Chief Financial Officer at Cloudsmith

Chief Financial Officer

• Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
• Management
• Full time

Description

The CFO is broadly accountable for the administrative, financial, and risk management operations of the company, including the development of a financial and operational strategy, identifying and tracking relevant KPIs, and the ongoing development and monitoring of control systems to preserve company assets and report accurate financial results.

Requirements

We’re looking for someone who adds value across our entire organization, but to be more specific, our successful candidate will:

• Assist in formulating the company’s future direction through providing input on the company’s business plan, financial and tax strategies, budgeting, and forecasting
• Develop performance measures that support the company’s strategic direction
• Maintain in-depth relations with all members of the management team
• Manage the accounting, human resources, investor relations, legal, tax, and treasury departments
• Oversee the financial operations of subsidiary companies and foreign operations
• Manage any third parties to which accounting or finance functions have been outsourced
• Oversee the company’s transaction processing systems
• Oversee employee benefit plans, with particular emphasis on maximizing a cost-effective benefits package
• Supervise acquisition due diligence and negotiate acquisitions
• Personally review and approve all Form 8-K, 10-K, and 10-Q filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (if the company is publicly held)
• Understand and mitigate key elements of the company’s risk profile
• Monitor all open legal issues involving the company, and legal issues affecting the industry; ensure that the company complies with all legal and regulatory requirements
• Report financial results to the board of directors; report risk issues to the audit committee of the board of directors
• Maintain appropriate insurance coverage
• Monitor cash balances and cash forecasts; arrange for debt and equity financing; invest funds
• Maintain a strong working relationship with other relevant departments, including Engineering, sales, and marketing
• Prepare and deliver monthly reports
• Has flexibility and is willing to perform varying duties depending on the shifting needs of the company and its staff members
• Participates in program management, which involves duties on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis
• Provides training and coaching for other staff members
• Work to solve the next big company challenge.

Benefits

The sort of person we are looking for:

• Experience serving as a CFO of a fast-growth SaaS company
• 7+ years in a CFO role, accounting knowledge
• Ability to synthesize data into clear, impactful metrics and reports that will help drive our business.
• Willingness to roll up your sleeves and fix problems in a hands-on manner when needed
• Management consulting backgrounds strongly preferred, with bonus points for startup experience
• High level of ambition. You don’t ask for direction – you figure it out and make it happen.
• Excellent communicator, written and verbal
• Extremely versatile, dedicated to efficient productivity
• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Organized
• Discreet & Trustworthy

In short, your qualities: Smart. Gets Things Done. And an Awesome Human Being.

The Location

*We’re based in Belfast / Northern Ireland, but like us and the entire team right now, you’ll be fully remote, although our preference is for you to be within 1-2 time zones of GMT.

Compensation

For excellent candidates like you, expect an incredible opportunity and compensation:

• Salary based on experience, plus share options!
• 35 days annual leave (incl. public holidays), plus 10 days full sick pay.
• Flexible working policies, private health insurance, and great pension contributions.
• Budget for getting setup (3k, to include a powerful laptop, renewable every 3 years).

Equal Opportunity

We’re an equal opportunities employer who does not discriminate against age, sex, gender, pronouns, race, disability, pregnancy, marital or parental status, political ideology, creed, sexual orientation, or religious background, etc. Your ability and passion are infinitely more important to us.