Klass Capital

Chief Financial Officer – CFO

Klass Capital

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Toronto • Canada

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • - Act as an advisor to the business and to the CEO
  • - Lead, coach, and motivate high performing finance and accounting teams
  • - Key player in formulating the company’s future strategic direction
  • - Formulate strategies that drive improvement across top and bottom-line growth along with shareholder value
  • - Develop and maintain a comprehensive financial model to manage growth
  • - Report financial results and key results (monthly, quarterly and annually) to the management team, board of directors and stakeholders
  • - Build and maintain a best-in-class financial operation, including financial and operational systems, processes and procedures
  • - Responsible for reviewing and implementing financial tooling and systems to drive efficiencies as the company scales
  • - Oversee cash - monitor cash balances and cash forecasts
  • - Play a key role in leading any fundraising activities
  • - Build strategic relationships with investors and strategic partners
  • - Develop and maintain complex financial models for budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning; create scenario analyses to evaluate financial impact of strategic decisions
  • - Manage the accounting and corporate taxation for Canadian, US, India and UK operations
  • - Oversee the accounting and reconciliation for all revenue streams
  • - Lead acquisition due diligence and M&A integration, as required
  • - Assist with negotiation and management of contractual agreements with customers, partners, and suppliers
  • - Maintain relations with the company’s external auditors and deliver final audited statements for Board approval within prescribed timelines
  • - Manage the company’s relationship with external stakeholders – ensure compliance with all debt covenants and monthly/quarterly/annual reporting requirements
  • - Understand and mitigate key elements of the company’s risk profile
  • - Ensure the company complies with all applicable legal and regulatory requirements

Requirements

  • - 8-10+ years of experience in progressive leadership roles in Finance/Accounting managing a team (i.e. VP, SVP, CFO)
  • - Experience scaling and leading Finance at a high-growth SaaS business, including experience at a company with over $50 million in revenue
  • - Experience with M&A and experience with a “successful exit” of a company
  • - Experience working with, and preparing reports for Board of Directors
  • - Data and metrics driven with experience analyzing key information, anticipating and identifying opportunities and developing insight at a strategic level
  • - Experience working effectively with distributed teams (including executive and leadership) and managing a remote team
  • - Experience building and leading high performing accounting and finance teams
  • - Ability to effectively translate financial acumen into terms that can be easily understood by the rest of the organization
  • - CPA/CA designation is highly preferred
  • - Strong problem solving, analytical and planning skills
  • - Ability to adapt and be agile in changing environments
Benefits
  • - Competitive Compensation
  • - Unlimited Vacation
  • - Health & Dental Benefits
  • - RRSP Match Program

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
financial modelingbudgetingforecastingM&A integrationaccountingcorporate taxationfinancial reportingdata analysiscash managementscenario analysis
Soft skills
leadershipcoachingstrategic thinkingrelationship buildingproblem solvinganalytical skillscommunicationadaptabilityteam managementinsight development
Certifications
CPACA