FP&A Analyst, Lyft
$94-117.5k
More information about location
3 days a week in office
Ride sharing company
Job no longer available
Ride sharing company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$94-117.5k
More information about location
3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation.
Role
Who you are
- BA/BS with 2-3+ years of experience in financial planning and analytics in a rigorous environment (high growth company experience preferred)
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-based environment with minimal supervision
- Detail oriented and highly organized self-starter with a drive to dig into complex problems
- Process improvement oriented
- Ability to organize and track overlapping tasks and assignments, with frequent priority changes
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Expert in Excel. Experience building complex formulas and manipulating large data sets
- Strong G-Sheet and Slide skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to communicate and influence effectively across various departments
What the job involves
- FP&A is an integral part of the decision-making process at Lyft, embedded within the business to ensure we maximize ROI and drive to the best possible P&L outcomes
- Lyft’s FP&A team is looking for a strong Financial Analyst to support our Marketing organization
- Directly support the Marketing team to provide world-class analysis, monthly and quarterly forecasting and reporting to stakeholders across the organization
- Own the Monthly & Quarter-end close process end-to-end for key spends, flagging any potential issues/risks through timely variance analysis
- Partner with the accounting group to manage close timelines, process and reporting
- Support the Marketing team through the development of the annual Budget process
- Assemble dynamic and comprehensive financial reports that evaluate current and future spend vs. plan and forecast by major initiatives/pillar and the Marketing team
- Prepare executive-grade reporting to identify root causes/discrepancies, summarize findings, and make recommendations
- Undertake ad hoc analytics and special projects as directed by Leadership
- Seek out opportunities to create new process improvements and take on increasing business partnership relationships
- Partner with our internal system’s team to facilitate system optimizations and reporting
- Support the overall rollup of total Marketing Program and OpEx
- Facilitate change management as necessary for purchase order process to ensure close is automated and accurate
Our take
Lyft has aimed for consistent growth, making sure to pitch itself as a more reliable and friendly ride-sharing option than its main competitor, Uber. Uber has a greater market share and operates globally, but Lyft hopes to compete by its focus on ride-sharing over Uber's more diversified business approach and as a more rider-friendly and greener alternative to Uber.
Operating only in the USA and Canada, Lyft is in a position of being less affected by global events than Uber but also more vulnerable to local conditions. As an example, while it doesn't face the regulatory hurdles around employment rights that Uber does, it is unable to balance out the cost of the unusually expensive US auto insurance across its operations.
In 2022, Lyft acquired PBSC Urban Solutions, a bike-share equipment and technology supplier, allowing Lyft to compete in new verticals and reaffirming its commitment to green transportation. It has also trialed and launched Lyft Assisted, where drivers help passengers from their door into the car to get to medical appointments. These developments chime well with Lyft's unique selling point as a friendlier and more environmentally aware ride-sharing app.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 14 rounds)
Jun 2018
$600m
LATE VC
Mar 2018
$200m
LATE VC
Total funding: $4.9bn
Company benefits
- Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
- Mental health benefits
- In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
- 401(k) plan to help save for your future
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program
- Family building benefits
- Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
John Zimmer
(Co-Founder)Originally an Analyst at Lehman Brothers, Zimmer then founded Zimride which was a private ridesharing company that pivoted into Lyft.
Logan Green
(Co-Founder)Founded Zimride, a private ridesharing company which later pivoted into Lyft.
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