[B-257] | Director of Finance

[B-257] | Director of Finance

Wetherby Partners Executive Search is partnering with a dynamic, market leading, and growing technology solutions company in Canada. We are seeking to identify a Director of Finance reporting to the President to join our client’s team in the Greater Toronto area.

Our client is a dynamic, stable, and growing technology company and the Director of Finance position is a high visibility role reporting to the President with the opportunity to lead the finance function and drive impact and growth in an already incredibly profitable company.

Director Finance Responsibilities:

· As the head of Finance for the business, lead a high performing finance department and act as a key advisor to the President.

Proactively lead all FP&A; activities.





· Be a value creator. Identify opportunities to create value for the organization and develop industry leading processes.

· Demonstrate a collaborative approach that lifts financial acumen across the organization and supports broad company success

· Serve as a change agent, driving strategic initiatives and contributing to the evolution of our business model for sustainable growth.

· Assist the team in creating strong business cases for investments and product innovation. Capable of influencing the business to alter investment decisions that favorably affect organizational success and focus.

· Oversee the upgrading of the financial system.

· Ensure company finance and accounting aligns with the parent company requirements, including GAAP requirements for a publicly traded company.

· Complete the close cycle.

· Oversee a sound control environment, including identification of risk factors and managing an effective delegation of authority process

· Manage back-office processes and teams. Effectively provide oversight of local banking, receivables,



payables and payroll processes.

· Manage and develop the finance team

· Strike a balance between strategic talents and a willingness to roll up your sleeves to affect the business at a process level

· Develop ad hoc research regarding competitors, market trends, and pricing trends

· Serve as a change agent, driving strategic initiatives and contributing to the evolution of our business model for sustainable growth.

What We Need:

· A strategic thinker who is also willing to play a hands-on role as needed to execute deliverables.

· Experience at managing and developing high performing teams that includes back-office roles.

· Experience in actively delivering process improvements in previous roles.

· Passionate about delivering results with an appropriate urgency.

· A proven ability to impact the business through collaboration.





· Professional communication skills.

· Strong financial and business acumen with adherence to policies.

· Exceptional analytical skills with a strong attention to detail.

· 5+ years in a leadership role with a finance team accountable for the broader range of financial accountabilities.

· Experience in a SaaS business is a positive.

· CPA certification is a positive.

· University degree in financial discipline and/or equivalent experience

The original job offer can be found in Kit Job:
https://www.kitjob.ca/job/90377033/b-257-director-finance-greater-toronto-area/?utm_source=html