Strategic Finance Lead

Float is on a mission to simplify finance for Canadian businesses, empowering them to eliminate complexity and unlock new opportunities. Through our innovative platform, Float enables businesses to streamline financial operations and optimize cash flow, so they can focus on what matters most: growth. 

As one of Canada's fastest growing companies and top-rated startups in 2024 and 2023, Float is customer-obsessed, passionate and entrepreneurial, with a team that includes leaders from Uber, Shopify, Top Hat, TouchBistro, and Ada.

At Float, everyone is an owner, bringing their unique perspective to our team and product. Your voice is important, and we take having a culture based on feedback seriously. We openly share our thoughts and differing opinions so we can continue to improve. We do our best to keep our decision-making decentralized so that all team members feel ownership in our success.

Float is Canada's complete business finance platform, combining modern financial services and software to help businesses spend, save, and grow. Trusted by 5000+ Canadian companies, Float provides high-limit corporate cards, automated expense management, next-day bill payments, high-yield accounts and fast, friendly support—all built in Canada, for Canada. Float is backed by world-class venture and fintech investors, including Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives and OMERS Ventures, partners behind our $70 million Series B raise. 

Our team is a collection of ambitious, collaborative and mission-driven people from all walks of life but with one goal: helping Canadian companies not just survive but thrive. And we're looking for bold innovators to help shape the future of business finance in Canada.

The Strategic Finance Lead will be the VP Finance's right hand in driving financial strategy, forecasting, and performance insights. You'll own the financial model, partner with the leadership team and department heads to allocate capital effectively, and ensure we are investor- and board-ready at all times.

This is a highly strategic role with significant exposure to the executive team, board, and investors.

• Frameworks for growth: Simplify and distill Float's growth objectives into simple frameworks grounded in quantitative analysis and first principals thinking.

• Unit Economics & Growth Efficiency: Track CAC, LTV, payback periods, sales efficiency, and gross margin. Provide insights that guide GTM and product strategy.

• Capital Allocation: Partner with leadership to evaluate ROI of growth initiatives (e.g., sales expansion, new markets, product investments).

• Scenario Planning: Build and stress-test models for Base, Upside, and Downside cases. Translate macro and company risks into actionable financial implications.

• Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A): Own the company's operating model, budget, and forecasting process. Deliver monthly variance analyses and insights.

• Pricing & Monetization Strategy: Collaborate with Product and GTM on pricing experiments and elasticity analyses.

• Board & Investor Readiness: Prepare clean, investor-grade reporting and support the CFO with fundraising materials, board decks, and data rooms.

• Cross-Functional Partnership: Act as a thought partner to Sales, Marketing, and Product leaders, translating financial data into strategic recommendations.

• You Put Customers First, Always. You care deeply about delivering meaningful value. Whether you're building internal systems or customer-facing features, you're always thinking about how to make life better for our users.

• You Act Like an Owner. You take responsibility for outcomes, step up to challenges, and seek solutions proactively—doing what's best for the business, not just your role.

• You Think Big and Move Fast. You're energized by building from 0 to 1. You're not afraid to challenge the status quo, experiment quickly, and learn as you go.

• You Constantly Learn and Grow. You're hungry to improve your craft and open to feedback. You bring a growth mindset to everything you do.

• You Raise the Bar. You care about doing things well and efficiently. You balance speed with rigor and always look for ways to improve how we work.

• You Win as a Team. You're a generous collaborator who values communication, context, and shared wins. You lift others up and help make the team stronger.

• 4–7 years of experience in strategic finance, FP&A, investment banking, private equity, or management consulting. Startup experience is a strong plus.

• Proven ability to build and maintain complex financial models.

• Strong grasp of unit economics, SaaS & Fintech metrics,

• Excellent communication skills — able to distill financial insights into simple, actionable takeaways for non-finance stakeholders.

• Comfort operating in a fast-paced, resource-constrained startup environment (roll up your sleeves mentality).

• Experience with SQL, BI tools such as Metabase and Highspot, and modern data handling practices are considered a strong asset.

• Work at one of Canada's fastest-growing fintech companies

• Make a real impact in a high-autonomy, high-growth role

• Collaborate with an ambitious and supportive team

• Competitive compensation, equity options, and benefits

• Hybrid work model – we are based in Toronto with in-office days for connection and collaboration

• Enjoy catered team lunches every Tuesday and Wednesday

• Bring your pup to our dog-friendly office

• Thrive in a high-trust, high-performance culture where your work truly matters

At Float, you'll thrive if you're bold, curious, and eager to make a real impact. We're building something special—and having a lot of fun along the way. If you're excited to build, grow, and win together, we'd love to meet you.

We're committed to building a workplace that's welcoming and accessible for everyone. If you need any accommodations during the hiring process or once you join Float, just let us know You can reach out to Vic ), and we'll work with you to make sure you have what you need to succeed.