Financial Analyst

Travel is not just about the destination; it's about every memory made along the way. We are dedicated to shaping the future of travel by partnering with 200+ airline, hospitality, cruise, passenger rail, and financial services companies to create new, meaningful revenue streams through incredible customer experiences. Rooted in our core values of being ambitious, innovative, and collaborative, we are driven to continuously raise the bar, exceed expectations, and bring out the best in everyone, fostering a culture where we believe we are better together, working towards an extraordinary future in travel. Come help us transform everyday travel into extraordinary experiences.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

As the Financial Analyst for the Financial Planning & Analysis team you will be responsible for forecasting and analysis, and developing models that support the Points business unit. You will help identify and analyze new growth opportunities beyond existing approaches to further improve the business and sustain profitable growth.

We’re looking for a candidate with high attention to detail, an analytical thought process, and exceptional problem-solving skills.

As the Financial Analyst, you will:

• Support financial performance of Platform Partnerships

• Prepare monthly financial reports, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery

• Support process on business reviews and stakeholder communications, including collaborating across the organization to capture progress against the business plan, key updates on priorities, risks, and opportunities

• Model and streamline all new opportunities for platform partners

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure models consider downstream impacts

• Analyze partner data and performance to identify trends

• Support the business in building business cases, financial models, and opportunity sizing

• Support sales team in RFP preparation and pricing

• Identify new revenue opportunities from new loyalty programs

• Conduct extensive research of loyalty program rules, program size, and loyalty member demographics

• Analyze reward currency values and dynamics of customer behavior specific to loyalty programs

• Work closely with the sales team on pipeline management in Salesforce and Workday Adaptive Planning

• Assist in the creation of new financial models for new products

• Assist in the annual Corporate planning process with the required business analysis

• Ad-Hoc analysis as required

YOU ARE SOMEONE WITH:

• 3+ years of experience in similar roles

• CMA/ CPA-CMA preferred

• Travel and/or ecommerce experience is preferred

• Ability to analyze data and make actionable recommendations with minimum direction

• Results oriented with a sense of urgency

• Customer oriented, strives to exceed internal and external customer expectations

• Clear, consistent and reliable communicator

• Advanced excel skills required

• Comfortable in a fast paced, dynamic environment

• Flexible and can handle change in a positive fashion

• Conscientious about integrity, social responsibility and respect

WHAT YOU’LL LOVE ABOUT US:

🏦 RRSP/401(k) Matching /Pension Matching

🏥 Comprehensive Health Plans

📅 Flexible Paid Time Off

✈️ Travel Experience Credit

🧘 Annual Wellness Credit

🥗 Team Events and Monthly Lunches

💻 Home Office/Commuter Credit

🌅 Work From Anywhere Program

🍼 Parental Leave Top Up

🌍 Adventure Pass

OUR PROCESS:

Plusgrade is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to providing an accessible recruitment process. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals and are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of gender identity or expression, race, ethnic origin, creed, place of origin, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, and any other category protected by law. Upon request, we will provide accommodation for applicants with disabilities.

We believe in diversity and inclusivity and that is why our interview process is designed for a positive candidate experience and to ensure every candidate is evaluated equally. All applications will be reviewed by our Talent Team and the successful candidate(s) will go through the following recruitment process:

• Recruiter Phone Interview

• Hiring Manager Interview

• Take-home Assessment or remote coding exercise (if applicable)

• Team Interview

All candidates will be provided with feedback regardless if they pass or didn’t pass any of our interview stages. All your information will be kept confidential.