Manager, Strategic Finance

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.

We are looking for a Finance Manager to support our Strategic Finance team. This role will be located in our Toronto office. The ideal candidate will bring natural curiosity, financial rigor, and a continuous improvement mindset to the team driving financial analysis in support of strategic decision making at Lyft. This finance partner will have the opportunity to work in a team that will support, inform and influence decisions that can have a real impact on the P&L and can truly help shape Lyft’s future.

• →Partner with the Sr. Manager of Strategic Finance to identify growth opportunities and develop financial frameworks to inform operational and management decisions, support Lyft's long-range plan and annual operating plan, and analyze growth scenarios across core Rideshare business and emerging mobility products
• →Build and maintain sophisticated financial models that provide insights in competitive position, including unit economics, market share dynamics, and other growth KPIs
• →Translate complex marketplace financial information into actionable insights for senior leadership, supporting critical decisions on pricing, geographic expansion, and product investments
• →Conduct deep-dive analyses on business performance of customer retention, frequency, volume, demand, supply, and pressure test assumptions underlying strategic initiatives
• →Lead financial analysis for ad-hoc strategic projects and executive requests, often under tight timelines and with incomplete information
• →Prepare executive-ready presentations that distill sophisticated financial analysis into clear recommendations for the leadership team

• 5+ years in FP&A, corporate finance, strategic finance, investment banking, or management consulting with demonstrated financial modeling excellence
• Strong business acumen with ability to connect financial metrics to underlying business drivers and competitive dynamics
• Track record of translating complex quantitative analysis into strategic recommendations that influenced senior leadership decisions
• Experience building financial models from scratch, P&Ls, cash flow projections, scenario analyses, sensitivity tables
• Comfort operating in ambiguity: structuring loosely-defined problems, making defensible assumptions, and driving to decisions with imperfect information
• Excellent communication skills with ability to tailor messaging for different audiences, from technical finance teams to executive leadership
• Strong attention to detail and ability to deliver accurate, high-quality work while managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related quantitative field
• Preferred
  • 2+ years in investment banking, private equity, or equity research with experience modeling marketplace or technology businesses
  • MBA or CFA certification
  • Experience with SQL, Tableau, Looker, or similar analytical tools for hands-on data analysis
  • Deep familiarity with rideshare, mobility, or marketplace business models 
  • Established framework for competitive intelligence, tracking competitor disclosures, reverse-engineering metrics, synthesizing market trends
  • Experience supporting long-range planning processes at high-growth technology companies