- Take on complex, open-ended questions spanning multiple parts of the business and bring structure to ambiguity
- Understand how different businesses make money, identify key growth drivers, and assess whether growth is sustainable
- Connect individual business performance to the broader consolidated picture
- Build financial models and analysis from the ground up to answer strategic questions and support business decisions
- Find, access, and validate required data, including working directly with SQL and BI tools
- Improve in-year and long-range forecasting by strengthening methodologies and key drivers, increasing accuracy, and making the process more efficient and explainable
- Own the monthly and quarterly finance rhythm, partnering with business teams on reviews and reporting
- Maintain consistent finance standards across business areas
- Challenge assumptions, identify risks and opportunities, and turn complex analysis into clear recommendations for senior finance and business leaders
- Report to the Director, Strategic Finance & Insights and work directly with the VP Finance and CFO

Requirements

- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to structure ambiguous or unowned problems
- Strong financial modelling skills, including driver-based models and three-statement analysis from the ground up
- Experience working directly with data, including SQL or an equivalent querying tool and a BI platform




- Strong business curiosity and ability to investigate underlying business drivers
- Ability to challenge assumptions and numbers while building trusted relationships with business partners
- Solid communication skills, with ability to make complex analysis clear and actionable for finance and non-finance audiences
- Experience working in a complex business with multiple revenue streams or business models
- Availability to work within EST/EDT hours

Core Competencies

Demonstrates strong financial modeling capabilities, including driver-based models and three-statement analysis, while effectively communicating complex analyses to diverse audiences. Proven ability to structure ambiguous problems and connect individual business performance to broader financial insights.

Highest-signal resume keywords

- Financial Modeling
- SQL
- Business Intelligence Tools
- Problem-Solving
- Communication Skills

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

- Financial Modeling
- Driver-Based Models
- Three-Statement Analysis
- Data Validation
- Forecasting Methodologies

Soft Skills

- Problem-Solving
- Business Curiosity
- Relationship Building
- Communication

Industry Keywords

- Revenue Streams
- Business Models
- Finance Standards
- Strategic Finance
- Financial Analysis

Tools & Technologies

- SQL
- Business Intelligence Tools

📌 Lead Strategic Financial Analyst (Montreal)
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📍 Montreal