Manager, Finance and Operations
About the role
Kelly Deck Design is a Vancouver-based interior design studio recognized for creating refined, soulful, and livable homes. We are a team of 14, working closely with visionary clients to bring beauty and meaning into their spaces.
The Role
We are seeking a Manager of Finance & Operations to oversee finance, accounting, operations, and HR administration, while also playing a client-facing role in billing and financial communication. As a key partner to the Director, this role will be central to ensuring financial health, project transparency, and operational efficiency as the company grows.
This is an opportunity to shape the financial and operational future of a respected design studio expanding into new ventures. You’ll play a strategic role in client relationships, leadership decision-making, and company growth. This is an in-office role.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, cashflow, and monthly financial reporting.
- Build and maintain financial dashboards to track KPIs and project performance.
- Prepare and issue all client invoices; communicate monthly with clients about project status and financial progress.
- Present a monthly financial report to the CEO on company profitability, cashflow, and KPIs.
- Supervise bookkeeping (AP/AR, payroll, reconciliations) and liaise with accountants.
- Oversee contract management for all projects, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
- Streamline project tracking, job costing, and vendor management.
- Oversee onboarding, contracts, benefits, and HR compliance.
About You
You are a strategic, detail-oriented leader with strong financial acumen and operational expertise. Confident in client-facing communication, you can clearly present financial updates while building trust. You are organized, systems-minded, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, creative environment.
Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in finance and accounting
- CPA designation an asset but not required.
- Experience in operations leadership in a start-up or small firm environment.
- Proven success in client-facing financial roles (billing, project updates, receivables).
- Experience supporting design, architecture or engineering firms an asset
- Familiarity with HR best practices and compliance.
To Apply
Please submit your resume and cover letter to careers@kellydeck.com with “Manager, Finance and Operations” + your name in the subject line. Must be legally eligible to work in Canada.
Salary Range for this role is $80,000-$95,000
About Kelly Deck Design
Creative Philosophy Inspired by the rugged beauty of the West Coast, we believe in effortless elegance and homes that are beautiful, balanced and inviting. We take a simple approach, expressing our client's needs and tastes through enduring design.
Team is Everything It's Kelly's name, and her hand on the work. But each member of our professional design team works passionately towards a single purpose: to create an ideal home for each client.
Strength in Allies Our strategic partners are an essential part of every successful interior. We have a long list of preferred architects, builders and craftsmen who share our commitment to quality and client care.
Design Enriches Community We enjoy supporting our West Coast community by advocating its design character and volunteering our time for community projects, such as the VGH Millionaire Home Lottery, Kids Help Phone, Ballet BC and Unite With Art.
Kelly's Bio Kelly Deck has immersed herself in the spirit and lifestyle of the West Coast design community. With her interior décor boutique on Main Street Vancouver in 2002, she began a successful foray into homes and backyards, developing a design presence that champions the integrity of coast living and the importance of design. Now the director of Kelly Deck Design in beach-side Kitsilano, Vancouver, her full-service interior design firm specializes in private residences. Her ideas have gained national reach—through her Globe and Mail column, "The West Coast Way"; her HGTV series, Take It Outside; and her various media appearances.
Manager, Finance and Operations
About the role
Kelly Deck Design is a Vancouver-based interior design studio recognized for creating refined, soulful, and livable homes. We are a team of 14, working closely with visionary clients to bring beauty and meaning into their spaces.
The Role
We are seeking a Manager of Finance & Operations to oversee finance, accounting, operations, and HR administration, while also playing a client-facing role in billing and financial communication. As a key partner to the Director, this role will be central to ensuring financial health, project transparency, and operational efficiency as the company grows.
This is an opportunity to shape the financial and operational future of a respected design studio expanding into new ventures. You’ll play a strategic role in client relationships, leadership decision-making, and company growth. This is an in-office role.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, cashflow, and monthly financial reporting.
- Build and maintain financial dashboards to track KPIs and project performance.
- Prepare and issue all client invoices; communicate monthly with clients about project status and financial progress.
- Present a monthly financial report to the CEO on company profitability, cashflow, and KPIs.
- Supervise bookkeeping (AP/AR, payroll, reconciliations) and liaise with accountants.
- Oversee contract management for all projects, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
- Streamline project tracking, job costing, and vendor management.
- Oversee onboarding, contracts, benefits, and HR compliance.
About You
You are a strategic, detail-oriented leader with strong financial acumen and operational expertise. Confident in client-facing communication, you can clearly present financial updates while building trust. You are organized, systems-minded, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, creative environment.
Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in finance and accounting
- CPA designation an asset but not required.
- Experience in operations leadership in a start-up or small firm environment.
- Proven success in client-facing financial roles (billing, project updates, receivables).
- Experience supporting design, architecture or engineering firms an asset
- Familiarity with HR best practices and compliance.
To Apply
Please submit your resume and cover letter to careers@kellydeck.com with “Manager, Finance and Operations” + your name in the subject line. Must be legally eligible to work in Canada.
Salary Range for this role is $80,000-$95,000
About Kelly Deck Design
Creative Philosophy Inspired by the rugged beauty of the West Coast, we believe in effortless elegance and homes that are beautiful, balanced and inviting. We take a simple approach, expressing our client's needs and tastes through enduring design.
Team is Everything It's Kelly's name, and her hand on the work. But each member of our professional design team works passionately towards a single purpose: to create an ideal home for each client.
Strength in Allies Our strategic partners are an essential part of every successful interior. We have a long list of preferred architects, builders and craftsmen who share our commitment to quality and client care.
Design Enriches Community We enjoy supporting our West Coast community by advocating its design character and volunteering our time for community projects, such as the VGH Millionaire Home Lottery, Kids Help Phone, Ballet BC and Unite With Art.
Kelly's Bio Kelly Deck has immersed herself in the spirit and lifestyle of the West Coast design community. With her interior décor boutique on Main Street Vancouver in 2002, she began a successful foray into homes and backyards, developing a design presence that champions the integrity of coast living and the importance of design. Now the director of Kelly Deck Design in beach-side Kitsilano, Vancouver, her full-service interior design firm specializes in private residences. Her ideas have gained national reach—through her Globe and Mail column, "The West Coast Way"; her HGTV series, Take It Outside; and her various media appearances.