Head of Finance

Job Title: Head of Finance Company: Timescapes SAP Module: SAP FICO Roles & Responsibilities: The Role This is our first in-house finance lead. Today our accounting runs through an external partner. Your job is to bring it in-house and build a world class finance function across all five entities. Our external advisors stay on in an advisory role and will support the transition, but the function is yours. You will work closely with the CEO on forecasting and investment decisions. You start with one direct report, our Billing Analyst, and you will shape how the team grows. Periodic travel to North America will be required as that is our largest growth market. * Migrate our accounting from our external partner into an in-house function, monthly close and consolidation across NZ, AU, CA and US * Manage compliance and intercompany process across every entity * Oversee accounts payable and payroll processing across all entities * Own finance systems end to end: ERP, billing integration, sales tax tooling and the single source of truth for financial metrics * Design finance to run on automation and AI from day one: close, reconciliations, AP, reporting and compliance calendars. Work with our Automation Engineer to build it, and measure yourself on how much the function scales without adding headcount * Build controls, a delegation of authority and approval processes that hold up at scale without slowing the business down * Own revenue recognition across bundled hardware, software, installation and services, including partner and channel arrangements * Lead and develop our Billing Analyst, who runs invoicing and collections. You are accountable for DSO, and own deferred revenue and credit risk * Own cash management, runway reporting, banking, FX exposure and any debt facilities * Reconcile ARR, NRR, gross margin and burn multiple back to the ledger * Build and maintain the budget, forecast and scenario model with the CEO and external finance partner. * Deliver monthly budget versus actual reporting to each leadership team owner * Deliver board pack financials monthly and quarterly * Support pricing and deal analysis on key contracts, and flag commercial and credit risk in customer terms before signature * Own statutory accounts and entity filings in every jurisdiction * Own regular reporting to existing investors * Get our numbers investor-ready and support future capital raises, including diligence and the data room * Run equity administration and the cap table, including US 409A valuations when required * CA or CPA qualified, 10+ years in finance, 3+ leading a finance function in a high-growth business * Has brought outsourced accounting in-house before * Hardware-as-a-service, leasing or bundled hardware and subscription accounting * Multi-entity consolidation across at least three jurisdictions * US entity accounting, and reconciling US GAAP with IFRS * Has taken a business through investor diligence or a full external audit * Has owned finance systems, not just used them * Has automated finance processes and uses AI in their own work day to day * Strong financial modelling Work Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Availability: Full time

Requirements What You'll Bring Must have * Inventory, landed cost and physical product COGS * Transfer pricing and intercompany experience in a multi-country group * Channel or partner revenue arrangements * Canadian or US entity experience * Xero at multi-entity scale * Chargebee and HubSpot experience Benefits Life at Timescapes Our team tells us what they value most: the people, the product, the trust, and the opportunity to do work that actually matters. We have built that culture deliberately and we look for it in every hire we make. Key Skills: Accounts Payable Salary: Not disclosed