Our team at Blackline Safety is growing! As a people-driven technology company, with a mission to make sure every worker returns home safely, we drive innovation, practice resiliency, demonstrate leadership, go the extra mile for our customers, and empower our people to be their best.
The Vice President, Accounting & Finance is a senior leadership position responsible for managing the financial accounting and reporting functions of the organization. This role involves ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial data, maintaining compliance with financial regulations, and providing strategic financial guidance to support the Company's objectives.
This role is for a maternity leave coverage.
Responsibilities:
- Manage and oversee the Company’s finance and corporate accounting functions to maintain accurate and timely financial reporting records.
- Responsible for the Company’s quarterly and annual financial and tax reporting requirements.
- Oversee the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting and certifications.
- Responsible for compilation of quarterly reporting packages for the Company’s Board of Directors.
- Oversee the Financial Planning & Analysis function by collaborating with executive leadership to develop and manage the organization's budget, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives, supporting strategic decision-making and long-term financial planning.
- Ensure the Company’s cash requirements are met through effective treasury management as well as maintaining relationships with the Company’s lenders and capital markets.
- Oversee the completion of the Company’s annual ESG report.
- Effectively manage the Company’s global tax compliance and planning, including transfer pricing.
- Oversee the Company’s risk management strategy including appropriate insurance coverage.
- Oversee the semi-monthly payroll and quarterly commissions.
- Collaborate with various departments on scalability projects to support continuous process improvements and enhance the Company’s KPIs.
- Supervise, mentor, and lead the finance and accounting teams (25+ team members including 7 direct reports) by providing direction, support, and professional development opportunities.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related field. CPA, CFA, MBA or relevant certification strongly preferred.
- Proven experience in accounting and financial leadership, ideally in a corporate or senior management role.
- In-depth knowledge of GAAP and international financial reporting standards.
- Strong understanding of financial regulations and tax laws.
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and strategic thinking skills.
- Candidates for this role typically have 10 years or more of relevant experience, including several years in leadership roles, in a publicly traded company.
- Ability to adapt to a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and fast-paced work environment.
- Manufacturing or SaaS experience considered an asset.
About Blackline Safety
Blackline Safety is a world leader in the development and manufacturing of wirelessly connected safety products. We offer the broadest and most complete portfolio available in the industry. Our products are designed to save lives and we monitor personnel working alone in populated areas, complex indoor facilities, and the remote reaches of our planet. Blackline’s products are used to keep people safe in the event of falls, missed check-ins, man-downs, and exposure to explosive or toxic gas. Our design, development, sales, marketing, support, and production are all performed in-house at our headquarters in Calgary, AB. Blackline Safety is a publicly-traded company (TSX: BLN). To learn more about our company visit
Blackline Safety is powered by the diversity of our talented employees. We are an equal opportunity employer. We consider all applicants, regardless of age, religion, race, color, ancestry, gender, gender identity or expression, disability, national origin, race, or sexual orientation. We enthusiastically encourage all individuals to apply for positions that fit their passions.
Disclaimer:
Please be advised that Blackline Safety does not request payment or personal financial information at any stage of the recruitment process. Be cautious of any unsolicited job offers or communications that appear suspicious.
What We Do
Connect. Monitor. Respond. It’s a simple and seamless sequence of events and also our mission: one that makes sure every worker gets their job done and returns home safely every day.
Blackline pairs wearable safety technology and personal and area gas monitoring with cloud-connected software, and data analytics to help companies meet demanding safety challenges and increase productivity with coverage in more than 100 countries.
Our technology provides a lifeline to tens of thousands of people, having reported over 160 billion data-points, and initiated over five million emergency responses. Armed with cellular and satellite connectivity, we ensure help is never too far away.
The Blackline Difference:
To guarantee no call for help ever goes unanswered, our direct-to-cloud technology detects every event—like a fall, gas leak, hazardous weather situation, no-motion incident or missed check-ins–and connects workers to live monitoring teams for real-time response, by real people. It’s what makes us different and it’s what gives workers peace of mind that their safety is accounted for in any circumstance.
