Director of Finance

• Lead finance for a scaling B2B SaaS business heading into its next capital phase.
• Serve on the executive team, report to the CEO and answer to the Board.
• Own financial planning and analysis, the group model, SaaS metrics, scenario and downside planning, treasury and financing strategy, investor-grade reporting and data-room readiness.
• Bring financial economics to commercial decisions with the CEO and sales leaders, including unit economics, cost to serve, pricing and deal modelling.
• Own controllership, including month-end close, statutory reporting, external audit and multi-jurisdiction tax.
• Own the annual budget, department-level budget ownership, accrual discipline and cost discipline.
• Prepare and present Board and management reporting and answer directors' questions.
• Manage cash, treasury, covenants, cash-flow forecasts, drawdown and repayment planning, covenant monitoring and FX exposure.
• Build and maintain investor-grade reporting and data rooms.
• Lead the finance technology stack and automation agenda.
• Oversee internal control and risk management, including control documentation, the insurance program and risk register; potentially contribute to Global Risk and Compliance.
• Develop the finance function through better systems and automation rather than headcount, with potential progression into investor relations, capital strategy, M&A, diligence and a CFO title.

• An FP&A-led finance leader who has owned a budget and forecast end to end.
• Recent, hands-on controllership, including month-end close, statutory reporting, audit and tax executed personally.
• Multi-entity and multi-jurisdiction experience, including operating under investor and financing covenants.
• Comfortable presenting to a Board and answering directors' questions directly.
• CA, CPA or equivalent.
• Willingness to own and improve a function and work hands-on in a small team.
• Valued but not required: a capital raise, sale or diligence process supported from inside the business.
• Valued but not required: B2B SaaS experience and fluency in SaaS metrics.
• Valued but not required: finance automation designed and shipped personally.
• Valued but not required: pricing and unit economics work.
• Valued but not required: enterprise risk and governance exposure.

• A competitive base salary benchmarked against Australian and New Zealand software market data at Director level, plus superannuation or KiwiSaver, and participation in the executive incentive plan.
• A remote-first and flexible work environment.
• Back2Base: we bring the whole company together in person, because remote-first should not mean never meeting.
• Paid parental leave, home office setup support, and a wellness allowance.
• A CEO who has been doing this work himself and will make room for the person who takes it on.
• A seat at the table at the point in a company’s life when finance decisions genuinely change the outcome.