OpenText

Lead Financial Analyst

OpenText$86K — $130K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6-8+ years in analytics or data-related roles in a fast-paced tech environment.
  • Strong Python programming skills for automation solutions.
  • Advanced SQL skills for managing large datasets.
  • Proven experience with data models and consolidated environments.
  • Experience in building or optimizing data pipelines and reporting tools.
  • Familiarity with data governance and quality best practices.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a systems-thinking approach.
  • Excellent communication skills to convey complex data concepts simply.

Responsibilities

  • Design and manage scalable data environments for Sales and Finance.
  • Create structured datasets for reporting and automation.
  • Develop data pipelines for reliable and accurate data availability.
  • Establish best practices for data documentation and quality.
  • Maintain Python scripts to automate reporting and data transformation.
  • Build reusable analytical frameworks for standardized outputs.
  • Partner with stakeholders to define and operationalize business metrics.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package supporting physical and emotional wellbeing.
  • Opportunities for variable and commission compensation.
  • Generous vacation entitlement and paid time off.
Full Job Description
Your Impact:

As a Lead Financial Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in transforming how data is structured, accessed, and leveraged across Sales, Marketing, and Finance. Reporting to the Sr. Director, Corporate Revenue Operations, this role bridges business strategy with advanced analytics and scalable data solutions.

In this role, you will move beyond traditional analysis to design and build the data environment, automation frameworks, and analytical tools that power decision-making. You will act as both a strategic advisor and a hands-on builder-creating the infrastructure and logic that enable AI-driven insights, automation, and scalable reporting.

This position requires a strong blend of business acumen, systems thinking, and technical expertise to deliver not just insights-but the platforms that generate them.

What the role offers:

Data Environment & Systems Development

  • Design, build, and manage scalable data environments that consolidate data across Sales and Finance


  • Create and maintain structured datasets and data models that serve as the foundation for reporting, analytics, and automation.


  • Develop and optimize data pipelines and workflows to ensure reliable, timely, and accurate data availability.


  • Establish best practices for data structure, documentation, and quality to enable scalability and reuse.


Automation, Scripting & Analytical Tooling

  • Maintain and develop Python-based scripts and workflows to automate reporting, data transformation, and recurring analysis.


  • Build reusable analytical frameworks that reduce manual effort and standardize outputs across the team.


  • Evaluate, validate, and continuously improve data outputs and logic to ensure accuracy and usability.


  • Support the development of AI and advanced analytics capabilities by creating clean, well-structured datasets.


Business Insights & Metric Development

  • Partner with stakeholders in Sales, Marketing, and Finance to define, refine, and operationalize KPIs and business metrics.


  • Act as a subject matter expert on data structure, access, and interpretation.


  • Ensure alignment between business definitions and underlying data structures.


  • Translate complex data outputs into clear, actionable insights for leadership.


  • Shift reporting from static outputs to scalable, automated, and insight-driven solutions.


What you need to succeed:

  • 6-8+ years of experience in analytics, data science, data engineering, or related roles in a fast-paced technology environment.


  • Strong programming skills in Python, with experience building scripts, workflows, or automation solutions.


  • Advanced SQL skills and experience working with large, complex datasets.


  • Proven experience designing or working with data models, databases, or consolidated data environments.


  • Experience building or optimizing data pipelines, reporting frameworks, or analytical tools.


  • Familiarity with data quality, governance, and structuring best practices.


  • Ability to move between technical execution and business problem-solving.


  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and systems-thinking skills.


  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to simplify complex data concepts.


  • Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or related field.


Compensation: At OpenText, we offer a thoughtfully designed benefits package that supports your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. A summary of those benefits can be found on our Why Join Us page. As you move through the hiring process, we're happy to provide more details about our compensation programs, including variable and commission compensation opportunities for eligible roles, vacation entitlement, and paid time off.

Salary Range: $8,6800 - $130,200; Depending on the candidate's education, experience, skills, geographical location, and alignment with internal equity and external market, actual salary may vary and be higher or lower than the range posted.

About OpenText

OpenText Corporation is a Canadian company that develops and sells enterprise information management software. The company is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. OpenText software applications manage content or unstructured data for large companies, government agencies, and professional service firms. OpenText aims to help customers digitize their operations and optimize their information management processes. The company has made several acquisitions over the years to expand its product offerings and customer base. OpenText has a global presence with offices in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
Learn more about OpenText
Size
14,300 employees
Market Cap
$7.8 billion
Industry
Founded
1991
5 Year Trend
+8.8%
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