Director, Finance at Canvs AI

Canvs AI is on a mission to enable empathy for the world’s leading brands by putting the power of understanding consumers’ feelings in the hands of every business. Fortune 500 companies like CVS, Disney, Church & Dwight, ABInbev and Netflix use the Canvs AI Platform daily to analyze unstructured feedback from both consumers and employees. Over the last year alone, Canvs has analyzed over 850 million pieces of open-ended text from surveys, social media and online comments on behalf of its brands, helping them achieve 20X faster insights while deepening their understanding of customers, markets and employees.

We’re currently looking for a Director, Finance to join our team. Reporting to the CEO, this role will lead a portfolio of functions including strategic planning, revenue & KPI analytics tracking, financial planning & reporting, legal, and vendor management. This person will partner closely with the CEO and will work closely with product, engineering, and operations teams to drive performance across the organization. This is a hands-on role with a high level of ownership of outcomes, and an opportunity to have broad responsibility for critical business operations of a growing startup.

What you’ll do:

• Collaboratively develop company strategy, annual, and quarterly plans and goals
• Develop, report on, and drive alignment and accountability throughout the company around KPIs
• Implement, monitor, and analyze a robust set of growth and operational metrics and reporting mechanisms to maintain metrics, revenue, and network integrity
• Identify issues, root causes, and solutions across internal and external elements of our business
• Manage financial operations, including preparation of the financial forecasts, budgets, and operational statements; lead liaison to external accounting; develop and document business processes to ensure quality control over financial transactions and financial reporting
• Oversee various vendor management, billing, and contracts
• Oversight of various legal affairs

Who you are:

• Hands-on experience in an operational or financial role at a high-growth startup, or a relevant background in operations finance, business insights, executive staff office, management consulting, or other related field
• Experience partnering closely with legal, policy, and technical teams, working on complex products or partnerships, or working in a legal or regulatory operating environment
• Strong understanding of accounting, finance, and business analytics principles
• Highly analytical, with advanced Excel skills
• Able to develop strategy, build a case, and tell a persuasive story to drive decision making and buy-in across an organization
• Relentless focus on execution that goes beyond analysis and strategy
• Self-starter who is able to own complex projects with minimal or maximal input
• Willingness to really roll up your sleeves in a startup environment - no job is too small
• Intense curiosity and drive to make things better
• Excellent interpersonal skills, readily develops trust and credibility across all levels, and is able to motivate others

Benefits we offer:

• Compensation in line with experience and title
• Tremendous opportunity for career and growth
• Strong culture and commitment to values.
• Flexibility via a fully distributed company (Work From Anywhere!).
• Generous health benefits.
• Unlimited paid vacation.
• Summer Fridays.
• Monthly (at a minimum) virtual team-building events.

The Canvs Commitment

Canvs is committed to making the world a more empathetic place, and fills its ranks with people who want to do great work, care about making a difference, and regularly exemplify the company's shared values of:

• Openness, honesty, and transparency;
• Intellectual curiosity;
• High integrity and honor; and
• Empathy and compassion.

Canvs is also committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Applicants from populations underrepresented in tech are strongly encouraged to apply. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, familial status, sexual orientation, national origin, ability, age, or veteran status.