Vice President of Finance, Hopper
Controls & Financial Operations
CA$500-750k
Plus pre-IPO equity packages
Travel booking app
Open for applications
Travel booking app
1001+ employees
Open for applications
CA$500-750k
Plus pre-IPO equity packages
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make booking travel faster, easier, and more transparent.
Role
Who you are
- Extensive Financial Leadership Experience: At least 10+ years in finance leadership roles, preferably including time at high-growth companies
- Public Company Experience: Direct involvement in IPOs, SOX compliance, and SEC reporting, with experience interacting with Audit Committees and external auditors
- Collaborative Leadership: Comfortable interacting with diverse stakeholders, including board members, C-level executives, and cross-functional teams
- Team Builder: Proven ability to build, lead, and mentor high-performing finance and operations teams in a fast-paced, scaling environment
- Finance Automation & Operations: Strong track record of leveraging technology and automation to streamline finance operations and controls, preferably with experience in ERP implementations or system optimizations
- Controls and Compliance: Deep expertise in establishing and maintaining internal controls, risk management practices, and audit readiness
- Strategic Mindset: Adept at combining data-driven insights with strategic thinking to influence key decisions
What the job involves
- We are looking for a VP of Finance to lead the Finance Operations, Automation and Control team
- Hopper is experiencing rapid growth, and we need a leader who will take ownership over a significant portion of the finance organization and prepare Hopper for public markets
- You will represent Hopper and Finance at various levels, including board interactions, C-level decisions, and the Audit Committee
- The primary focus will be on building a strong, tech-enabled Finance organization and superior internal operations & controls, leveraging technology to drive efficiency and innovation in finance operations and automation
- You'll also have the flexibility to expand your scope in areas you wish to grow or where you have distinct expertise
- Drive Finance Operations and Automation: Lead and innovate within the Finance Operations and Automation teams to develop and implement cutting-edge finance technologies
- Oversee and manage the Company Ledger, ensuring streamlined processes, increased efficiency, and supporting robust data-driven decision-making business wide
- Champion Technology Adoption: Identify and implement new financial software and tools, positioning Hopper’s finance team at the forefront of industry advancements
- Monitor industry trends to ensure competitive alignment in finance capabilities
- Control Organization Leadership: Oversee the company's tax and treasury functions to support rapid business growth
- Build and maintain a strong internal control environment aligned with the company’s goal of achieving SOX compliance
- Own and drive the end-to-end audit process, including relationships with external auditors, statutory account preparations, and serving as the primary liaison to the Audit Committee
- IPO Readiness and Execution: Lead the company’s IPO readiness process, defining resource requirements, building a roadmap, and implementing all necessary changes
- Financial Reporting and Investor Relations: Own the financial reporting cadence, ensuring accuracy, rigor, and compelling storytelling for stakeholders
- Serve as a key financial voice in interactions with investors, explaining both granular financials and broader equity narratives as it pertains to statutory requirements
- Team Leadership: Lead and grow a high-performing, tech-enabled finance organization of 25+ team members, fostering innovation, collaboration, and scalability
Our take
Hopper is a mobile application that uses big data to predict and analyse airfare and accommodation prices, delivering savings to users. The company was created to make booking travel faster, easier, and more transparent by leveraging the power that comes from combining large amounts of data with machine learning.
As well as its booking platform, the company also has a B2B offering called HTS (Hopper Technology Solutions), which enables travel providers to integrate Hopper's travel, fintech and eCommerce products. Major partners of this initiative include Marriott, Kayak and Capital One.
Lately, the company has focussed on innovation and international expansion, with the intent to grow its operating margins. It has not been unaffected by the economic landscape, and made a round of lay-offs in 2023, although this appears to be part of a wider move towards profitability rather than a sign of trouble.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Nov 2022
$96m
LATE VC
Aug 2021
$175m
SERIES G
Total funding: $731m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
- Well-funded and proven startup with large ambitions and stock options
- Unlimited PTO
- WeWork All Access Pass OR Work-from-home stipend
- Entrepreneurial culture where pushing limits and taking risks is everyday business
- Open communication with management and company leadership
- Small, dynamic teams
- Access to a Retirement Savings Plan
- Immigration assistance
- Internal career mobility program
- Light internal meeting culture
Company values
- Dive Deep. Leaders exhibit this principle by operating at all levels, staying immersed in the details, gathering data and employing first-hand knowledge while staying skeptical of any assumptions. It’s through diving deep that they earn the trust of others and the freedom to take real ownership of our work
- Bias for Action. Leaders deliver results, move fast and simplify problems that others find complex. Speed matters in business and most decisions are reversible. We can almost always learn more through action than through analysis. Leaders do things; they don’t just talk about things
- Take Ownership. Leaders are owners; not managers. They think long-term, believe no task is beneath them and act on behalf of the entire company. They are vocally self critical and benchmark themselves and their teams against the best
- Do the Right Thing. There are two parts to this leadership principle. The first is having the judgment to identify the right thing for the business and then doing it, most of the time. It’s important for leaders to be right a lot. The second part is taking a long-term view of what’s right for the business and our customers and acting only with the best intentions. Good judgment + good intentions = great leader
Company HQ
La Petite-Patrie, Montreal, QC
Articles
Leadership
Frederic Lalonde
(CEO)Previously worked for 4 years at Expedia, first as VP of Hotel Supplier Strategy then as VP of Hotels and Packages Product Planning.
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