About the Company
Our client is a publicly listed, connected-vehicle AI software platform company focused on improving safety and situational awareness across personal mobility. The company develops an intelligent, data-driven platform that integrates real-time sensing, analytics, and software services to deliver safety, diagnostics, and actionable insights for riders, fleets, and OEM partners. With a foundation built in one of the most technically demanding mobility environments, the business is now scaling a software- and licensing-led model designed to deliver recurring revenue, capital efficiency, and long-term platform value.
About the Role
The Chief Financial Officer will be a core member of the executive leadership team, reporting directly to the CEO and partnering closely on strategy, capital formation, and execution. This role goes well beyond financial stewardship; the CFO will act as a strategic architect of the company’s financial model, supporting the transition to a software- and licensing-led platform business while navigating public-market realities.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the senior financial leader for a publicly listed, emerging technology platform company, with accountability for all finance, accounting, treasury, investor relations, and capital markets activities.
- Act as a strategic partner to the CEO and executive team, contributing materially to corporate strategy, operating decisions, and capital allocation in support of the company’s long-term platform vision.
- Lead all aspects of capital markets strategy, including equity and non-dilutive financing, structured capital solutions, balance-sheet optimization, and scenario planning across public, private, and hybrid pathways (including go-private and future IPO considerations).
- Own and execute the company’s investor relations strategy, serving as a primary interface with shareholders, prospective investors, analysts, and advisors, while ensuring consistent, compliant, and credible market communication.
- Maintain full accountability for financial integrity, accuracy, and regulatory compliance, including oversight of public-company reporting, disclosure controls, internal controls, and coordination with external auditors and legal counsel.
- Oversee the development and execution of financial policies, systems, and controls that support a software-centric business model, platform economics, and scalable operations.
- Lead financial planning, forecasting, and performance management, with a strong command of unit economics, gross margin drivers, recurring revenue models, licensing economics, and capital efficiency metrics.
- Partner with senior leadership on the financial structuring of commercial agreements, including licensing, technology partnerships, OEM relationships, and strategic alliances, ensuring value creation, risk management, and contractual clarity.
- Provide value-added financial leadership in strategic negotiations with technology partners, go-to-market collaborators, and ecosystem participants, balancing growth objectives with disciplined financial outcomes.
- Maintain strong, trusted relationships with all key financial constituencies, including banking partners, auditors, legal advisors, regulators, and external consultants.
- Bring an entrepreneurial, founder-like mindset to the role, combining hands-on execution with strategic judgment, comfort operating in ambiguity, and a bias toward creative problem-solving in capital formation and scaling decisions.
Qualifications
The successful candidate will be a seasoned financial leader with deep experience operating at the intersection of emerging technology, capital markets, and platform-based business models. This role requires both technical and financial rigor and the creativity to design and execute non-linear capital strategies.
Required Skills
- Senior financial leadership experience (CFO or equivalent) within a software-led, platform, or data-centric technology company, preferably at an emerging or growth stage.
- Demonstrated experience operating within public markets, including public-company reporting, disclosure obligations, investor relations, and engagement with shareholders and regulators.
- Direct involvement in complex capital markets transactions, which may include IPOs, go-private transactions, reverse takeovers, recapitalizations, structured equity or debt financings, or hybrid public–private structures.
- Proven ability to design and execute creative capital strategies, balancing dilution, balance-sheet strength, investor alignment, and long-term strategic flexibility.
- Strong understanding of software and platform economics, including recurring revenue models, licensing structures, gross margin expansion, and unit economics.
- Experience supporting strategic partnerships and commercial agreements, including financial structuring for technology licensing, OEM relationships, and go-to-market collaborations.
Preferred Skills
- Professional accounting designation (CPA) required, with a strong foundation in accounting standards, financial controls, audit oversight, and regulatory compliance.
- Track record of building and maintaining robust financial systems, controls, and reporting processes appropriate for a publicly listed technology company.
- High degree of financial literacy across treasury, tax, capital allocation, risk management, and corporate governance.
This role is Canada-based, with a preference for candidates located in Toronto or Vancouver, or willing to work closely with teams and stakeholders in these markets.
