Sr. Director, Accounting - Vancouver, Canada - Highspot

Description

What You'll Do

Establish strategic vision and goals for the team focusing policies, procedures, and processes that ensure accurate accounting and tax records and timely reporting.

Ensure all financial transactions are properly recorded, filed, and reported in accordance with accounting policies on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis, including quality control over financial transactions and reporting; Oversee and direct reporting requirements, including GAAP, and statutory financial statements.

Continually assess and drive improvements in global accounting, tax, treasury, reporting, and financial operations, encompassing team, organizational structure, operating processes, and systems.

Lead our team through complex and ambiguous issues or transactions by diving into the details, creating the vision, motivating the team, and driving exceptional results.

Help lead the monthly accounting close process in a hands-on and visible way, through close collaboration with the team in resolving emergent issues, fostering cross-functional collaboration.

Leverage technical accounting knowledge to assess and account for unusual, infrequent and/or complex transactions.

Support our consolidated and statutory audits and tax filings by helping to create processes and reviews that ensure accurate financial information and resolving issues as they arise.

Optimize the use of tools and accounting-related systems to leverage automation, create efficiencies and improve the company's close process and accuracy of our financial records.

Manage a team of direct and indirect reports, with performance management and development responsibilities.

Foster collaboration, transparency and a results-oriented mindset amongst leaders, managers and other stakeholder groups.

Attract, motivate, develop, and retain a high-performing team and to raise the bar in performance.

Promote a high-performance culture by cultivating and motivating direct/indirect reports through coaching, mentoring, and by providing regular and meaningful feedback.

Forge strong relationships and collaborate with a range of stakeholders groups to define and achieve objectives.

Model and encourage open, honest, and direct communications and with productive debate to achieve optimal solutions.

Your Background

Experienced leader with at least 15 years of progressive experience with a mix of Big 4 and industry experience at a software or tech company with multiple product lines.

Track record of managing and improving end-to-end financial processes with a well-rounded skill set across accounting controllership, tax, and treasury.

Innovative thinker around the structure of the accounting teams and use of technology to build a highly efficient and automated function.

Thorough knowledge of GAAP accounting principles and procedures including experience with GAAP technical accounting research and new accounting standard implementation.

Demonstrated history of solving multiple and complex challenges through critical thinking and requiring cross-functional collaboration.

Experience in internal control design and financial process optimization.

Ability to work successfully cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment and serve as a trusted business partner.

Multiple years of management experience and track history of progressing and developing people and driving high performance.

Bachelor's or Master's degree in accounting (minimum) and CPA or equivalent

Strong process improvement experience across all functions (tax, treasury, revenue recognition, accounting, etc), including close schedule improvement experience.

Results and metrics-oriented with a proactive, hands on, get-stuff-done mindset.

Passionate about leadership with the ability to build a high-performing and multi-disciplinary team.

Sharp, forward-thinking problem solver with high standards of excellence and comfort with driving change.

High energy, positive presence along with top-notch written and verbal communication skills.

Highspot also offers the following employee benefits for this position:- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life benefits-Group Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and matching employer contributions (DPSP)with immediate vesting-Flexible PTO-Generous Holiday Schedule + 5 Days for Annual Holiday Week-Quarterly Recharge Fridays (paid days off for mental health recharge)-Flexible work schedules-Professional development opportunities through LinkedIn Learning-Access to Coaches and Therapists through Modern Health-2 Volunteer days per year#LI-LM5