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Lyft is hiring a Senior Manager for its Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Team. This is an opportunity to play a crucial role in helping build a financial foundation for a rapidly growing, post-IPO company.  This role will primarily be responsible for providing leadership in the FP&A team that supports the Rideshare division. 

As one of the key leaders on the team owning the full P&L for the Rideshare Division, this person will work in tight formation with other team members to ensure timely & accurate transparency into Rideshare economic performance.

Responsibilities:

• Own all P&L line items related to (1) Rider incentives and (2) Customer Support, requiring ongoing budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning
• Manage a strong team of individual contributors
• Partner with the business and internal Finance stakeholders across all levels
• Develop from the ground-up, and then own on an ongoing basis, robust and scalable processes to inform forecasts and track performance
• Lead beyond budgeting and planning – be a thought leader and partner with stakeholders to drive operational efficiencies while scaling the company
• Build guardrails and milestones for financial and performance management, identify appropriate controls and improve processes
• Lead the development of executive-grade analytics and reporting
• Serve as a primary link between the business, the FP&A team and the broader Finance organization to ensure smooth workflows into areas such as Accounting, Treasury, etc.
• Develop and continuously improve key financial metrics and analysis to support the unique and changing needs of the functions supported
• Deliver weekly/monthly/quarterly analysis and reporting of financial performance, including variances to plan, to ensure key issues, risks, and business drivers are clearly understood and highlighted
• Contribute to the growth and culture of the team of high-performing group of individuals

Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field
• 7+ years of experience working in finance in a high-growth environment; roles in complex and low margin businesses would be a positive
• Experience working with financial planning systems and generating ideas for their use, and then developing and operationalizing new processes to make effective use of the tools
• Proven track record of leading and managing high-performing teams
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and proven ability to apply the knowledge practically
• Extraordinary interpersonal and communication skills, cultivator of collaborative working relationships with teams across a diverse organization
• Forward-thinking, analytical and problem-solving mindset, drawn to building off of ambiguous and unsolved problems and “making it happen”

Benefits:

• Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
• In addition to 11 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
• 401(k) plan to help save for your future
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Lyft Pink -  Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program

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