and/or FinTech environment
  • Interest in technology

Who you are:

  • Ability to multitask and work under pressure with tight deadlines
  • Willingness to learn new data systems.
  • Ability to take directions and to communicate issues.
  • Ability to work independently
  • Great attention to detail and accuracy with data
  • You are self-motivated and detail-oriented
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and embrace rapidly changing environment with the ability to manage well through ambiguity and complexity
  • Strong analytical skills and organizational skills

What’s in it for you:

  • Opportunity to learn and expand your skill set from industry-leaders in finance and technology, forge wonderful relationships and make your mark within the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family, a true Canadian tech success story
  • Amazing benefits & perks, including equity for all Lightspeeders
  • Constant development of both your financial skill-set and business acumen with limitless growth opportunities
  • Work hard-play hard! Join a dynamic, hard-working team who knows how to celebrate our achievements 

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 share scheme (we are all owners)

●  Unlimited paid time off policy

●  Flexible working policy

●  Health insurance

●  Health and wellness benefit of $500 per year

●  Paid leave and assistance for new parents

●  Mental health online platform and counselling & coaching services

●  LinkedIn Learning license

●  Volunteer day

 

To all recruitment agencies: Lightspeed does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. If we have not directly engaged your company in writing to supply candidates for a specific vacancy, Lightspeed will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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.

* Salary range is an estimate based on our AI, ML, Data Science Salary Index 💰

Tags: Data quality Excel Finance FinTech Looker Mathematics Python SQL Statistics

Perks/benefits: Career development Flex hours Flex vacation Health care Unlimited paid time off Wellness

Region: North America
Country: Canada
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Category: Analyst Jobs

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