Junior Financial Analyst

The Junior Financial Analyst
- Retail plays an essential role in growing talent in our business through collaboration and support within FP&A and our business partners. Analysts play an essential role in developing and executing the company vision by supporting decision making, planning, and driving results. You will be comfortable regularly interacting with all levels of staff and provide them with insightful, forward looking, reporting and analysis. Lush is a true vertically integrated business including Manufacturing, Distribution, Retail, Digital, and Admin streams. While all streams are linked, this role is primarily focused on the Retail teams. You will play a key role in all budgeting and forecasting workflows for these teams. You are a listener with a structured approach to planning but are also excited to drive discussion that leads to action. You have a passion for what you do and are ready to join a business dedicated not just to technical proficiency but to the practices of fair-trade sourcing, supporting sustainable communities, and giving back to grass roots organizations. Our Lush staff live with purpose, finding their personal value connection with the values of our business, bringing their work and life paths into one holistic journey. #Financial business partner to the Retail teams, providing quality, relevant, and timely, financial support to the stream and the organization. Be a storyteller, turning data into easily understood trends and impacts that can be actioned by the business. Support month-end variance analysis and operational reviews for Retail, providing insights on financial performance and key underlying drivers, changes against the plan, and upcoming opportunities and risks. operational costs working closely with the FP&A Retail operational team member and liaising with shop managers when needed. Support monthly financial forecasting and annual budgeting processes, including the development, maintenance, and ongoing improvement of forecasting models to ensure accurate financial plans. Review metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to find actionable opportunities for stakeholders and educate the business on how those metric drive financial improvements. Support the development and improvement of centralized tools and dashboards for business users to clearly understand their performance and opportunities. Support work with stakeholders to provide decision support, impact assessment, and return on investment (ROI) analysis on the evaluation of projects and strategic initiatives. Improve finance knowledge across the business by effectively communicating financial concepts that can be easily understood by all stakeholders. Provide support for any ad-hoc analysis projects, modeling, and presentation materials as required. High level of proficiency and experience with Microsoft Excel. ~ Self-motivated and results oriented with a focus on delivering high-quality work. ~ Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Commerce, Business Admin, or related field. Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics AX (or other ERP) and/or Adaptive forecasting software considered an asset. Experience in dashboarding, analysis and visualizations through PowerBI. Thriving with a diverse company culture, celebrating the uniqueness of our staff, and committed to inclusion.

Job Type
12-Month Contract Role. Full Time 2-3 days on-site is required. This salary range is based on an assessment of the local market and may vary depending on the successful candidate's location. This range is based on base salary and does not include additional bonus program and total rewards eligibility. 66,000
- $73,000 CAD Lush Handmade Cosmetics participates in E-Verify in certain US states includingAL, GA, NC, SC, FL, AZ, UT, TN and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States. Lush Cosmetics North America respectfully recognizes that our business operates on Indigenous territory across Turtle Island. As a business headquartered in Canada, our largest facilities are located on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh, as well as here on the lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit, Anishnabeg, Chippewa, Haudenosaunee and Wendat, and now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. Our commitment to reconciliation and decolonization is guided by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: We recognize that our facilities, along with our settler and newcomer staff are guests on this land and as we act to repair past harm, we do it together in ally ship with Indigenous People everywhere, including staff, customers and with leadership from organizations and communities we work with. #