Who We Are
Skai (formerly Kenshoo) is a leading omnichannel marketing platform leveraging advanced AI to drive performance media for top global brands. Managing ~$10B in annual ad spend via partnerships with Google, Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft, our 600+ global employees thrive in a dynamic, hybrid work environment.
What You’ll Do
As Director of Finance, you will lead global financial operations, ensure strict compliance, and direct strategic tax and treasury initiatives. You will directly manage our Controller, Payroll Controller, and AP functions.
- Team Leadership: Mentor and scale the finance team, maintaining a high-performing Controllership, Payroll, and Accounts Payable.
- Financial Reporting: Own the end-to-end close process and produce timely, accurate financial statements in accordance with US GAAP.
- Tax & Compliance: Own multi-jurisdictional tax strategy and statutory compliance, manage tax audits and inquiries in coordination with local and international tax advisors, and drive open matters to timely resolution.
- Treasury & Risk Management: Proactively manage treasury operations, including cash flow forecasting, liquidity, FX hedging, and corporate banking relationships.
- Vendor & AP Management: Oversee vendor relationships and the end-to-end accounts payable process, ensuring accurate and timely payments.
What You'll Bring
We're looking for a highly motivated individual with a proven track record in financial leadership. The ideal candidate will have:
- 7+ years of progressive financial leadership, ideally within global SaaS/Tech (Big 4 background preferred).
- Proven Management & Stakeholder Alignment: Experience directly leading Controllers and finance teams, while serving as a strategic financial partner to cross-functional leaders and executives across the organization.
- AI & Process Optimization: Knowledge and proven experience in adopting and integrating AI tools into daily workflows to drive automation, streamline financial processes, and increase team efficiency.
- Technical Mastery: Deep expertise in US GAAP, international taxation, and FX hedging/treasury management.
- Execution & Ownership: Highly independent, reliable, and results-driven with exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills. Proven ability to prioritize, multitask, and execute seamlessly under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of progressive financial leadership experience
- Experience in global SaaS or technology companies
- Big Four accounting background
- Direct management experience leading Controllers and finance teams
- Experience serving as a strategic financial partner to cross-functional leaders and executives
- Knowledge and experience integrating AI tools into financial workflows
- Deep expertise in US GAAP
- Expertise in international taxation
- Expertise in FX hedging and treasury management
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, interpersonal, prioritization and multitasking skills
- Ability to work independently and execute under tight deadlines
What We Do
Skai is the leading omnichannel advertising platform specializing in walled garden media. Backed by nearly two decades of innovation, we support marketers with insights they can use, data they can trust, and impact they can measure on the media that matters. Our marketing platform includes solutions for retail media, paid search, paid social, and app marketing. We work alongside the largest brands and publishers to solve the industry’s biggest challenges. Founded on our core values of innovation, integrity, passion, and humility, we are a global team of professionals passionate about doing good work and doing the right thing. Skai is the combined entity of former companies Kenshoo and Signals Analytics, each with a long history of first-to-market innovation. Skai uses the brand name Kenshoo Skai in Europe.
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