Director of Finance

Our downtown Vancouver mining client is looking to hire a Director of Finance for their organization. This is a company poised for significant growth over the next few years as they move towards development and eventual production. Reporting to the CFO the Director of Finance will take ownership of all financial reporting, ensuring compliance with IFRS and ASX listing rules and regulations, lead and oversee month end, quarter end and year end reporting and play an integral role in setting up future accounting processes as the organization evolves.

The Director of Finance will oversee corporate accounting activities, including accounts payable, general ledger, fixed asset management and global payroll and benefits, ensuring accurate and complete records and also play a key role in the upcoming ERP conversion (likely to MS Dynamics Business Central).

Additional scope of responsibilities will include:

• Enhancing internal financial controls to support the company as it enters the construction phase, ensuring compliance with federal and provincial regulations, and coordinate the completion of audits.

• Overseeing corporate tax compliance and support the CFO with tax planning.

• Overseeing finance for the foreign subsidiary, including reviewing work of the Financial Accountant and ensuring compliance with Australian Companies Act and Tax rules. Including development of transfer pricing processes.

• Preparing materials and analyses for the Board of Directors, lenders, and regulators as required.

• Managing cash flow forecasting, liquidity management, and intercompany funding across multiple entities.

• Responsibility for the annual budget process and preparation of board materials.

• Implement and led a quarterly forecast process

• Lead continued modernization of Finance systems and processes ensuring scalability and data integrity.

• Lead and develop a high-performing team, assigning tasks, providing coaching, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement, while ensuring the right training and performance appraisals.

The successful Director of Finance will have a public company audit background, ideally from a larger firm, and 10+ years of hands on accounting experience, 5 of which would ideally be from the mining sector. You must possess your CPA or equivalent designation, and have experience leading and building out finance teams. People describe you as a natural leader with a team player mentality who can coach and mentor staff but who can also multitask and delegate responsibly. Additionally, you have superb interpersonal communication and presentation skills and deal with and cope with stress positively. If you see yourself on a path to becoming a VP over the next 3 years and have experience with a mining company that has gone through the development phase, please apply today! Please reference job number 05060-0013355585 in all correspondence.

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