Vice President Finance

Well-established, successful, and complex mid-size company. Fantastic career opportunity for a well-rounded business leader with a solid accounting & finance background. Dynamic corporate culture, impressive leadership, well-rounded scope. Leading a small team and collaborating closely with the SLT. Long-term career growth.

Well-established, reputable, and steadily successful mid-size company based in Greater Vancouver. This organization has a very entrepreneurial, collaborative, and down-to‑earth corporate culture.

On behalf of our Client, SWIM is seeking a new VP Finance
, reporting to Ownership. Leading a team of ~8 people in total (mix of direct and indirect reports). The primary focus for the new VP Finance will of course be Accounting & Finance, and they will also lead other corporate services (i.e. HR, IT), including overseeing outsourced consultants. The VP Finance will manage the day‑to‑day output of their accounting team and also contribute a great deal to the strategic direction of the company.

Specific responsibilities include cashflow management, budgeting & forecasting, ad hoc and routine management reporting, process improvements, and ongoing system optimization.

We are seeking a well-rounded business leader with excellent communication skills and relationship building capabilities. The new VP Finance will be personable, entrepreneurial, down‑to‑earth, confident, resilient, and adaptable. Excellent leadership skills are key in this role, as is the ability to partner effectively with folks across the organization— in all departments and at all levels. We are looking for someone who started their career as a “traditional Accountant” but who has taken a path to become more and more of a general business leader.

The VP Finance will be someone who can be the only “accounting & finance person” sitting in the Boardroom and be able to contribute strategically to the business planning.

• CPA Designation is required.
• Foundational experience in a public practice accounting firm is required (midsize CPA firm or large multinational accounting firm).

• Approximately 10 to 15 years of relevant and progressive work experience. This could be the first VP‑level role for the successful candidate.
• Experience in a similar finance leadership capacity.

• Experience working for a mid-size and entrepreneurial business, with revenues of over $100M Cdn.

• Preference for experience in a company making and moving product and/or in an industrial business.

Base salary commensurate with years of relevant work experience, qualifications, and skills. The anticipated base salary for this role is in the range of $155,000 to $185,000, plus a performance‑based bonus, benefits, paid time off, etc. Please discuss your total compensation expectations in further detail with SWIM.

Based in Burnaby. The VP Finance will work from the office an average of 4 days/week, collaborating in‑person with their team and with the Owners. This company provides a flexible work schedule as needed to manage both life and work commitments.

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