Head of Canadian Solutions
Job Summary
As the Head of Canadian Solutions at Caseware you will drive the product vision strategy and roadmap for our Canadian audit assurance and financial reporting products. You will lead develop and grow a team of product managers and be the person accountable for what Caseware builds for the Canadian market and why.
You will decide what should be built and for whom size the opportunity behind it and set the priorities the roadmap runs to. You will be the internal expert on the Canadian profession and the external face of Caseware to it.
Youll be reporting into:
VP Product Enterprise Solutions & Ecosystem
CPA (Canada) in good standing is a hard requirement.
Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada. This role will require some travel.
This is a full-time permanent position
This is a new vacancy
Location: This is a hybrid role requiring the successful candidate to work 3 days a week in our Toronto office located at 351 King St E Suite 1100 Toronto ON.
Strategy and roadmap
Own the product vision strategy and roadmap for Canadian audit assurance and financial reporting solutions.
Define what should be built for the Canadian market for whom and the opportunity it addresses.
Ensure the Canadian roadmap aligns with the overall product and company vision.
Own prioritization scoping and planning for the Canadian portfolio and identify and mitigate delivery risks against the roadmap.
Decide what enters the portfolio and what is retired and produce the business case behind each decision.
Make the build buy or partner recommendation for Canadian capability gaps.
Report Canadian portfolio performance to senior leadership.
Market and customers
Be an expert on the Canadian public accounting domain the market and the trends shaping it.
Keep Canadian solutions current with CPA Canada standards including CAS ASPE ASNPO and IFRS as adopted in Canada and interpret changes before they land.
Be the champion and voice of the customer and build lasting relationships with Canadian firms.
Feed what you learn from customers back into the roadmap.
Represent Caseware to the Canadian profession including standard-setters firm advisory groups and industry bodies.
Quality and compliance
Hold quality as a top priority and treat standards compliance as a deliverable rather than an assumption.
Set the bar a Canadian solution must meet before it ships.
Go-to-market and commercial
Work with go-to-market teams on positioning launch enablement and the success of Canadian solutions in market.
Contribute the product view to commercial strategy pricing and packaging for the Canadian portfolio.
Team and leadership
Lead hire and develop the product management team and grow it as the portfolio grows.
Set the strategy out clearly and often so everyone working on Canadian solutions understands where it is going and why.
A CPA (Canada) in good standing with a strong interest in technology.
Actively practiced within the last ten years.
Deep knowledge of current Canadian audit and accounting standards and the ability to read and interpret future standards.
10 years of public accounting experience or combined public accounting and product management experience
Experience leading and growing teams.
Experience working with sales customer success and marketing teams on pipeline go-to-market and retention.
Experience prioritizing and planning across competing demands and surfacing risk early rather than late.
Able to set out a strategy and the evidence behind it to a senior audience.
A lifelong learner self-motivated to stay current with professional standards and changes in the accounting and auditing profession.
Results orientated willing to roll up their sleeves and take initiative.
A self-starter who works effectively without daily supervision and communicates clearly with colleagues across regions.
Salary Range:
The annual base salary for this position is between $175000 CAD and $195000 CAD per year.
This role is also eligible for discretionary bonus and/or commission as well as other benefits. Actual pay within the listed range will be determined based on factors such as transferable skills relevant experience market conditions and primary work location. The posted range is subject to change and may be updated periodically.
Required Experience:
Director
About Company
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