Director of Finance

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +4 more states.

📋 Description

• Oversee the finance department and lead an international team across various countries.

• Take responsibility for hiring, employee development, performance evaluation, and succession planning.

• Define the structure, standards, and priorities for the finance function across different regions and time zones.

• Cultivate a high-performing finance team culture that ensures coverage, continuity, and accountability across jurisdictions.

• Manage all accounting operations comprehensively, including accounts payable, payments, reconciliations, and both month-end and year-end closing processes.

• Create and uphold standardized financial controls in all jurisdictions.

• Navigate specific tax, payment, and compliance requirements unique to each country, including obligations specific to Quebec.

• Lead audits and confirm compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements in every market.

• Coordinate and escalate financial issues that cross borders.

• Collaborate with the CFO and senior leadership on financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting initiatives.

• Provide financial reporting and analysis to leadership and the Board as necessary.

• Offer financial insights to support commercial and strategic decision-making.

• Manage finance tools, systems, and workflows.

• Spearhead automation and efficiency projects.

• Ensure that finance systems and data are reliable, integrated, and scalable.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive background in finance at a senior manager or director level, with a focus on overseeing financial operations and controls.

• Proven experience in team leadership, including managing managers or team leads and developing distributed teams.

• Familiarity with Quebec’s financial, tax, and regulatory landscape, or significant prior experience working in Quebec.

• Demonstrated capability in managing finance operations across multiple countries, currencies, and time zones.

• Strong technical financial judgment alongside the ability to establish standards and scale processes effectively.

• Exceptional communication skills, capable of partnering with the CFO and senior leadership while representing finance throughout the organization.

• Experience serving as the senior finance owner of record for multiple legal entities, including statutory filings and local board reporting across different countries (preferred).

• Background in developing and scaling a finance function for a growing enterprise SaaS business, with exposure to revenue operations and pricing (preferred).

• A professional accounting designation (e.g., CPA) or equivalent (preferred).

• Experience utilizing AI tools to enhance finance processes and facilitate analysis and modeling, or a keen interest in applying AI to finance tasks (preferred).

🏝️ Benefits

• Alternative assessment methods available for candidates who prefer not to utilize AI-based assessment tools.

• An inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

• Opportunities for career advancement.