Company Description
Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams — People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more — provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.
Job Description
The Finance & Strategy team improves strategic and financial decision-making across the company. We maintain our operating model, analyze deals and capital allocation decisions, and think a lot about strategy.
Our team's core value is trust – we build it by making what is complex simple and through analysis that is accurate and easy to understand. We believe good ideas can come from anywhere and we'll rely on you to work with others, form intelligent opinions, and present your thoughts to decision-makers and company executives.
We are looking for a Finance & Strategy Manager based in Canada to lead our International forecasting and reporting cycles and lead deep-dive multi-market analysis to help us understand and better serve our merchants.
You Will:
Support critical Annual Planning and Outlook cycles by managing the consolidation of forecasts across all of our international markets and summarizing outputs to be presented to Square’s CFO.
Be the DRI for International F&S month/close processes and build summary decks in partnership with market DRIs to explain important performance trends to inform team leads
Build, own and maintain Performance Indicator dashboards by retrieving data from SQL and analyzing large datasets
Produce cross-market analysis to support both market DRIs and local market teams, covering areas such as churn, product performance, and lifecycle analysis.
Lead modeling and analysis for ad-hoc multi-market projects, develop relationships across the business, and present insights to improve local markets.
Qualifications
You Have:
A Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Data Science, Business or other relevant field
5+ years of relevant industry experience
Excellent proficiency in financial modeling and Excel (be prepared for a case study)
Experience with SQL and data visualization tools (Looker)
Commitment to Square's purpose of Economic Empowerment
Even Better:
Chartered Accountant or equivalent qualification
Data science experience
Experience with payments industry
Experience with data visualization tools (e.g. Looker) and reporting tool (e.g. Hyperion)
Additional Information
Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. Canada locations are categorized into one of two zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.
Zone A: CAD $94,600 - CAD $142,000
Zone B: CAD $91,300 - CAD $136,900
To find a location’s zone designation, please refer to this resource.
We have listed some of our common hiring locations. Depending on the cost of labor in the relevant geographic area, state work locations that are approximately 50 Kilometers outside of the metro area listed may be aligned to a different zone. These zones may be modified in the future. Please speak with a recruiter for additional information.
US and Canada EEOC Statement
We’re working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.
We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we’re doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I+D page.
Additionally, we consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, and always assess candidates on an individualized basis.
Perks
We want you to be well and thrive. Our global benefits package includes:
- Healthcare coverage
- Retirement Plans
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Wellness perks
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time off
- Learning and Development resources
Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD, we build tools to help more people access the economy. Square helps sellers run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services. With Cash App, anyone can easily send, spend, or invest their money in stocks or Bitcoin. Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) builds and funds free, open-source Bitcoin projects. Artists use TIDAL to help them succeed as entrepreneurs and connect more deeply with fans. TBD is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.
