FP&A Analyst, Commercial

About Index Exchange: Index Exchange is a globally trusted independent supply-side platform, powering intelligent decisioning that maximises value for media owners. As a neutral, conflict-free exchange, we help media owners connect more effectively with the world’s leading brands, enabling marketers to achieve stronger performance while advancing efficiency, transparency, and quality across the programmatic ecosystem.

With more than 20 years of industry leadership, we continue to accelerate the ad technology evolution by applying intelligence closer to the impression and reducing waste across the supply chain. Through radically transparent practices and exceptional standards, we deliver long-term value for media owners, marketers, and partners worldwide.

What’s it like to work at Index? Index is an exciting and fast-paced place to work. You'll be able to feed your ambition, lean into trust and transparency, and feel genuine support from your colleagues. We’re built on our core values and live them each day. They're not just buzzwords. We pride ourselves on our independence and openness, not only in our technology, but in our teams, too. Our diverse and inclusive culture celebrates how we can leverage our unique differences to help drive Index forward.

We have more than 550 Indexers around the globe dedicated to building a safe and transparent marketplace that provides a trusted experience for consumers, and we’re looking for talented professionals to help take us to the next level. Are you ready to join the programmatic evolution?

Reporting to the Manager, FP&A, the FP&A Analyst, Commercial will support and drive objectives of the Commercial FP&A team, ensuring senior leadership teams and business partners receive relevant data-driven analytics to empower short and long-term business planning and strategies.

What We’re Looking For:

• Provide data-driven insights to leadership teams and business partners by sourcing, validating, and analysing internal company data to support business decisions and identify opportunities for growth.
• Partner with senior leadership and business stakeholders to provide actionable analysis, highlight key risks and opportunities, and support strategic decision-making.
• Analyse business performance and present recommendations, providing clear insights into performance against plan and key drivers of variance.
• Work with leadership to identify key actions required to ensure plan assumptions materialise and business objectives are achieved.
• Prepare and report monthly financial and non-financial performance of Index’s business to executive and leadership teams, ensuring a high level of accuracy and delivering clear, concise reporting on schedule.
• Own the Net Revenue forecast for Index’s commercial teams, using data-driven modelling to support financial forecasting and budgeting, and provide variance analysis against targets.
• Support the development and implementation of initiatives to increase revenue, improve operational performance, and drive business value, leveraging Index’s internal systems and reporting tools, including Looker, SQL, Python, Confluence, and Salesforce.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across the organisation through effective collaboration and a customer-centric approach.
• Collaborate with teams across the globe and with the Commercial Analytics team to develop and share best practices.
• Lead and contribute to cross-functional projects and initiatives as required.

Here’s What You Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Accounting with a minimum of 2-3 years of experience performing the responsibilities outlined above, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience;
• Strong oral and written communication skills;
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, experience with Looker, SQL or similar tools and languages highly preferred;
• Ability to conduct research, interpret data and translate data into insights. Ability to present data in a logical and clear manner to business stakeholders.
• Comfort with ambiguity and a self-starter with an aptitude for defining and directing new processes;
• Project management experience and confidence to drive progress and accountability;
• Natural ability to articulate, present and tell a compelling story using data and data-driven insights.

The following skills and experience are considered assets for success in the role:

• Experience working within the digital advertising and/or accounting industry;
• Experience in handling large data sets.

Why you’ll love working here:

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans for you and your dependents.
• Paid time off, health days, and personal obligation days plus flexible work schedules.
• Competitive retirement matching plans.
• Equity packages.
• Generous parental leave available to birthing, non-birthing, and adoptive parents.
• Annual well-being allowance plus fitness discounts and group wellness activities.
• Employee assistance program.
• Mental health first aid program that provides an in-the-moment point of contact and reassurance.
• One day of volunteer time off per year and a donation-matching program.
• Monthly town halls and regular community-led team events.
• Multiple resources and programming to support continuous learning.
• A workplace that supports a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment.

Equal employment opportunity: At Index Exchange, we believe that successful products are built by teams just as diverse as the audience who uses them. As such, we are committed to equal employment opportunities. We celebrate diversity of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. Additionally, we realise that diversity is deeper than any status or classification—diversity is the human experience. For those who show grit, passion, and humility—Index will welcome you.

Accessibility for applicants with disabilities: Index Exchange welcomes and encourages individuals with disabilities to apply to work with us. If you require an accommodation, please share the details of your request and any information how we can assist you with the hiring recruiter when they contact you. Index Exchange will make reasonable efforts to ensure accommodation requests are met throughout the recruitment process.

Index everywhere, Index anywhere: Our corporate headquarters are in Toronto, with major offices in New York, Montreal, Kitchener, London, San Francisco, and many other global cities. As a major global advertising exchange, we are committed to operating as a tightly knit global team and embracing and empowering talent wherever our colleagues may be.