OpenText

Lead Financial Analyst

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

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of progressive experience in a Finance role, with an emphasis on FP&A and business partnership.
  • Exceptional analytical skills with a strong command of Excel, Power BI, and Tableau.
  • Must possess a Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or Economics.
  • Proven autonomy in identifying and driving high-value finance projects.
  • Strong communication abilities to engage with all organizational levels.

Responsibilities

  • Consolidate and validate P&L performance with variance analysis and detailed commentary.
  • Support monthly forecasting and annual planning in collaboration with business leaders.
  • Analyze financial and operational data to recommend actionable strategies and improvements.
  • Aggregate diverse data sources to create impactful financial models and insights.
  • Conduct ad-hoc analyses to aid various business initiatives and projects.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package aimed at physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing.
  • Opportunities for variable and commission compensation for eligible roles.
  • Generous vacation entitlement and paid time off.
  • Use of AI tools in recruitment to enhance efficiency and candidate experience.
Full Job Description
Your Impact

As a member of the FP&A organization, the person in this role will partner across the org to consolidate, monitor, process and report OPEX and P&L results. The ideal candidate has experience in business partnership in order to assist business leaders in making informed operational and investment decisions.

The Lead Financial Analyst will draw heavily on their financial modeling and system skills to provide insights to help drive financial decision making that yields maximum, long term value for the business. The ideal candidate is a well-rounded performer who thrives in a fast-paced and demanding environment, embraces a collaborative work style and possesses a clear customer and operations focus, with a passion for business support.

What The Role Offers
  • Consolidation, validation, and reporting P&L performance, including variance analysis and commentary.
  • Support monthly forecasting and annual planning in partnership with the business
  • Recommending actions by analyzing and interpreting financial and operational data. This may include scenario analysis, aggregation of necessary data, development of supporting models, coordination with Business Leaders to determine assumptions, and completion of key metrics, reporting, and benchmarks.
  • Gather information and data from various systems and reporting tools. Ability to bring those data points together in a meaningful way to provide granular insight into the various models
  • Perform ad-hoc analysis to support various business initiatives and special projects.


What You Need To Succeed
  • A track record of good judgment and decision-making in positions with significant responsibility. Collaborative, able to influence across teams, comfortable dealing with ambiguity
  • Highly autonomous and able to independently identify high-value projects and drive them to completion.
  • Having and being able to articulate/defend an informed opinion on important topics.
  • Process improvement and automation
  • 5+ years of progressive experience in a Finance role, preferably in FP&A with Business partnership experience
  • Outstanding data analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail. Strong excel, financial and ERP reporting, Power BI, Tableau skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills at all levels within the company
  • Minimum Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or Economics. Technology or Telecommunications industry experience preferred


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:$86,800 - $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.

AI Usage Disclosure: As part of our commitment to transparency, we use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in various stages of our recruitment process, including resume screening, candidate matching, interview scheduling, and communications. These tools are designed to improve efficiency, reduce bias, and enhance candidate experience. All decisions regarding hiring are made by qualified human professionals, and we continuously monitor our AI systems to ensure fairness and compliance with applicable regulations.

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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