Finance Transformation System Specialist (Pigment)

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We’re looking for a Finance Transformation System Specialist  to join our Finance Transformation team. This role will own the implementation, development, and ongoing strategic optimization of Pigment as our new financial planning and analysis (FP&A) platform. You will be instrumental in driving operational excellence for our financial systems, acting as both a visionary architect and a hands-on builder. This role demands a proactive individual who can build sophisticated models, drive critical integrations, and influence strategic decisions by transforming our data into powerful business insights.

You will act as the primary liaison between Finance and other business units, ensuring Pigment is not just maintained, but actively evolved to meet and anticipate our evolving business needs. This is a unique opportunity to influence the future direction of FP&A at Lightspeed, by leveraging your strong technical expertise  and financial insight to drive meaningful, measurable impact. 

What you’ll be doing:

Strategic System Ownership & Operational Excellence:

• Own the end-to-end management of the Pigment platform, ensuring its optimal performance, security, and scalability. This includes managing user access, permissions, and overall system health.
• Drive operational excellence by continuously evaluating and enhancing Pigment's capabilities to streamline financial and business processes, reduce manual effort, and improve data accuracy and availability.
• Influence strategic decisions by providing expert guidance on how Pigment can best support Lightspeed's long-term financial objectives, including advanced analytics and AI use cases.

Pigment Modeling & Development

• Build and configure complex Pigment models and applications to meet granular business requirements for budgeting, forecasting, scenario modeling, and comprehensive financial reporting.
• Design and implement robust data connections with critical source systems like BigQuery, NetSuite, Workday and Salesforce, ensuring seamless, real-time data flow and integrity.
• Collaborate deeply with finance process owners and data SMEs to embed Lightspeed's intricate data structures, dimensionality, business rules, calculations, and financial logic directly into Pigment models.
• Develop and manage sophisticated forecasting processes and components, empowering users with controlled abilities to manage, override, and modify financial inputs.

• Cross-Functional Partnership & Transformation Catalyst:
• Acting as a pivotal technical and functional expert, you will collaborate closely with the Senior Manager, Finance Transformation and the FP&A team throughout the Pigment implementation project lifecycle, from rigorous requirements gathering and architectural design to meticulous testing and successful go-live.
• Identify and advocate for transformative opportunities within FP&A processes by fully leveraging Pigment's advanced capabilities, including sophisticated allocations, detailed segmentation, multi-currency management, and enhanced reporting dimensionality.
• Contribute to the strategic definition of Pigment's roadmap, exploring its potential for integrating with broader business systems (e.g., Workday, Coupa, Salesforce).
• Develop and deliver comprehensive training programs and support materials, fostering a highly proficient and autonomous user base within Lightspeed.

What you need to bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or a related field is required.
• Pigment Certified Modeler certification; experience with comparable financial planning platforms (e.g.,Adaptive Planning, Anaplan, OneStream) is a valuable asset.
• 5+ years of experience, with a proven track record of successfully leading or significantly contributing to the implementation of enterprise-level financial planning systems.
• Demonstrated project management skills, specifically in collaborating closely with diverse business partners to define requirements, manage expectations, and deliver successful system solutions.
• Deep understanding of financial processes including budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, scenario modeling, and financial reporting. Experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) is considered a valuable asset.
• Proficiency in data integration concepts and experience with large dataset management and validation.

What’s in it for you?

Come live the Lightspeed experience...

• Ability to do your job in a truly flexible environment;
• Genuine career opportunities in a company that’s creating new jobs everyday;
• Uncapped commission;
• Work in a team big enough for growth but lean enough to make a real impact.

… and enjoy a range of benefits that’ll keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry:

• Lightspeed share scheme (we are all owners)
• Immediate access to our benefits plan
• RRSP match after 3 months
• Fitness & Wellness benefit: $500 CAD per calendar year
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• Parental leave Top-Up

We know that people are more than what’s on their CV. If you’re unsure that you have the right profile for the role... Hit the ‘Apply’ button and give it a try!

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.

Lightspeed is a proud equal opportunity employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive and barrier-free workplace. Lightspeed welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

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.