Commissions Analyst

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Lightspeed is looking for a full-time Commissions Analyst. The Revenue Operations team is core to the success of our go-to-market functions (Sales, Marketing, Launch, Customer Success, Support). By analyzing and optimizing operational data, you'll accelerate and improve our ability to make decisions by ensuring we have access to timely and accurate insights. If you love digging into the root causes of problems, finding patterns, and working with multiple teams, then this is the role for you.

What you’ll be doing

• Measure sales performance on a monthly, quarterly, yearly basis using MS Excel
• Calculate amounts to process through payroll on monthly, quarterly, yearly basis
• Build reports that helps executives understand and monitor trends, ratios & KPI’s
• Participate in the creation of new compensation plans globally
• Standardize the compensation incentives process across the company
• Distribute and maintain plans database
• Help with the implementation of a new software that improves the compensation process
• Build strong relationships with departments leaders
• Produce well-structured documentation that supports audit & SOX processes

What you’ll be bringing to the team

• Up to 2+ years of experience in financial analysis
• Bachelor's Degree in Commerce, Accounting or Finance
• Advanced level of knowledge in Excel is a must
• Strong analytical skills and organizational skills
• Detail-oriented, autonomous, and able to take initiative
• Ability to handle a high volume of changes and workload
• Excellent English communication skills
• High level of professionalism as you will meet with executives regularly

Even better if you have, but not required

• Experience with Looker, Salesforce, Workday Adaptive, & SPIFF
• Knowledge of a sales function in a SaaS company
• Strong interest in Information Systems Software

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;
• 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)
• 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
• Telemedicine platform and mental health services
• 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.

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.

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.