Director, Corporate Accounting

We're looking for a Director, Corporate Accounting to lead the financial reporting and consolidation functions within the Controllership team. Reporting to VP, Finance, you'll be working on optimizing financial processes, driving process improvement, and providing strategic direction and guidance, leading a diverse and engaged team. You will be instrumental in shaping the financial infrastructure and accounting systems to support continued growth and long-term strategic goals.

In this leadership role, you will manage accounting operations, financial reporting, investor relations, accounting infrastructure and business systems, financial processes, and compliance. Your leadership will drive the adoption of best practices, optimize financial processes, and ensure adherence to accounting standards and regulations. You will collaborate closely with the CFO, Finance Leadership Team, and other departments to influence key financial decisions and support the company's growth trajectory. This is a remote-first role and is open to applicants located within provinces/states where we comply with our legal hiring entities. In this role, you will report to the Vice President, Finance.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Provide leadership and direction to a global team of finance professionals and oversee the preparation, review and consolidation of financial statements, monthly reporting package and statutory reports for global operations.
• Ensure financial reports comply with US GAAP, IFRS, and company accounting policies, ensuring the accuracy and completeness of financial data.
• Supervise the timely preparation of financial statements, including consolidations, eliminations, and statutory financial statements for international subsidiaries.
• Act as the primary point of contact for external auditors, managing audit planning, execution, and resolution of key audit issues.
• Ensure quality, timely completion of consolidated and statutory audits and serve as the liaison for audit-related services, including negotiation of fees and communication with auditors.
• Optimize financial systems (particularly NetSuite) and internal processes to improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability as the company grows.
• Partner with senior leaders to drive M&A and integration projects to establish consistent and standardized accounting policies, processes and systems.
• Establish and implement internal control procedures to ensure the reliability and integrity of financial and operational data, safeguarding assets and ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Oversee the preparation and periodic updates of accounting policies, ensuring alignment with current regulations and best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement in all global financial processes to improve accuracy, timeliness and relevance of financial reporting.
• Collaborate with Tax and Treasury to ensure accurate financial reporting, efficient processes and timely compliance
• Oversee the Investor Relations function ensuring regular quarterly and annual reporting requirements are met.
• Build a high performing team. Guide and coach team members by establishing clear objectives, mentoring, providing consistent feedback, creating professional advancement opportunities, and fostering a culture that emphasizes Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I).
• Act as a key thought partner to the VP of Finance and Hootsuite's senior finance leadership, overseeing and innovating accounting and finance operations within a dynamic environment, while leading and orchestrating collaboration with key stakeholders to drive transformative change projects that streamline and standardize Enterprise-wide financial processes, enhancing overall efficiency and effectiveness.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

• CPA designation
• Advanced level of progressive accounting experience, including experience in financial reporting and consolidation or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum 10 years of experience leading, strategizing, and driving innovative financial initiatives, achieving organizational alignment and driving significant transformative change
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex US GAAP and IFRS accounting issues, especially in areas such as revenue recognition, equity-based compensation, mergers and acquisitions, consolidation and international accounting
• Experience in overseeing financial risks, architecting, and executing risk mitigation strategies
• A proven record of establishing scalable processes and procedures, adeptly navigating and fostering growth during rapid expansion phases
• Accountability: holds self and others accountable to meet commitments
• Collaboration and Teamwork: works with others to deliver results, meaningfully contributing to the team and prioritizing group needs over individual needs
• Commitment to Results: consistently achieves results, demonstrating high performance, and challenging self and others to deliver results
• Creativity and Innovation: seeks new and better ways of doing things, generates original and imaginative ideas, products, or solutions
• Decision Making: consistently chooses the best course of action (from a number of alternatives) to address business problems and/or opportunities
• Influence: Asserts own ideas and persuades others, gaining support and commitment and mobilizing people to take action
• Open Communication: clearly conveys thoughts, both written and verbally, listening attentively and asking questions for clarification and understanding
• Priority Setting: focuses time/energy on the most important issues/opportunities. Clearly understand how to assess the importance of tasks and decisions
• Problem Solving: uses an organized and logical approach to find solutions to complex problems. Looks beyond the obvious to understand the root cause of problems
• Process/Project Management: skilled at figuring out and managing the processes and timelines necessary to get work accomplished
• Inclusive Leadership: Builds inclusive, cohesive teams which apply diversity to achieve common goals
• Play to Win: Capably delivers results through others, is good at establishing clear direction, helping others achieve their best work
• Long Range Planning: Identifies key issues and relationships relevant to achieving a long-range goal or vision; Builds an integrated plan for course of action to accomplish this vision
• Enablement: Challenges and supports others to create results but also develop new capabilities. Successfully develops the capacity and capability of team and individuals on the team

WHO YOU ARE:

• Solution seeker: You're focused on tackling new challenges, solving problems, and moving the business forward—and you don't wait to be asked.
• Lifelong learner: You have a growth mindset - you're here to learn, experiment, seek, apply, and provide feedback, share what works with your team, and move on from what doesn't.
• Resilient adapter: In the face of change and challenges, you bring a thoughtful, calm approach, and a focus on finding the new opportunity.
• Intentional collaborator. You build positive working relationships across the business, bringing people together to foster new opportunities and to facilitate the efficient flow of information.
• Critical challenger: You have the trust in your team to ask difficult questions in order to get to the best end result.
• Active communicator: You listen actively and communicate ideas and information clearly, inclusively, and proactively.
• Integrated thinker: You look beyond your role and responsibilities to understand how your team's work drives broader organizational goals.
• Accountable owner: You take pride in the work you're responsible for with a mindset of ultimate accountability and reliability for the outcomes.
• Bar-raiser: You step up to help your team grow and succeed, even when that means going beyond what might be expected.

In all we do, our six guiding principles light the way:

Step Up: Show the world what it looks like to live and work by these guiding principles. #StepUp

One Team: Make Hootsuite a place where everyone feels safe, welcome, valued, and empowered to do their best work without compromising who they are. #OneTeam #FreeToBeMe

Customer Obsessed: Focus relentlessly on helping our customers succeed. #CustomerObsessed

Go Fast, Be Agile: Widen our competitive advantage by committing to speed and simplicity over perfection and complexity. #GoFastBeAgile

Play to Win: Commit to building an incredible, profitable company for our customers, our employees, and our stakeholders. #PlayToWin #NoExcuses

Neighbours & Allies: Give back to our communities and be an ally. #SocialForGood #Allies

Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

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