Senior Financial Analyst

Summary

Join Lush Cosmetics as a Senior Financial Analyst and become a key player in the company's growth. You will partner with Digital teams, providing financial support, impact assessments, and return on investment analysis for projects and strategic initiatives. Responsibilities include sales growth support, performance reporting, risk identification, data analysis, and budgeting/forecasting. You will collaborate with various teams, develop reporting tools, and improve financial processes. This role requires strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills, along with 5+ years of FP&A experience and proficiency in Microsoft Excel. The position is remote but requires location in Toronto, ON or Vancouver, BC.

Requirements

• 5+ years of progressive FP&A experience
• Strong leadership, presentation, and communication skills
• Excellent analytical, modelling, and problem-solving skills, with an in-depth knowledge of financial statements and drivers that impact them
• A proven, collaborative, and inclusive approach to business support
• Extremely high proficiency and experience within Microsoft Excel
• Proactive approach and initiative
• Excellent time management skills and ability to work calmly under pressure to achieve deadlines
• Self-motivated and results-oriented with a focus on delivering high-quality work
• Excitement and commitment to learn, understand, and relate to Lush’s core brand values
• Located within Toronto, ON or Vancouver, BC

Responsibilities

• Provide quality, relevant, and timely financial support to the Digital stream and the organization. Focusing on impact assessments and return on investments for projects and strategic initiatives
• Support sales growth, working closely with the Head of Digital Ops and global Digital Financial partner to help maximize sales through financial models and analytical support to help inform decision making
• Report and analyze the performance of Wholesale, Marketplace, and Omnichannel sales channels. Ensure the business understands opportunities and performance
• Monitor real-time data to identify potential costs and sales risks and work closely with key stakeholders to address risks and identify opportunities
• Communicate effectively, turning data into easily understood trends and impacts that can be actioned by the business
• Lead month-end variance analysis and operational reviews for Digital, providing insights on financial performance and key underlying drivers, changes against the plan, and upcoming opportunities and risks
• Lead monthly financial forecasting and annual budgeting processes, including the development, maintenance, and ongoing improvement of forecasting models to ensure accurate financial plans
• Partner and collaborate with Supply Chain analysts to help assess the performance and effectiveness of Digital Fulfilment teams and its impact on our digital customers
• Develop and manage reporting tools to meet day-to-day data needs for key team members, empowering the team to make data-driven sales decisions and understand performance opportunities
• Proactively review and develop metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to find actionable opportunities for stakeholders and educate the business on how those metrics drive financial improvements
• Improve finance knowledge across the business by effectively communicating financial concepts that can be easily understood by all stakeholders
• Provide peer support, guidance, and development opportunities to team members
• Proactively seek opportunities to improve the accuracy and efficiency of processes and deliverables
• Provide support for any ad-hoc analysis projects, modelling, and presentation materials as required

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Commerce, or Business Administration
• Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics AX (or other ERP) and/or Adaptive forecasting software is considered an asset
• Experience in direct e-commerce sales, wholesale, or marketplace
• Experience in dashboarding, analysis and visualizations through PowerBI
• Experience in vertically integrated operations
• Formal education or relevant experience in project management
• Accounting designation preferred
• Thriving with a diverse company culture, celebrating the uniqueness of our staff and committed to inclusion

Benefits

• Remote work
• Base Salary Range $90,000 — $100,000 CAD