Chief Financial Officer, Viamo

About Viamo

Mobile technology is revolutionizing how organizations engage with their end users. More than 96% of the world's population has access to a mobile phone, meaning it is now possible to reach nearly every single person on the planet. Yet 3 billion people living in emerging markets still lack access to relevant, timely, and engaging information in their local languages, and their voices remain underheard. The organizations that serve them lack the technology and capacity to reach them, and many are unaware of the power of mobile technology to meet their organizational goals.

Viamo connects individuals and organisations using digital technology to make better decisions.

With more than 18 million people reached in 2018 alone, we are well on our way to meeting our goal of reaching 50M people annually by 2023.

About the role

Viamo seeks a committed Chief Financial Officer to lead strategic planning, investor relations, and finance, administration and compliance functions of a fast-growing, multinational social enterprise. In addition to a deep foundation in financial analysis and management, you will have experience with leading accounting and compliance processes across multinational entities. You will join our 6-person senior leadership team and help set the overall direction of the organization. As a leader who is encouraged by our mission to improve livelihoods through communication, your skills in detail thinking, rapid learning, and superb communication will help you serve our distributed organization. A deep commitment to ethics and integrity is assumed. As Viamo grows over the next five years, you would play a key role in managing existing investment, raising new investment from diverse sources, and responsibly planning how we deploy investment for sustainable growth.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Strategy and Planning

• Provide timely and accurate reporting on business performance, including financial/P&L and KPIs/metrics
• Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues, identify cost-saving opportunities, and provide advice to Viamo departments
• Plan growth investments, evaluating return on investment and fit with Viamo's 5-year plan
• Manage relationships with existing investors, and lead future fundraising rounds

Accounting/Finance

• Manage Viamo's Financial Controller, who has responsibility over all accounting and finance activities within the company (including a team of regional and national accountants)
• Develop improvements to our accounting system, to support real time monitoring and accurate project costing
• Develop the annual operating budget and long range financial forecasts
• Monitor financial activities and details, such as cash flow and reserve levels, to ensure that all liabilities, legal and regulatory requirements are met
• Optimize existing banking, investment, and debt strategies for growth
• Work with Viamo's accounting firm and lead Viamo's annual review/audit engagement
• Achieve tax compliance and periodic tax reporting for all entities
• Optimize compliance with accounting standards and government contractor requirements
• Support the process to obtain a Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate (NICRA) for US Government contracts

Key Performance Indicators

• Revenue Growth
• Core Operating Margin
• Investment Raised

Team and Reporting Structure

• Reports to Viamo's Chief Executive Officer.
• Line manages the Financial Controller and provides leadership to the entire finance team.

Profile

Required

• Motivated by a mission to improve lives in developing countries
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• Experience with fundraising and investor relations
• Knowledge of GAAP, IFRS, and ASPE foundations
• Ability to build and inspire teams
• International work experience, including the consolidation of multinational subsidiaries and transfer pricing
• Ten years' work experience

Preferred 

• MBA, CPA, Chartered Accountant
• French language skills
• Experience with software R&D capitalization (e.g. SOP 98-1)
• Familiar with government contracting and reporting requirements
• Accustomed to working with remote teams, including building deep, enjoyable long-distance work relationships

Why we love working for Viamo

Make an impact: We take part in meaningful work where millions of users access life changing info and give their voice on key issues

Learn and grow: We face complex challenges and give each other the support to learn and grow personally and professionally through these challenges.

Deliver exceptionally, work flexibly: We measure our success on results and have flexibility in how we work to achieve them

Be a part of our passionate & inspiring team: We build meaningful relationships with driven, supportive and passionate colleagues located around the world in a virtual global community

Viamo is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from all candidates. We believe that diverse perspectives help our teams to create innovative solutions and understand our global clients' needs. In alignment with our values, we are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse global workforce without discrimination. 

Apply now with a CV and a short cover letter