Financial Data Analyst, FP&A

At Lyft, our mission is to improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation. To do this, we start with our own community by creating an open, inclusive, and diverse organization.

Lyft is hiring a Financial Data Analyst for its Financial Planning and Analysis Team.  The ideal candidate is a team-oriented individual who is passionate about data driven analytics, insights and decision making.  This role will perform analytical deep dives focusing on key financial and operational metrics as well as collaborate with the Business Intelligence and Data Engineering teams to build necessary data infrastructure and pipelines to support FP&A’s reporting, data, and analytics needs.

• Ensure the development of an automated reporting process that covers metrics as well as financial results, and connects the two in an appropriate and accurate manner
• Perform complex analysis of datasets, build accurate data maps, and conduct regular data validation; communicate database changes to downstream users, relay data users’ requirements to BI team, systems architects and admins
• Prepare and review relevant financial analyses comparing actuals to forecasts and budgets
• Standardize and automate existing FP&A reports, metrics, and dashboards in addition to designing new financial/business reporting packages for senior management
• Function as an analyst and business partner to model, design, and build business solutions that improve Lyft’s FP&A processes
• Maintain and document current and new system process flows
• Support rest of the FP&A team with ad-hoc analysis as necessary

• BA/BS with 3+ years of experience in financial planning and analysis or another discipline with similar analytical rigor
• Proficiency in SQL with 2+ years of experience working with large data sets
• Data visualization/BI experience (Tableau or Mode a plus)
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Strong business acumen in Finance
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience working with financial planning systems (either Anaplan, Adaptive Insights, or Host Analytics) a plus

• Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
• Mental health benefits
• In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
• 401(k) plan to help save for your future
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program

Lyft is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment  without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.