Lightspeed is looking to welcome a full-time Finance Manager, Revenue Accounting to manage and oversee our revenue recognition processes and support various company initiatives. You will be responsible for ensuring revenue recognition in compliance with IFRS as well as reporting on revenue on a monthly basis. Reporting to the VP Finance, this is your chance to join a thriving team in a high impact and high visibility role, while learning about the Software, Payments, and Financial Services industry.
What you’ll be responsible for:
As the Finance Manager, Revenue Accounting, you will collaborate with multiple business units and work with the corporate and operational teams in order to execute the following duties and responsibilities
- Oversee the revenue accounting close processes and ensure a high degree of quality, timeliness, and accuracy;
- Collaborate with the FP&A department to support monthly reporting for multiple revenue streams;
- Assist finance engineers (i.e. IS, ERP teams) with execution of revenue system integrations including product mappings, user acceptance testing and data migration when needed;
- Participate in cross functional project initiatives that will streamline the order to cash process;
- Serve as the finance organization’s subject matter expert on revenue accounting and collaborate with Sales, FP&A, Billing, Accounts Receivable, IT, and Professional Services relative to contract negotiations and new product offerings to provide guidance on revenue recognition processes;
- Be responsible for reporting projects that gather and integrate large volumes of data, perform in depth analysis, interpret results and develop actionable insights and recommendations for use across the business units;
- Work with internal and external auditors and ensure the accuracy and completeness of all audit deliverables;
- Ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements;
- Supervise an Accounting Analyst;
- Participate in other projects as necessary.
What you’ll be bringing to the team:
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
- CPA designation is required
- At least 3-4 years of experience in audit, in revenue recognition accounting or in accounting in a SaaS company
- Excellent understanding of how IFRS15 applies to SaaS
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Advanced knowledge of Excel is a must
- Organized and comfortable balancing multiple competing projects
- Strong business acumen and understanding how Lightspeed fits in the global software industry
- Detail-oriented, autonomous, and able to take initiative
- Ability to handle a high volume of changes
- Excellent English communication skills
Even better if you have, but not necessary:
- Experience with Netsuite ERP, Salesforce and Looker
- Experience in Software, Payments, or Financial Services industry
- Excellent written and spoken French
Who you are
- You are self-motivated and detail-oriented
- Ability to multitask and work under pressure with tight deadlines
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and embrace rapidly changing environment with the ability to manage well through ambiguity and complexity
- Strong analytical skills and organizational skills
Enthusiastic person who displays interpersonal skills and works very well in teams
What’s in it for you
- Opportunity to learn and expand your skill set from industry-leaders in finance and technology, forge wonderful relationships and make your mark within the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family, a true Canadian tech success story
- Amazing benefits & perks, including equity for all Lightspeeders
- Constant development of both your financial skill-set and business acumen with limitless growth opportunities
- Work hard-play hard! Join a dynamic, hard-working team who knows how to celebrate our achievements
… and enjoy a range of benefits that’ll keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry:
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- Lightspeed share scheme (we are all owners)
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Flexible working policy
- Immediate access to health insurance
- Health and wellness benefit of $500 per year
- Paid parental leave top-up program
- Virtual telemedicine and mental health resources
- LinkedIn Learning license
- Paid volunteer day
To all recruitment agencies: Lightspeed does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. If we have not directly engaged your company in writing to supply candidates for a specific vacancy, Lightspeed will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Where to from here?
Obviously, this has to be mutually beneficial: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you’re proud to come to every day. For a glimpse into our world check out our career page here.
Lightspeed is building communities through commerce, and we need people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to do that. We were founded in 2005, in Montreal’s gay village and our original members were all part of the LGBTQ+ community. The ethos of our business has been about inclusion from the very beginning, and we strive to provide a workplace where everyone belongs.
Who we are:
Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed's one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions, and connection to supplier networks.
Founded in Montréal, Canada in 2005, Lightspeed is dual-listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: LSPD) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: LSPD). With teams across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the company serves retail, hospitality, and golf businesses in over 100 countries.
