Senior Financial Data Analyst (Manager)

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive. Lyft is hiring a Senior Financial Data Analyst to lead the Reporting sub-team within Finance Data & Insights, including people management of a small team of analysts. This sub-team is core to ensuring all key Run the Business (RTB) financial reports are complete, accurate, and operationally reliable on a day-to-day basis. The mandate is two-fold: build repeatable systems, playbooks, and documented workflows that reduce reactive work, and own the primary stakeholder relationships for RTB work across teams. This is a high-visibility role that combines hands-on ownership of critical reporting with team direct people leadership and process-building. Responsibilities: Own all RTB and Compliance reporting (tax, airports, audit requests, etc.), ensuring accuracy, completeness, and operational reliability Directly manage a team of entry-level and mid-level analysts , including hiring, performance reviews, and career development Build and maintain process documentation, checklists, and operational playbooks that make reporting workflows repeatable and resilient Receive and operationalize reports stabilized by Finance Data Products, integrating them into day-to-day RTB reporting operations Reduce fire-drill, ad-hoc response patterns by replacing them with documented, recurring workflows and automation Identify and drive automation opportunities across RTB reporting processes to improve efficiency, reduce manual effort, and further reduce ad-hoc work Own primary stakeholder relationships for RTB work, serving as the go-to point of contact across teams Lead large-scale, cross-functional initiatives with significant autonomy — from problem definition through execution — proactively communicating progress and risks to stakeholders and management Proactively identify risks, gaps, and opportunities for i