Job Description
THE OPPORTUNITY
Virtual Gurus is looking for a growth-oriented finance leader who's excited to join an experienced and collaborative senior executive team in the role of Chief Financial Officer. The person who takes on this role will have a passion for supporting scale while staying true to a company's social mission.
Virtual Guru's new CFO will report to the Founder & CEO and will ideally live in the Calgary area or be open to relocating.
THE ORGANIZATION
Virtual Gurus is a tech marketplace supporting skilled remote workers from traditionally underrepresented communities, who are helping busy entrepreneurs and organizations accomplish more. They are proud of what makes them different: a strong social mission to provide earning opportunities to underrepresented folx, and their focus on curating the match between virtual assistants and clients.
Mission
Their purpose is to empower and connect virtual assistants with businesses in need of fractional, remote support. These connections are mutually rewarding. Virtual assistants gain meaningful, flexible earning opportunities without slogging through the traditional (often biased) hiring process. And businesses get the support they need while championing diversity, equity, and inclusion.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assist in formulating the company's future direction through providing input on the company's business plan, financial and tax strategies, budgeting, and forecasting.
- Develop performance measures that support the company's strategic direction.
- Maintain in-depth relationships with all members of the management team.
- Manage accounting, investor relations, legal, tax, and treasury.
- Oversee the financial operations of future subsidiary companies and foreign operations.
- Manage any third parties to which accounting or finance functions have been outsourced.
- Oversee the company's transaction processing systems.
- Supervise acquisition due diligence and negotiate acquisitions.
- Understand and mitigate key elements of the company's risk profile.
- Monitor all open legal issues involving the company and legal issues affecting the industry.
- Ensure that the company complies with all legal and regulatory requirements.
- Report financial results and risk issues to the board of directors.
- Maintain appropriate insurance coverage.
- Monitor cash balances and cash forecasts.
- Arrange for debt and equity financing.
- Invest funds.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Have a bachelor's degree in finance, commerce, economics, or related analytical discipline.
- Have a Master's degree in accounting or business administration, or you have the equivalent business experience.
- Being a Certified Public Accountant or Certified Management Accountant designation will be an asset.
- Have previous experience as a CFO with a scale-up stage company in the technology (or SaaS) space or have related transferable experience.
- Have prior experience as an advisor to key executives or a managing executive at an early-stage company.
- Have experience and success with raising investor funds, supporting the executive negotiation and due diligence committees through the company's Series B funding round and beyond.
- Experience working with boards of directors and governing bodies, with a strong understanding of governance principles.
- Have 10+ years of experience with progressively increased responsibility within a larger, more mature organization.
- Proficiency in Advanced Excel and 10+ years of practical experience using Excel to build and maintain financial models will benefit you in this role.
- Have excellent spoken and written communication skills.
BENEFITS
- Base salary plus performance bonus.
- Employee stock option plan.
- Health, dental, and other insurance benefits.
- Other valuable perks like meals on VG and flex time.
- Hybrid work arrangement with up to 50% remote collaboration.
- Convenient central location in Calgary (relocation assistance might be considered).
- Comfortable office space.
- A team that walks the talk on equity, diversity, and inclusion.
- Fun work atmosphere and regular social events.
- Being part of an amazing story.
Virtual Gurus strongly believes that their social mission fuels them to deliver exceptional experiences to clients, so they can continue to provide opportunities to their virtual assistants.
In support of their social mission, the company strongly supports the application of individuals who identify as Indigenous, Black, People of Colour, women, and/or 2SLGBTQIA+.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT
DARYL HENRY | T: 403.718.5078 | E: daryl.henry@richardsonsearch.ca | www.richardsonsearch.ca