Investor Relations Manager

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Are you actively looking for a new opportunity? Or just checking the market? Well… you might just be in the right place!

We’re looking for a Senior Investor Relations Manager to join our North American team. Investor Relations plays a critical role in supporting Lightspeed's engagement with the investor community by developing and maintaining financial models, coordinating with analysts, and effectively communicating the company’s business strategy and financial goals. The role involves close collaboration with senior management, institutional investors, and sell-side analysts, while also working with FP&A, Financial Reporting, and Legal teams at Lightspeed. Key duties include managing the Investor Relations website, preparing presentations for events such as conferences, quarterly reporting, webcasts, and podcasts, and maintaining the consensus estimates model.

What you’ll be doing:

• Interact with equity research analysts to maintain consensus estimates and communicate Lightspeed’s business model and financial goals;Take ownership of the earnings process, be accountable for the IR press release, earnings release, annual report and quarterly projects

• Interact with senior management and liaison with institutional investors;

• Track and compare key performance indicators of Lightspeed and comparable publicly traded companies quarterly to measure Lightspeed’s performance relative to those comparable companies;

• Work closely with cross-functional teams (FP&A) to fulfill requests and build out appropriate documentation based on business needs

• Maintain and develop Excel models on Lightspeed and comparable and competing companies (Shopify, Toast, Square); ability to have great influence on high-level decision making by preparing presentations for management and make strategic recommendations based on market comparables

• Negotiating contracts on behalf of Lightspeed and act as main point of contract for our IR partners

• Maintain and update Lightspeed’s Investor Relations website;

• Assist in organizing events such as Podcasts, Webcasts, and Conferences to communicate Lightspeed’s strategy and prospects to the investor community;

• Collect and analyze reports for ~20 covering analysts to deliver post-earnings updates on key metrics, price targets, ratings, and model changes;

• Submit quarterly filings and press releases to news agencies and website administrators and

• Prepare presentation materials for senior management to present at investor conferences.

And a little bit of....

• Contributing as part of the wider team to achieve organizational objectives through projects even if this means doing things that aren’t strictly within the scope of your role.

• Ensure accurate record keeping of all Lightspeed sell-side reports, models, and recordings of conference presentations and fireside chats.

• Assist in event planning - NDRs, Capital Markets Day.

What you need to bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, or Finance

• Minimum 5+ years experience in a similar role

• Designations, or advancing toward CFA and/or CPA

• Ability to develop and update complex financial models, reports, and presentations.

• Advanced understanding of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement items and forecasting for Lightspeed and core competitors.

• Familiar with financial software (FactSet, Excel add-ins) and ability to communicate financial database information quickly to stakeholders.

• Knowledge of valuation metrics for publicly traded equities including Ev/EBITDA, Ev/Sales, Ev/Gross Profit and DCF.

• Strong financial writing and communication skills.

• As a global company with employees and clients outside of Quebec, fluency in English as a working language is required for this position.

We know that people are more than what’s on their CV. If you’re unsure that you have the right profile for the role... hit the ‘Apply’ button and give it a try!

Be a changemaker

You’ll enjoy:

• A flexible work environment that empowers you to do your best work

• A culture that celebrates performance

• The chance to make an impact in a team that’s big enough for career growth, but lean enough to make your voice heard

• Career-defining opportunities

Plus benefits designed to keep you happy, healthy and fulfilled.

• Flexible paid time off and remote work policies

• Equity options, because this is your company too

• Contributions to your pension plan. Your future matters

• Training opportunities to grow your skills and career

• Health and wellness credit so you feel your best

• Time off to volunteer and give back to your community

• Interest groups, employee led networks, social committees to sponsored sports teams

• Computer purchase program to get your personal Macbook

• Enhanced parental leave to support growing families

Fuel your growth. Find your people.

At Lightspeed, your growth is our priority. We invest in you with continuous learning opportunities, global mobility and benefits designed to support you—all within a driven, diverse and inclusive team that’s passionate about empowering our communities

Please note that we ask applicants to disclose any criminal convictions, and we conduct criminal record checks as part of our hiring process for this role.

At Lightspeed, we carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including your skill set, qualifications, experience, and market data. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary. We reasonably expect the total compensation for this position to be in the range of $90,000 - 120,000 CAD. Lightspeed also provides a variety of employee benefits including, but not limited to, medical, dental, wellness, life and disability insurance, RRSP plan and match, paid parental leave top-up, and paid time off.

Please note that this compensation information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within Ontario (update to BC if posted in Vancouver) and reflects the amount Lightspeed is willing to pay at the time of this posting. This role represents an existing vacancy at Lightspeed. Lightspeed uses artificial intelligence–enabled tools to support certain aspects of the recruitment process; all hiring decisions are made by our recruiting and hiring teams.

To all recruitment agencies: Lightspeed does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. If we have not directly engaged your company in writing to supply candidates for a specific vacancy, Lightspeed will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Lightspeed is a proud equal opportunity employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive and barrier-free workplace. Lightspeed welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Where to from here?

Obviously, this has to be mutually beneficial: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you’re proud to come to every day. For a glimpse into our world check out our career page here.

Lightspeed is building communities through commerce, and we need people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to do that. We were founded in 2005, in Montreal’s gay village and our original members were all part of the LGBTQ+ community. The ethos of our business has been about inclusion from the very beginning, and we strive to provide a workplace where everyone belongs.

Who we are:

Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed's one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions, and connection to supplier networks.

Founded in Montréal, Canada in 2005, Lightspeed is dual-listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: LSPD) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: LSPD). With teams across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the company serves retail, hospitality, and golf businesses in over 100 countries.

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