Senior Financial Analyst

7shifts is a scheduling and payroll platform designed to help restaurant teams thrive. With an easy-to-use app and industry-specific solutions, 7shifts saves time, reduces errors, and helps keep costs in check for over 55,000 restaurants. Our mission is to simplify team management and improve performance for restaurants, with a long-term vision of creating a thriving restaurant industry through the power of connected & engaged teams.

As the Senior Financial Analyst (FP&A) at 7shifts, you'll own the operating expense side of the business. Reporting to the Manager, FP&A, you'll be a key member of our lean, two-person FP&A team, leading expense forecasting, building driver-based financial models, and translating data into insights that guide decisions across the business. Your work will have immediate visibility and impact from day one. This is a highly collaborative business partnering role. You'll work closely with department leaders and executives to challenge assumptions, identify risks and opportunities, and tell the story behind the numbers. You'll also play a key role in migrating our financial models from spreadsheets to Drivetrain, helping modernize our planning process. With meaningful exposure to strategic initiatives, balance sheet and cash flow forecasting, this role offers strong opportunities for growth and development.

What you'll do:

• Own operating expense (OPEX) forecasting and budget maintenance by ensuring routine and non-routine transactions are accurately reflected across departmental P&Ls.
• Partner with department leaders to evaluate, challenge, and document the assumptions that drive operating costs.
• Build reports, presentations, and financial analyses that provide actionable insights for leadership and external stakeholders.
• Play a key role in migrating driver-based financial models from spreadsheets to Drivetrain.
• Support the Manager, FP&A on strategic initiatives and ad hoc projects, including fundraising, M&A, and the evolution of balance sheet and cash flow forecasting.
• Leverage AI tools like Claude to streamline workflows, enhance analysis, draft first-pass commentary, and validate financial models.

What you bring:

• Experience as a Financial Analyst in a SaaS or startup environment, with a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to quickly understand business models and identify the key drivers behind financial performance.
• Fluency in SaaS metrics such as ARR, MRR, CAC, LTV, and retention, with a strong understanding of how they influence operating costs and overall business health.
• Expertise in financial modeling and forecasting, with the discipline to build, maintain, and document defensible assumptions.
• Experience using financial systems, reporting tools, and data visualization platforms (such as NetSuite, ThoughtSpot, and Finqore) to deliver accurate, actionable insights.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex financial data into clear recommendations for stakeholders across the business while maintaining accuracy under tight deadlines.

It’d be even cooler if you had:

• Completion of a CPA designation
• Knowledge of restaurant operations

This role is an existing vacancy and is part of our current hiring plan

Compensation

The base compensation range for this position is CAD $86,000 - $125,000. This range reflects the full growth path for the role, from building core skills to accomplished performance, through to role mastery. We typically target the accomplished level when hiring externally. At this level, individuals bring relevant experience in the role, demonstrate strong job-related skills, operate with confidence and consistency, and are able to deliver impact with limited ramp-up while still having meaningful opportunity to grow.

Compensation at 7shifts is performance and growth-driven. As you develop your skills and expand your impact over time, your compensation grows with you. Your specific placement within this range is based on your job-related skills, knowledge, and experience, as well as our internal equity assessment. We are always happy to discuss our approach throughout the hiring process.

Our commitment to our Shifties: