Senior Financial Analyst (FP&A)

About the job

SOVRA is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join its Financial Planning and Analysis team in the Montreal, Quebec area. The role is a backfill and involves contributing to the monthly reporting for the executive team and board of directors, as well as forecasts and budgets guiding the business.

The role prepares a range of recurring and ad hoc analyses, including budget variances, project monitoring, and performance and profitability analysis. It also produces the reports and dashboards, including several SaaS KPIs, required for month-end, and contributes to improving the processes around SOVRA's financial systems.

Executives, the board, and business managers rely on this work to make decisions, so the role ensures the integrity of every deliverable and meets established deadlines. Working directly with business stakeholders, the role translates numbers into clear explanations for senior audiences. The role is remote with onsite presence for monthly and quarterly closes.

What will your main responsibilities look like?

Forecasting, Modeling, Budgeting

• Own assigned workstreams within the monthly financial reporting, annual budget, and forecast processes, covering P&L and cash flow.
• Support colleagues as needed and contribute to the monthly reporting prepared for the executive team and board of directors.
• Ensure the integrity of every deliverable within established deadlines.

Variance & Performance Analysis

• Analyze budget and forecast variances, partnering directly with business stakeholders to gather explanations and context behind the results.
• Prepare analytical and management reports, such as sales and customer revenue reports, along with performance and profitability analysis and project monitoring.

SaaS Metrics & Dashboards

• Prepare the reports and dashboards, including several SaaS KPIs (e.g., ARR, MRR, churn, CAC, LTV), required for the month-end process.
• Follow up on dashboards and performance indicators at the operations level.

Stakeholder Partnership & Process Improvement

• Respond to ad hoc requests from managers and work directly with the business on select projects.
• Present findings to stakeholders and influence decisions through clear, well-supported analysis.
• Contribute to optimizing the processes related to SOVRA's financial systems.

What will you bring to this role?

• FP&A track record — 5+ years in FP&A or a comparable finance function, such as financial consulting at a Big Four firm, delivering modeling and analytics.
• Forecasting and variance analysis — Build forward-looking models for P&L, cash flow, or SaaS metrics (e.g., ARR, MRR, churn, CAC, LTV), including rolling forecasts, and run variance analyses and post-mortems.
• Advanced Excel and Office skills — Work at an advanced level in Excel (beyond pivot tables and VLOOKUP), perform functions such as INDEX-MATCH, ingest multiple data sources, and create advanced analytical formulas. Proficiency in Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Stakeholder influence — Present reports to senior stakeholders, explain findings clearly, and influence decisions without formal authority.
• Bilingual communication — Work comfortably in both English and French.
• Academic foundation — Hold a university degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
• Montreal-area presence — Live in the Montreal, Quebec area and be available onsite for month-end and quarterly closes.
• Authorization to work in Canada — Must be eligible to work in Canada.

What are the assets that would make you stand out?

• SaaS experience — Experience working in a SaaS company and understanding how its financial metrics fit together.
• Applied AI in FP&A — Practical experience using AI tools to improve efficiency and generate insights in FP&A work.
• Professional designation — Hold a CPA or equivalent designation. Candidates actively pursuing a designation or with equivalent progressive FP&A experience are encouraged to apply.

You should apply if

• You want your analysis to inform decisions made by SOVRA's executive team and board of directors.
• You are drawn to the steady rhythm of the monthly and quarterly cycle, where rigor and consistency build trust in the numbers.
• You want your finance work to support a company whose technology helps public agencies stretch taxpayer dollars further.

What we look for in applications

We review every application individually and assess it on its own merits rather than screening for keywords. The most impactful applications:

• Describe the models, forecasts, and reports you built or owned, who relied on them, and the outcome, with numbers wherever possible.
• When naming a tool, such as Excel or an AI tool, add a brief note on what you used it to do.
• Provide specific detail about your own work, which tells us far more than a general summary of responsibilities.