VP, Investment Risk and Control

1 week ago


Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada alphanumeric Full time
Finance
Global Vice President of Finance Remote, BC Posted: 3/5/2024 Job Description Job ID#: 219

Job Category:
Finance


Elevation Capital - Venture Capital & Private Equity is a group of internationally impactful companies spanning consumer packaged goods, hospitality, technology, non-profit, and venture funding.

As the Global VP of Finance you will report to, and be a key strategic partner to the Global Chief Financial Officer, and the fund level executive team, including our founder.

The primary function in your role will be to build and own a world class sophisticated finance function at a global level driving a high level of actionable financial reporting, maintaining a complex global structure, and budgeting and cash forecasting that aligns with the company's growth plans.

The role is a challenging balance of process development and execution of high level strategy, while maintaining controlled tactical execution in an environment of significant and rapid change.

You will develop and maintain a high level strategy to optimize global corporate structure, international tax optimization and business strategy.

You will own budgeting, forecasting, global treasury, managing a growing finance team and understand the details behind the numbers.

Your leadership of the finance/accounting function will be strategic and hands on executional where you will have the ability to communicate data & ideas succinctly yet have the background of the details where needed.

You will have primary day-to-day responsibility for planning, implementing, managing and controlling all financial-related activities of the company, negotiate contracts and billing, manage and own functional budgets and hold functional leaders accountable to budgets.

You will be involved with or own items like insurance, IT systems, ERP, legal, deal analysis and negotiations, human resources, investor relations, partnership compliance and private and institutional financing and tax compliance.

With your teams you easily organize complex projects under pressure and can communicate updates and progress in clear and concise fashion.

You move fast, challenge greatness, and play the chess game many moves ahead.

Driver - whether its structure, accounting challenges, or finding new ways to look at operating companies and improve performance, whatever the complexity you drive results and break through resistance to achieve results in everything you do.

You are self motivated and very resourceful in how you approach challenges making the impossible possible, through your critical thinking and, your network.

Where others are stuck in checkers, you play a strong game of chess.

You can factor many variables in complex situations and know how to view business operations through multifaceted lenses of accounting, finance, legal, sales, marketing supply chain and smart investing.


Experienced :

Your experience has prepared you for every element of this job and you have deep knowledge of the various required knowledge areas, but also the ability to achieve through others managing growth in a complex high value environment.

Hire and Lead international and domestic finance direct reports ensuring all documentation, deadlines and KPI are met.
Manage the implementation and strategy and ongoing compliance of a sophisticated international corporate structure
Build and implement a seamless integration of a global banking infrastructure that includes credit cards, private banking and crypto currency
Optimize corporate ERP system and map out and own the implementation of new modules in line with corporate strategy and goals
Oversee and manage all aspects of financial reporting across multi business units entities including payables, receivables, payroll & tax and consolidations
Lead, create and manage cross functional budgeting and budget to actual process.
Review, manage and work with external investment advisors to optimize investment portfolios and provide detailed analysis of capital deployment strategies
Build and Own corporate financial model and financial planning and analysis that includes all projected returns and budgets across all portfolio companies
Consolidation of monthly and annual books, management reporting within defined timelines
Provide foresight on changing compliance with regulatory and governmental agencies
Provide leadership in financial planning and management, ensuring the development of quarterly, annual, and long-term financial plans, budgets and forecasts
Provide executive management with advice on the financial implications and risk of business activities and make recommendations for mitigation
Ensure compliance with regulatory bodies, including tax, banking, etc.
Participate in the leadership of strategic planning, providing recommendations to strategically enhance the financial performance and business opportunities for the organization
Tax planning and corporate structuring for the international business structure and operations.
Develop and maintain relationships with external partners, suppliers, bank, lenders and vendors

Provide advice and guidance to the management team on financial and legal considerations as they relate to business transactions.

Facilitate and lead annual financial statement audits, serving as liaison between external auditors and the Company
Provide leadership and manage objectives and goals and development of the Finance team
Strong problem solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analyses
Strong interpersonal skills, ability to communicate and manage well at all levels of the organization
MBA or similar degree in accounting or finance; Minimum of 10 years of experience as head of finance (VP Finance / CFO) in a growing organization with multi business segments
5 years experience operating accounting, roll up and tax in complex operating and tax structures with a minimum of 40 entities operating globally
Minimum 10 years working with, and reporting directly to Ultra high net worth founders / entrepreneurs that have a global footprint with a list of highly favorable references from entrepreneurial leaders
Global accounting, and tax experience with operations and reporting requirements in at least 4 counties ideally including Canada, US, and Caribbean
Experience in working with corporate financial modeling and investment analysis
Successful leadership of ERP system implementations
Experience developing and mentoring a team of professionals into a high-performance team
Highly regulated industries including alcohol/cannabis/pharmaceutical/dietary supplements.
Establishing and managing International business units.
Experience with PCAOB audits and experience working through an IPO process.
US markets - financial and tax.
Experience in a high growth oriented organization, private equity company or owner experience.
Full medical benefits are provided as part of this roll.

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