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Director of Finance

Director of Finance

Wetherby Partners Executive SearchGreater Toronto Area, Canada
30+ days ago
Job description

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
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    Director Of Finance • Greater Toronto Area, Canada