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As a VP of Finance you will be a highly experienced tactical and strategic finance professional as the role will start with only one direct report (Senior Accountant), while you learn and assess the needs of the function. It's an opportunity best suited to a well-rounded SaaS finance leader with a disciplined approach who has helped build and witnessed the success of a finance operation in scaling tech companies. You will be overseeing all financial aspects of our company, from financial planning and analysis to risk management and regulatory compliance. You will report to the CEO and work closely with the Executive Team and other key stakeholders to drive financial growth, optimize profitability, and implement best practices to support our business objectives

Responsibilities

• Financial Strategy: Develop and execute the financial strategy to support the company’s growth objectives, ensuring alignment with overall business goals and long-term vision.
• Capital Planning and Management: Manage the company’s capital structure, including debt and equity financing. Evaluate and recommend strategies for capital raising and other financial decisions.
• Treasury Management: Oversee cash flow planning, working capital management, and treasury operations. Optimize cash management practices and ensure efficient utilization of financial resources.
• Financial Operations: Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, adherence to accounting principles, and compliance with regulations. Partner with our People Team to process monthly payroll for Canada, US, and UK employees. Assess resourcing needs and requirements to support company growth.
• Risk Management: Identify, assess, and manage financial risks to protect the company’s assets and ensure compliance with regulations. Implement risk mitigation strategies and internal controls.
• Financial Planning and Analysis: Lead the financial planning process, including budgeting, forecasting, and analysis of financial performance. Provide accurate and timely financial reports and insights to the Executive Team, the Board of Directors, and Venture Capital Firms.
• Investor Relations: Act as a key liaison with investors, analysts, and other external stakeholders. Prepare and present financial information for investor meetings, roadshows, and annual reports.
• Stay Abreast of Industry Trends: Keep up-to-date with industry trends, market conditions, and regulatory changes affecting the financial landscape. Apply relevant insights to drive strategic decision-making.
• Team Development (Future): Build and mentor a high-performing finance team. Provide guidance, coaching, and professional development opportunities to ensure continuous growth and skill enhancement.

Competencies:

A PL4 is a senior leader in the organization. A designated, divisional leader of one or more functional areas. Responsible for making commitments, developing company policies, making high level business decisions, signing important documents, planning workforce requirements, helping form company-wide strategies, evaluating the work of other leaders, and evaluating the success of the organization. Keeps up to date on competitors, the market, and new industry standards.

• Technical Execution: Manages departmental objectives and metrics. Reports quarterly to Senior Executive team. Is sought out for strategic advice or input, based on their expertise
• Ownership: Works with the C-Suite to determine the strategy, considering business focus, hiring, budgets, and the current team. Contributes to solving cross-functional team problems at a strategic level. rives significant impacts and improvements across their function; strategically plans for how people and processes scale.
• Communication: Effectively facilitates communication regarding decisions between the Executive Team and their department. Is a skilled communicator, demonstrates ability to influence decision making at all levels of the company.

• Leadership: Drives broader organizational efforts around culture, work, and values. Manages risk effectively in developing innovative solutions.
• Emotional Intelligence: Exhibits self awareness of how they impact their team and other stakeholders they work with. Able to recognize their areas of improvement, identify their strengths, and see their own limitations.
• Business Acumen: Entrepreneurial mindset, helps to shape functional area goals, constantly learning. Shows an interest in learning how other functional areas within the organization operate and identifies ways to collaborate more effectively cross-functionally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or related field, coupled with a CFA designation. An MBA is an asset.
  
• Strong knowledge of a broad range of financial skills and professional history of effectively managing financial matters in a SaaS company.(i.e. accounting principles, budgeting, developing and maintaining financial forecasting models, risk management, analyzing complex financial data, identifying trends, and providing insights that support decision-making and drive business growth).
  
• Proven experience (8+ years) in a senior finance leadership role, preferably in a SaaS or technology start-up environment. Have first hand experience with the challenges of taking a SaaS company from a start-up to a scale-up, growing a team from 80 to 160+, solving flat growth, raising capital, and reaching profitability.
• Exceptional leadership abilities with a track record of building strong partnerships cross-functionally.
• A strong business acumen, along with the ability to influence at all levels.
  
• Proficiency in financial software systems Wave, RBC Express, Carta, and advanced MS Excel skills. Experience in using Google Suite, Slack, Notion, and ADP TeamPay an asset.
  
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex financial concepts to non-financial stakeholders.
  
• Excellent analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated expertise in capital management, investor relations, and fundraising.
• A knack for telling the story behind the numbers in a way that inspires confidence, trust, conversation & action and educates and aligns executive leaders, board members, investors, individual contributors and people leaders across an organization.

Perks of working at d1g1t

• Excellent opportunity to join a fast-growing Fintech startup
• Working in a culture of collaboration and innovation where your voice is valued and given importance.
• Competitive compensation package with bonus and comprehensive healthcare benefits
• Employee and Family Assistance Program
• Fitness and Wellness Credit
• Continuing Education Allowance
• Flexible hours and Purpose Driven hybrid-work policy. In-office presence will be required during on-boarding and an average of 1-2 times per week.
• Ability to work abroad for up to 2 months in a year (some conditions apply).

In our most recent Employee Experience Survey, employees rated Diversity & Inclusion at d1g1t Inc. as one of our strengths! d1g1t Inc. celebrates diversity in its workforce structure and encourages applications from all backgrounds.

We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective provincial human rights codes throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. Please advise the recruiter if you require accommodation; to ensure your accessibility needs are accommodated throughout this process. Information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially.

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