Manager of Finance

Job Title: Manager of Finance

Location: Saskatoon- Office First

At Vendasta, we’re leading the AI revolution from right here in Saskatoon—and beyond. We work together to empower our partners and customers through our AI-powered customer acquisition and engagement platform to help them get more customers—and keep them. We’re proud to share that Vendasta has officially been named one of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures for 2025!

About the Job

We’re looking for a Manager, Finance who is energized by serving as a strategic financial leader, driving Vendasta’s financial planning, operations, and reporting to support the company’s continued growth and innovation and excited to contribute to AI-powered features that enhance our platform. In this role, you’ll play a key part in helping small and medium-sized businesses succeed—while shaping the future of AI for local economies.

Your Impact

As a Manager, Finance, you'll work with engineering teams, QA, and product managers to:

• Oversee all financial functions, including Procurement, Financial Planning & Analysis, Treasury, and Mergers and Acquisitions, while providing key insights to the Executive team and Board of Directors
• Scale the organization’s financial infrastructure, ensure fiscal responsibility, and support the preparation of the company for potential public or private growth initiatives
• Support the finance function’s AI strategy—adopting advanced tools for forecasting, compliance monitoring, scenario planning, and financial reporting automation
• Develop and maintain a best-in-class procurement function, including policy development, establishing efficient tools, and implementing processes to govern and monitor the company’s entire expenditure profile (excluding people costs)
• Oversee the strategic procurement lifecycle, designing governance, implementing controls, and optimizing vendor spend cash-flow targets
• Partner with the CFO to lead annual and quarterly planning cycles, ensuring budgets are optimized for divisional growth
• Architect AI-forward financial workflows, utilizing automated forecasting and anomaly detection to enhance decision-making speed
• Develop and maintain treasury policies and procedures that protect the businesses’ assets, mitigate risk to the Board’s tolerance, and support appropriate liquidity and operational efficiency
• Support capital structure and allocation, fundraising efforts, and strategic capital deployment to support business objectives and runway planning
• Support banking relationships, investor communications, and reporting for board members and shareholders
• Partner with the CFO and Executive team to develop and execute the company’s financial strategy, ensuring alignment with Vendasta’s growth objectives
• Provide financial insights and analysis to guide business decisions, investments, and risk management
• Lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes to drive financial health and operational efficiency
• Leverage AI-driven financial modeling and predictive analytics to inform strategic decisions and improve forecasting accuracy
• Oversee financial systems, software, and automation initiatives to scale finance operations effectively, including evaluation and implementation of AI-based planning and reporting tools
• Drive financial readiness for M&A opportunities, business integrations, and strategic investments, including developing an acquisition playbook
• Optimize cash flow, working capital, and capital structure to support corporate expansion
• Lead financial due diligence, integration, and reporting for acquisitions, incorporating AI into risk assessments and valuation modeling

What You Bring to the Table:

• 5+ years of progressive financial experience, preferably in high-growth technology or SaaS companies
• CPA, CFA or MBA designation with strong expertise in FP&A, Treasury and M&A
• Experience managing financial software and ERP systems (Netsuite, SAP, Dynamics)
• Proven ability to scale finance operations in a company with >$25M revenue and >300 employees
• Expertise in M&A, business integrations, and financial due diligence
• Experience in managing complex vendor ecosystems and high-stakes contract negotiations
• Experience defining or leading AI adoption for financial modeling, automation, or predictive analysis
• Strong knowledge of IFRS
• Strategic mindset with a hands-on approach to problem-solving and execution
• Experience in enterprise ERPs (NetSuite), modern FinOps tools, and Google Workspace
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written and verbal formats.

About Vendasta

We help businesses get more customers. And keep them. We’re on a mission to build the most trusted AI-powered platform for small businesses and the partners who support them. At Vendasta, you’ll be part of something ambitious: helping bring AI transformation to local businesses at scale. As a team member, you’ll enjoy:

• Competitive health benefits, flex time, and annual work-from-anywhere options
• Equity opportunities and a chance to directly shape our AI future
• A vibrant workplace culture that embraces experimentation, thought leadership, and continuous learning
• A place where building AI isn’t just a buzzword, it’s the core of everything we do

Perks

Join the Vendasta family, where your growth, adaptability, and long-term career trajectory are our top priorities. We’re building for a rapidly changing, AI-powered world, and we’re committed to helping our people learn, evolve, and lead through it. At Vendasta, you’ll work alongside driven, curious teammates in a culture rooted in Drive, Innovation, Respect, and Agility, solving meaningful problems that shape the future of local business. We invest deeply in your development through continuous learning opportunities, hands-on exposure to emerging technologies, in-house training, education reimbursement, and leadership development programs designed to help you grow as the world evolves. We support this growth with flexibility, wellness benefits, and an environment that trusts you to do your best work - whether that’s learning something new, taking on bigger challenges, or building the next chapter of your career. At Vendasta, you’re not just keeping up with change. You’re growing with it.

Discover your potential. Build something that matters.

Help us lead the AI revolution from right here in Saskatoon