Vice President

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**Liferaft is seeking an experienced and strategic VP, Finance** to lead and scale our financial operations during a pivotal period of growth. This leadership role is hybrid in Halifax, NS, or fully remote from Toronto, Ontario.

Reporting to our CFO, with a dotted line to the CEO, the VP Finance will be a core member of the Senior Leadership Team and a trusted partner to both senior and cross-functional leaders. You’ll be responsible for delivering accurate financial insights, strengthening operational discipline, and ensuring the company’s fiscal health as we scale.

This role requires a hands-on leader who excels at financial modeling, budgeting, and SaaS metrics, while also guiding the Finance team through best-in-class processes in FP&A, compliance, tax, and reporting. You’ll play a critical role in executive decision-making, board reporting, and investor relations, helping Liferaft navigate complexity by powering clear, strategic decisions with dynamic forecasting and a deep understanding of the numbers.

**What you do as the VP, Finance at Liferaft**
- Provide oversight and management of the Company’s Finance operations and team
- Proactively share insight to department heads and the Executive Team on the operations of the business
- Actively participate as a contributing member of the Company’s leadership.
- Create accurate and insightful reporting of historical financials and forecasts, including for presentation to the Board of Directors
- Support the reporting requirements of our primary investors
- Maintain a financial model that strives to accurately predict the influence of management decisions and the operating plan on the financial metrics of the company
- Identify opportunities to improve key metrics, including revenue, gross margin, operating margin, and cash burn
- Provide department heads with Actuals vs. Budget reports within consistent and quick timeframes after the month-end
- Implement a discipline around financial standards and controls and ensure adherence by leadership team
- Support the annual strategic planning process and lead the budget process
- Ensure the company is tax compliant within all jurisdictions in which it operates and among all applicable tax categories including Sales Tax, Income Tax, Payroll Tax, etc.
- Oversee year-end financial preparation and audit process
- Provide coaching, mentorship, and development support to Finance team members, and assess future resourcing needs to scale with the business

**Requirements**:
**What You Need to Get the Job Done**

Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Economics (required)
- CPA, CA, or CMA designation (strongly preferred)
- MBA or Master’s in Finance or Accounting (optional, but preferred at this level)

Experience
- 10-15+ years of progressive experience in finance and accounting
- 5-7+ years of senior leadership experience (e.g., Controller, Director of Finance, or VP Finance)
- Direct experience at a growth-stage SaaS or technology company (required)
- Experience with $10M-$50M ARR companies, ideally scaling toward $30 - 50M or a successful exit (highly preferred)
- SaaS-specific expertise, including:
- Subscription billing models and revenue recognition
- SaaS metrics: ARR/MRR, CAC, LTV, churn, burn multiple
- Usage-based pricing models and deferred revenue treatment

Financial Operations & Leadership
- Proven ability to lead and scale finance and accounting teams, including FP&A, payroll, AR/AP, tax, and audit
- Hands-on experience implementing or optimizing financial systems and internal controls

Strategic Finance & Board-Level Reporting
- Strong track record of building robust FP&A functions and driving strategic planning cycles
- Capable of preparing Board-level reporting, investor-ready financial packages, and scenario-based forecasting

Compliance & Controls
- Deep familiarity with:
- Canadian GAAP and multi-jurisdictional tax compliance (US sales tax)
- Sales tax, income tax, payroll tax, and software-related tax issues (e.g., SaaS sales tax across states)
- Managing external audits and liaising with audit/tax firms
- SR&ED and IRAP tax credit and grant programs

Data, Metrics, and Forecasting
- Fluent in financial modeling, ideally in Excel or modern FP&A tools
- Comfortable designing KPI dashboards for SaaS metrics and department-level reporting
- Able to assess and forecast cash burn, revenue growth, and gross/operating margin trends

Leadership and Collaboration
- Demonstrated success as a business partner to department leaders (especially Sales, Marketing, Engineering)
- Trusted thought partner to the CEO and CFO, able to challenge assumptions with data
- Experience supporting investor relations and fundraising (e.g., Series B/C/D), including due diligence and reporting to VCs

Tooling and Systems
- Familiarity with QuickBooks
- Experience with Salesforce and/or HubSpot, or other CRM tools to support com