Financial Analyst, FP&A - One Year Contract

Job Description

Shopify is a fast-growing commerce company currently powering over 800,000 stores in more than 175 different countries. Merchants use our software to power their business across multiple sales channels, including web, mobile storefronts, through social media and marketplaces, and in their brick-and-mortar and pop-up shops. Finance’s mission is to help support Shopify’s growth over the long-term and ensure we achieve our objective of making commerce better for everyone. We are trusted advisors and growth partners to the business, always striving to learn, provide insights, solve complex problems and contribute positive impact. Finance also plays an important role at the strategy planning table and helps influence the future direction of Shopify. About you We are seeking a Financial Analyst for our FP&A team based in Waterloo to provide financial planning, analysis, and decision support to the International business unit at Shopify. This is a one year contract with the possibility of turning into a full-time permanent role. We are looking for someone who enjoys big challenges and can apply their financial expertise and guidance to support the business. Your ability to communicate with a variety of stakeholders, take their words and transform them into numbers is something you take pride in.

You'll be working on things like:

• Forecasting and planning
• Month end GL reconciliation, accruals & variance analysis
• Partnering with the business, to help them achieve their objectives and longer term strategy
• Providing financial guidance to help form the International team’s strategies
• Helping the broader International team with various ad hoc financial support

You'll need to have:

• A bachelor's degree in finance or accounting and a CPA designation (or on the verge of obtaining it).
• Strong financial modelling skillset (advanced Microsoft Excel skills, creating standard reports and forecasting templates)
• Experience in streamlining reporting and forecasting processes
• Experience with tracking and managing budgets
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to exercise good judgement and make decisions based on accurate and timely analysis
• Proven attention to detail, and an ability to work independently

Bonus points if you have:

• Experience with subscription based business models
• Experience writing and modifying SQL queries

We know that looking for a new role can be both exciting and time-consuming, and we truly appreciate your effort. Travis is an actual real live person ( 👋) and is looking forward to learning more about you through your application. Don’t forget to include a cover letter, we read them all and we love a good story! This posting will close on September 3rd 2019 at 5pm EDT. At Shopify, we are committed to building and fostering an environment where our employees feel included, valued, and heard. Our belief is that a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion enables us to truly make commerce better for everyone. We strongly encourage applications from racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and/or people with intersectional identities. Apply for this job