Director, Finance

Summary

Join Metalab, a company that brings ideas to reality by designing, building, and shipping globally acclaimed products, as their new Director of Finance. This leadership role involves overseeing Metalab's accounting and financial operations, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and insightful financial reporting. You will be a key partner to company leadership and the parent company's finance team, leading the budgeting process, managing audit preparation, and improving financial processes as the company scales. A deep understanding of internal controls and reporting standards is crucial. The position requires strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills, along with experience in a high-growth environment. Metalab is open to remote candidates across Canada.

Requirements

• 7+ years of progressive experience in accounting or finance, including at least 3 years in a Controller or Director-level role
• Familiarity with audit processes, internal company controls, and reporting standards
• Demonstrated experience leading budgeting and forecasting processes in a lean or high-growth environment
• Comfortable in a high-autonomy, hands-on leadership role
• Skilled at balancing strategic thinking with execution and daily operational tasks
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to partner across functions and with external stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Metalab’s full-cycle accounting operations, ensuring timely and accurate period-end close, reporting, and reconciliations
• Prepare and deliver financial reports that provide meaningful insights to internal stakeholders and parent company’s leadership team
• Communicate financial updates to the company and leadership teams in regular cadence or all hands meetings
• Own the budgeting process in partnership with department leads, guiding structure, accuracy, and delivery
• Lead and manage financial audit preparation and documentation in accordance with public company standards
• Serve as a point of contact for financial reviews, audits or due diligence processes as needed
• Support payroll, vendor management, and expense processes in collaboration with People Ops and Business Operations
• Partner with external accountants and tax advisors to support local and federal compliance requirements
• Lead, support, or liaise with internal teams on processes, improvements, and optimizations
• Track, report and meet with department leads to ensure accountability and management of budgets
• Partner with project leads to monitor account financial performance against margin targets
• Maintain and evolve financial controls and internal processes to ensure compliance, scalability, and accuracy
• Act as a financial steward for Metalab—identifying opportunities for efficiency and advising on financial implications of business decisions

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA designation preferred (or equivalent experience)
• Strong experience with NetSuite is highly preferred
• Experience in a digital services, agency, or SaaS environment is a strong asset