Q390 - Director of Finance

Q390 - 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/90417479/q390-director-finance-greater-toronto-area/?utm_source=html