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Senior Finance Leadership Role
This is a senior Finance leadership role within Corporate Finance — accountable for the operating quality, business alignment, and delivery capability of the finance transformation agenda, and for extending trusted financial partnership to senior Finance and business leadership on matters that reach beyond day-to-day execution.
This role is the right hand to the Deputy CFO, acting as their closest partner in driving the Finance transformation agenda day to day.
Requirements
- CPA or equivalent accounting qualification.
- 15+ years of progressive Finance experience, including senior leadership roles.
- Proven experience as a Finance Director, or equivalent leadership position.
- Willingness and ability to be hands-on, actively engaging in day-to-day execution and detailed problem-solving alongside strategic oversight.
- Demonstrated experience leading ERP implementation projects, preferably Microsoft Dynamics 365.
- Significant experience working in a SaaS company, with a strong understanding of SaaS business models and financial metrics.
- Proven track record in Finance transformation projects, including process redesign, automation, and change management.
- Strong knowledge of financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and internal controls.
- Excellent project management and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience working in a global, multinational environment.
- Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills.
- Preferred: experience in a private equity (PE)-backed business going through transformation.
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- Serve as the trusted business partner, supporting the execution of the global Finance strategy.
- Lead Finance transformation initiatives, including process optimization, automation, organizational redesign, and standardization.
- Lead ERP implementation and optimization projects, with a strong preference for experience implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations.
- Drive the modernization and scalability of Finance processes to support a fast-growing global organization.
- Oversee the Company's financial reporting process, ensuring the timely and accurate preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.
- Manage relationships with external auditors and coordinate the annual audit process, ensuring timely resolution of audit matters.
- Ensure compliance with accounting standards, regulatory requirements, internal policies, and corporate governance frameworks.
- Partner with IT, Operations, HR, and business leaders to successfully deliver strategic Finance projects.
- Oversee month-end and year-end close processes, actual vs. budget and forecast analysis.
- Lead and support M&A activities, including financial due diligence, deal execution, review of Share Purchase Agreements (SPA) and Shareholders' Agreements (SHA), PPA and coordination with internal and external advisors.
- Drive Post-Merger Integration (PMI) initiatives, ensuring the successful integration of finance processes, systems, controls, reporting, and organizational structures.
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency through automation, AI, and best-in-class Finance practices.
- Support strategic initiatives, organizational changes, and cross-functional transformation projects.
- Govern the quality and business alignment of financial intelligence produced within Finance — reviewing outputs at the standard required for executive audiences and intervening when accuracy, timeliness, or business relevance falls short.
- Coordinate with peer Finance leaders across the function — aligning on shared data flows, process dependencies, governance standards, and cross-team handoffs so Finance operates as a coherent whole.
- Build and develop the Finance team — defining capability requirements, establishing clear performance standards, coaching for professional growth, and maintaining a talent bench that meets current and forward-looking needs.
- Represent Finance in senior leadership forums, cross-functional planning processes, and investment governance conversations — serving as a trusted financial authority and ensuring Finance's perspective is visible in decisions that carry financial consequences.
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