Director of Finance

Job title: Director of Finance

Job description: Who we are:

Based in Vancouver, BC, it is one of the world’s largest independent agtech solution providers with a global and rapidly growing customer base. Envisioning a world where food production is more sustainable, Semios provides an all-in-one Crop Management Platform for complex, specialty crops like almonds, pistachios, apples, citrus and grapes. Its comprehensive technology measures the key elements which determine a good crop – weather, pest pressure, water, and plant stress – and transforms them into predictive insights that help crop growers make the best decisions at the right time, in one convenient place. With more than 120 million acres of row and permanent crops under management to date, Semios serves growers, agronomists and agricultural retailers across the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and South Africa with solutions including farm management planning, logistics and execution, record keeping, agronomy and automation.

Our innovative work has received several industry awards:
– Selected as winner of the “Precision Agriculture Solutions of the Year” award. – Named as one of the companies which recognize homegrown innovation in sustainable technologies in Canada. – Selected as 1 of 9 companies for the inaugural Google for Startups Accelerator Canada cohort, who are all using technology to solve complex challenges.

One of our partners produced this short which shows what we do and our positive environmental impact.

We know our journey is only achievable by having a great team who shares ideas, tries new things and learns as we go.

Who you are:

Are you a strong, finance operations leader with expertise in building excellent teams, processes and tools to drive the finance engine of a fast-moving tech business at scale?

Are you ready to contribute your expertise to our much-needed journey to a clean economy and eco-system?

Semios is an exciting, high-growth scale-up, whose pioneering crop-management platform enables radically more sustainable operations – and whose award-winning technology spans our tech, agtech and cleantech sectors. To support recent accelerated growth, Semios is now seeking a Director of Finance to own financial operations, lead a team of 10 and report to the CFO. This is an exciting time and important time for the finance function at Semios; the maturity level of financial operations needs to be advanced quickly to address several elements including recent acquisitions, ERP deployment, global operations, substantive funding (both equity and grant), a refreshed business strategy and an elevation in expectations around the financial operations of the business.

What you will do:

Financial operations and reporting: responsible for the function (people, process, and tools) that delivers seamless financial and operational reporting; ensures financial operations are delivered to industry standard service levels; maintain financial reporting under Accounting Standards for Private Enterprises (ASPE) and potentially IFRS (or US GAAP).

Taxation & Regulatory: manage and execute the global taxation strategy efficiently and effectively with optimised cost management of advisors and other external resources; develop strong processes and cadences for the reporting.

Leadership: lead an engaged and motivated internal service team with an orientation to collaborative decision-making support and service excellence; maintain credible relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Business planning and analysis: support the annual & quarterly budgeting/forecasting cycles in collaboration with the Director of Corporate Development.

Corporate Finance: in conjunction with the CFO, co-develop and then oversee the execution of the global treasury strategy including maintaining lending relationships; ensure efficient and effective capital deployment in alignment with strategies; maintain robust management oversight of the balance sheet, support the CFO and the corporate development team in financing and M&A activity.

Requirements

We want you to succeed, so you will need:

• Solid industry experience including responsibility for managing the operational aspects of finance in a company with over CAD$30M in revenues
• Demonstrated management of a finance team (likely 4+)
• Several years (ideally 4+) in public accounting with a top tier international firm
• Direct experience with IFRS (or US GAAP) reporting requirements
• Exposure to the manufacturing industry preferred (either directly or through public practice);if coupled with enabling hardware, SaaS/software environment also of particular interest
• Experience in innovative tech and high-growth environments involving rapid change and transformation will be extremely helpful

Leadership Skills & Style:

• Leads with purpose, clarity and empathy
• Energetic and energizing; resilient and adaptive
• High standards of excellence, honesty and integrity
• Will be a trusted, supportive and collaborative colleague
• Able to motivate and mentor the team
• Ability to function in an environment with a high degree of ambiguity
• Strong decision-making skills

Location:

This position will be based at the Semios Global HQ in Vancouver, BC. Semios trusts its people to do their best work from home or the office, with flexible hybrid environments depending on the team. To provide leadership to the Finance team, the expectation will be that this Director will be in the Mount Pleasant office once a week.

Benefits

Why this is the opportunity for you:

• Sleep better knowing you’re making the world a better place through more sustainable food production.
• Opportunity to contribute and make an impact by working on meaningful projects.
• Work with a team that values fun, laughter, and each other in a collaborative and casual work environment
• Multiple office locations, convenient via transit and bike paths.
• Flexible hybrid working environment and hours

Application Process:

Semios has entrusted Elaine Grotefeld at Latitude Cleantech Search to help recruit for this important role. Please apply through this portal and applications will be forwarded to Elaine in confidence. Alternatively, please contact Elaine directly to ask any questions and learn more by emailing her at elaine@cleantechsearch.com or through .

Semios and Latitude Cleantech Search welcome all applicants regardless of race, gender, orientation, sexual identity, economic class, ability, disability, age, religious beliefs or disbeliefs, or status. We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish and we welcome everyone.

Company: Semios

Expected salary:

Location: Vancouver, BC

Job date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 05:35:06 GMT

Job Source: Careerjet.ca

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