Financial Analyst/ Senior Financial Analyst - FP&A

Shopify’s mission is to make commerce better for everyone. From building a new product feature for our commerce platform, to helping a merchant troubleshoot an issue over the phone, we want to empower our ecosystem through our work.

Having a unified vision, a north star, is vitally important to ensure that we are all headed in the same direction. No matter the size or experience, we want to power every merchant’s experience. This is why we’re all here.

Shopify is now permanently remote, and we’re working towards a future that is digital by design. That location you see above? Consider it merely an example of hundreds of potential locations across The United States and Canada where Shopify is hiring. Learn more here: https://www.shopify.com/careers/work-anywhere

Shopify has redefined commerce, raising the standard for how companies of all sizes sell their products and services online and off. With 1,700,000+ merchants in more than 175 different countries, and the most innovative platform on the market, we continue to grow rapidly while constantly looking for new ways to impact and disrupt markets.

We’re looking for Financial Analysts (FAs) and Senior Financial Analysts (SFAs) who are currently in an Eastern Time or Central Time (EST/CST) location to join our high impact Finance team. In both of these roles, you will provide financial planning, analysis, and decision support to one or more areas of Shopify’s business. This helps improve quality, timeliness and depth of insight; ultimately enabling the organization to make great decisions quickly.

We have needs across many parts of the business and we are hiring vigorously within different FP&A groups: Merchant Services, Commercial & Platform, Corporate Finance, and the Shopify Fulfillment Network. Shopify was built by thriving on change and pivoting quickly, and part of this process entails having that same mindset and keeping an open mind to the different opportunities available across these various teams. We will make sure to match you with a team where you can learn from the most where we feel you would have the most impact. 

Please note that this posting will be used to fill roles on the team at both the Financial Analyst and Senior Financial Analyst levels. Should your application move forward to the next stage, our hiring team will reach out and let you know which level you are being considered for before we move forward. 

FA responsibilities

• Gathering data to support ongoing model development and business casing, which will contribute to evaluating growth initiatives, product launches, and overall business line performance

• Participating in cadenced reporting, and assisting in the preparation of budgets, forecasts, financial models, and business cases. Supporting monthly P&L and operational metric forecasts

• Communicating with the finance team and gaining context on your business mission, values, and goals

• Partnering with the business by providing relevant data or facilitating processes

SFA responsibilities

• Owning ongoing model development and business casing to evaluate growth initiatives, product launches, and overall business line performance

• Partnering with data science, business operations, commercial and product teams, and Product Line leadership to analyze business drivers, identify areas of opportunity and risk, drive improvements to our unit economics

• Preparing monthly P&L and operational metric forecasts

• Developing actionable management reporting, dashboards, and KPIs, and overseeing monthly variance analysis and operating reviews to track business success

• Owning overall strategic business planning, including preparing annual investment plans and rolling long range plans

FA requirements 

• Proven track record of driving significant impact in complex business situations

• Experience in financial modelling, analysis, and reporting within a large, complex environment

• A growth mindset, a builder’s mentality and a proven history of effective execution

• The ability to thrive in a fast-moving, ambiguous work environment and to navigate through change

• Track record of strong performance in management consulting, investment banking, accounting, FP&A, or a related field

• Superior written and verbal communication skills

SFA requirements 

• Proven track record of driving significant impact in complex business situations

• Significant experience in financial modelling and strategic business planning

• Experience creating investment business cases in a fast-growth business

• A growth mindset, a builder’s mentality and a proven history of effective execution

• The ability to thrive in a fast-moving, ambiguous work environment and to navigate through change

• Superior written and verbal communication skills, business partnering expertise, and an excellent ability to mentor and teach

• Track record of strong performance in management consulting, investment banking, accounting, FP&A, or a related field

• Experience creating investment business cases in a fast-growth business

• Experience in tech or other SaaS-based business models

We know that applying for a new role takes a lot of work and we truly value your time. We’re looking forward to reading your application. Please address your message to the hiring manager to Count Dracula, and tell us what motivated you to apply to Shopify. 

Closing date: Monday, November 1st at 5pm EST. Successful candidates can expect to hear back from us by Monday, November 8th at 5pm EST.

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 Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and/or people with intersectional identities. Please take a look at our 2020 Sustainability Report to learn more about Shopify's commitments.