Senior Director Finance Jobs

Are you a Unicorn hire?! Our client, a proven and incredible fast-growing, young, hungry and award-winning company, is looking for a high-potential top-performing star CPA, CA with 10-15+ years progressive leadership experience, including managing a team as their Senior Director, Finance.

This fast-growing global company, a proven acquirer in the software/ tech space offers an exceptional culture and runway. As a newly created role due to rapid growth, the Senior Director, Finance reports directly to the CFO, and manages a fantastic and growing team.

This is a hybrid mid-downtown opportunity.

Reporting to the CFO, the Senior Director, Finance will be a key financial leader and a close partner to the CFO. This individual will oversee the execution of financial accounting and reporting and corporate operations, including related processes and systems. The Senior Director, Finance will lead accounting policy and ensure compliance and other applicable rules and laws. This position will also manage external audits and other financial reporting engagements.

In addition, the Senior Director, Finance will manage a large team, the finance integration function, technical accounting, and the payroll department. It will also liaise with finance professionals to ensure consistent and accurate financial reporting across the company.

Job Responsibilities:

• Partner with finance professionals and offshore teams to ensure financial reporting is completed in a timely manner.
• Coaching and mentoring of direct reports, providing guidance, training, and career development.
• Streamline reporting processes to facilitate faster month and quarter end closes, including the implementation of value-added software tools (e.g., automation), while seeking to continuously improve accuracy and value-added decision making.
• Manage financial audits and other engagements, including coordinating with external auditors, local statutory auditors, and other services providers.
• Oversee the payroll department and ensure compliance with regulatory and tax requirements in relevant jurisdictions.
• Document and/or review accounting policies and procedures, to ensure company financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP.
• Provide advice and guidance on accounting matters to internal accounting/finance professionals and stakeholders, including but not limited to purchase accounting, revenue recognition, new standards, hedging, credit facilities, and stock-based compensation.
• Full ownership of consolidated and entity monthly, quarterly, and annual external financial statements, ensuring accuracy and compliance with group accounting policies and consistency of reporting across existing and newly acquired partners.
• Develop and maintain standardized templates for monthly close process and reporting.
• Manage all systems and processes related to day-to-day accounting, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and billing.
• Lead the offshore finance and accounting teams, and thoughtfully designing this organization to effectively absorb accounting and finance integration responsibilities.
• Oversee the integration of acquisitions into the company’s finance infrastructure in an expedient, consistent, and thoughtful manner.

Requirements

Qualifications for success:

• Professional certification as CPA-CA or equivalent and a relevant undergrad degree.
• Ability to work independently and thrive in a fast-paced and sometimes ambiguous environment, flexibility a must.
• Experience overseeing the payroll function is an asset.
• Promotes leadership by developing talent, driving a high-performing culture, and leading our core values and competencies by example.
• Experience integrating acquisitions or implementing accounting system transitions and designing financial processes.
• Proven background driving efficiency in accounting operations (e.g., reducing the time of financial close processes) and leveraging value-added software tools.
• Minimum of 10+ years of accounting/finance experience, including relevant experience leading the accounting function of a multi-entity international serial acquirer.
• Experience overseeing audits performed by external audit firms.
• Demonstrated ability to work with various levels of management.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, ideally in a software business.

If you are already registered with The Mason Group, please contact your Recruiting Consultant directly with reference to job #17356.