Director of Finance And Operations

Job summary

Own budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow planning, financial reporting, and controls, while overseeing bookkeeping, payroll, payables, receivables, tax, audit, insurance, and regulatory obligations. Build financial and operational foundations for new ventures and continuously improve internal workflows and services, including identifying and implementing automation and AI-enabled tools.

Job details

Our client is an exciting Technology Venture studio located in Toronto and they are looking for a Director of Finance & Operations. They are looking for an entrepreneurial, systems-minded operator who combines financial discipline with a relentless focus on improving how the organization works. Key Responsibilities Own the Budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow planning, financial reporting, and controls. Oversight of bookkeeping, payroll, payables, receivables, tax, audit, insurance, and regulatory obligations. Development of financial reports to the leadership team Development of financial and operational foundations used to launch new ventures. The design and continuous improvement of internal workflows and services. The identification and implementation of useful automation and AI-enabled tools. Identify opportunities for automation, define the desired outcome and right resources and define goals for an implmentation Requirements A CPA designation along with experience in a startup, venture studio, professionalservices organization, investment environment, or multi-entity business Over 5+ years experience owning both financial and operational outcomes in a growing organization Strong command of budgeting, forecasting, cash management, reporting, accounting operations, and financial controls. Experience defining and overseeing work performed by employees, contractors, and professional-services firms. An entrepreneurial mindset: you actively find opportunities, test better approaches, and carry improvements through to completion. Strong judgment, discretion, follow-through, and the ability to bring structure to ambiguity. A customer-centric view of internal operations and genuine respect for your colleagues’ time.

What you’ll do

Own budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow planning, financial reporting, and controls, while overseeing bookkeeping, payroll, payables, receivables, tax, audit, insurance, and regulatory obligations. Build financial and operational foundations for new ventures and continuously improve internal workflows and services, including identifying and implementing automation and AI-enabled tools.

Requirements

Requires a CPA designation and more than five years of experience owning financial and operational outcomes in a growing organization, ideally in a startup, venture studio, professional-services organization, investment environment, or multi-entity business. Candidates should have strong financial management expertise, experience overseeing employees and external providers, an entrepreneurial approach to improvement, sound judgment, and a customer-centric mindset.

Listed skills

• Workflow Design · Preferred
• Budgeting · Preferred
• Regulatory Compliance · Preferred
• Financial Reporting · Preferred
• Payroll · Preferred
• Bookkeeping · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Budgeting
• Financial Forecasting
• Cash-Flow Planning
• Financial Reporting
• Financial Controls
• Accounting Operations
• Bookkeeping
• Payroll
• Tax Compliance
• Audit Oversight
• Regulatory Compliance
• Operational Process Improvement
• Workflow Design
• Automation
• AI-Enabled Tools
• Vendor and Contractor Oversight

Job areas

• Finance & Accounting
• Management & Leadership
• Administrative
• Technology

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