Chief of Staff

Job summary

Support operations across a portfolio of businesses, including launching new companies, conducting acquisition diligence, managing hiring from sourcing through offer, and planning leadership offsites. Help maintain sound financial and operational processes across the portfolio.

Job details

Girdley Enterprises is a small holding company run by Michael Girdley. We buy, build, and run businesses: fireworks, cybersecurity, media, and new ventures we're incubating now, including Hire with Near and Bedrock QoE. This is a junior role, built for someone early in their career. We're a tiny team running a whole portfolio, so this seat touches everything. In a given month you might help stand up a new company, work on diligence for an acquisition, run a hire from sourcing to offer, plan a leadership offsite, and keep the finances and operations underneath it all tight. This role is for you if: You'd rather learn how businesses actually get built than read about it People already hand you the messy stuff because you'll get it done You care about the details others skip, including the unglamorous ones You want range now and a real path later: people who do this well go on to run a portfolio company or take a senior operating role What we need: A university degree ~2 years of work experience where you owned real outcomes Based in Canada, available during Central Time hours Discretion with sensitive financial and personnel information Compensation: CA$70,000–80,000 How to apply: Email robyn@girdley.com with the subject line "Chief of Staff – [Your Name]." Include your resume.

What you’ll do

Support operations across a portfolio of businesses, including launching new companies, conducting acquisition diligence, managing hiring from sourcing through offer, and planning leadership offsites. Help maintain sound financial and operational processes across the portfolio.

Requirements

Requires a university degree and approximately two years of work experience with ownership of real outcomes. Candidates must be based in Canada, available during Central Time hours, and able to handle sensitive financial and personnel information discreetly.

Listed skills

• Attention to detail · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Business Operations
• Acquisition Due Diligence
• Recruiting
• Financial Operations
• Leadership Offsite Planning
• Company Building
• Attention To Detail
• Discretion
• Portfolio Management

Job areas

• Management & Leadership
• Finance & Accounting
• Human Resources
• Consulting