Sr. Financial Analyst
About the Role:
Lyra is looking for a highly motivated senior finance analyst to help us realize our mission of becoming the premier mental health solution. The core functions of this role will include highlighting business trends, uncovering signals, and forecasting growth. In order to be successful, you will need exceptional modeling skills and the ability to source and analyze complex datasets. Beyond fundamental analytics, this role will be looked to for a strategic perspective on scaling our company. Close partnership with leaders across the business will be imperative as you develop a comprehensive view of the company.
As one of the core members of this team, leadership will look to you for your in-depth understanding of Lyra. From top to bottom line, you’ll have a stake in evaluating and presenting insights into the company’s financial and operational performance. The ideal candidate is hard-working, motivated by our mission to redefine mental health care, and willing to take on increasingly complex and critical functions as we continue to scale.
Support essential finance functions: support long range planning efforts and annual revenue model for the business
Inform strategic initiatives and business planning: Analyze revenue, expense, and operations metrics for signals and insights. Provide guidance and recommendations to leadership based on findings
Improve forecasting accuracy: Build complex financial models to help analyze and forecast current business and new business opportunities
Add clarity to the business: Build dashboards and reports to share with key stakeholders and leadership. Develop analyses to be reported to senior leadership
Tackle hard problems: Get in the weeds to improve business operations and processes. Serve as a leader in maturing our business practices. Partner with internal teams to improve financial reporting and operations. Support communication between Finance and key business partners
Add value: As an integral member of this small but critical team you will need to serve as a business leader from day one. Your contributions will materially impact the success of our quickly growing business
3+ years of Investment Banking, Corporate Finance, FP&A, or related forecast/planning experience required
BA/BS in Finance, Business, Economics, Math, or related field
Advanced modeling skills with the ability to distill complex decisions into simple but comprehensive financial models
Ability to navigate and analyze financial statements from end to end
High degree of proficiency in Excel required, strongly prefer experience with Tableau and enterprise software systems (NetSuite, Adaptive)
Comfortable retrieving data from SQL databases or the desire to learn
Excellent organizational and time management skills, including the ability to prioritize and balance multiple deliverables with competing timelines in a dynamic environment
Exceptional written and oral communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey recommendations and conclusions. Experience presenting thoughtful analysis and a compelling point of view directly to senior leadership
Proven success developing and/or improving processes, with a desire to inspire change across the organization
Ability to collect, organize and analyze complex data at a macro and micro level with minimal supervision. Actively seeks the input and opinions of stakeholders; explores and considers a wide range of options before acting
Demonstrates high critical thinking and problem-solving skills and strong attention to detail as well as an ability to tackle ambiguous situations
Must be a proactive self-starter with exceptional follow-through and the ability to work well independently with minor supervision