FP&A Analyst (Toronto or Calgary)

at  Limelight Software

Role: FP&A Analyst
Start Date: TBD
Total Rewards: PTO, Statutory Holidays, Base Salary and Benefits.
Work Type: WFH - flexible with preference to Candidates from Toronto and Calgary.
Limelight is looking for a FP&A Analyst with experience in planning, forecasting, and reporting to join our team! This a great opportunity to combine your finance and technical knowledge.
Our cloud financial planning, forecasting & reporting platform automates manual spreadsheet processes so businesses can spend more time on data insights. As we continue to scale, it’s important to us to nurture the culture we have built where team members work closely together to solve problems, innovate, and get creative.
As an FP&A Analyst, you will work closely with key stakeholders in finance (CFO, VP, Director, Controller) to connect their strategic goals to FP&A model design. You must have a deep understanding of the FP&A planning/reporting process, knowledge of metrics that Finance leaders hold their business accountable to, and challenges at all levels within the FP&A function. Intimate knowledge of financial statements is a must.

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS:

• 3+ years experience in Financial Analysis
• 3+ years of consulting experience
• Experience with building planning, forecasting and reporting models
• Strong finance and modeling background
• Exceptional communication skills with clients and internal team members
• Project management is an asset
• Understanding of data governance principles and best practices
• Focused on relationship building and client centricity
• Having worked with ERP or other FP&A products is a value-add

• Work closely with clients’ Finance leadership teams to uncover where improvements can be made within their FP&A processes and to understand what outcomes their strategy is targeting
• Lead requirements-gathering sessions to extract the functional requirements
• Translate functional requirements from design sessions to develop the model
• Create and test reports within Limelight to support the delivery and implementation of the project