At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.
We are looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to support our Autonomous Vehicle (AV) team. This role will be located in our Toronto office. The ideal candidate will bring natural curiosity, financial rigor, and a continuous improvement mindset to the team driving financial analysis in support of strategic decision making at Lyft. This finance partner will have the opportunity to work in a team that will support, inform and influence decisions that can have a real impact on the P&L and can truly help shape Lyft’s future.

EXPERIENCE:

• 5+ years of experience in financial planning or analytics in a rigorous environment, ideally a high growth technology company with significant software engineering and product headcount.
• Demonstrated experience in developing analytical frameworks; excellent quantitative analysis and forecasting skills
• Detail oriented self-starter capable of operating autonomously and driving projects with high performance amidst ambiguity
• Strong communication and presentation skills, can easily present complex financial issues to non-finance executives
• Exceptional interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration skills, ability to drive operational excellence within a dynamic and fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of financial systems (Anaplan, Tableau, Oracle ERP or similar)
• Strong Google Sheet, Google Doc and Excel skills

• Own all aspects of budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning for our emerging AV business unit as a partner to key business leaders
• Lead in-depth financial analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and ROI evaluations to drive decision-making on new and existing products
• Spearhead and manage continuous process optimization across functional departments to scale with company growth
• Instill financial responsibility through education and partnership with cross functional teams and department heads
• Build comprehensive and dynamic models to drive insightful analytics and provide recommendations and key findings to leadership teams
• Create, distribute, and summarize clear, concise KPI reporting
• Support month end close processes including the analysis and reporting of financial results; ensuring key issues, risks, and business drivers are understood and highlighted
• Partner with broader FP&A team and other Finance colleagues on cross-functional initiatives, supporting with financial models and ad-hoc analysis