VP Finance

Who we are? Silverfin is a cutting-edge cloud software solution built by accountants, for accountants. Founded in 2013, Silverfin was created to solve the frustrations of manual, error-prone processes in analysing financial data and compliance. From day one, we’ve been a cloud-first platform with an open API architecture, leveraging structured data to transform how accountants work. Our mission is simple: to enhance and support the accountancy profession through AI and automation, ensuring accountants remain relevant and respected in the future of finance. In 2023, Silverfin became part of the Visma Group, joining one of Europe’s leading providers of cloud software. This partnership strengthens our ability to innovate and expand our impact within the accountancy industry. Today, Silverfin is trusted by over +1000 firms across 18 countries. Our clients include all of the Big 4 accounting firms, as well as leading global networks like BDO, PKF, Baker Tilly, Grant Thornton, and Moore. Headquartered in Ghent, with offices in London, Luxembourg, Gouda (NL), and Mont-Saint-Guibert (BE), we’re a team of over 200 people - including a diverse remote engineering team working across multiple time zones - all working together to drive innovation in accounting. How would you support our success? The VP Finance is a strategically and operationally significant member of the executive leadership team reporting directly to the MD. Working alongside the senior leaders within Silverfin, the VP Finance creates impact through advanced financial decision-making, collaborative problem solving and empowerment at the highest level across the entire business value chain. The leaders and teams across the functions of Finance and Legal report to the VP Finance. The VP Finance will coach and develop the leaders of these functions in a high-performing team environment. The VP Finance has a unique relationship with the MD, Board and other Visma leaders across the finance area. This is a busy role, involving high degrees of autonomy and working in both structured and unstructured contexts - often simultaneously. Key Impact Areas: Establish best practices in the Finance team to ensure we leverage our resources and capital investments efficiently, stay rigorously compliant and produce excellent financial plans and reporting. Oversee compliant and value-adding legal, financial risk and security policies and practices. Maintain an effective level of business literacy including company strategy, business plans, financial position, competition, technology and culture. Act as a key internal service provider to business departments — ensuring the leadership team feels supported with financial insight and legal clarity. Your responsibilities Strategic financial leadership: Collaborate strongly with the leadership team to create long-term strategic vision and annual business plans. Partner with other leaders to accomplish short and long-term financial goals. Maintain a deep understanding of the company’s financial position, competitive landscape and technology trends relevant to the industry. You keep the Leadership team informed and accountable for the different essential metrics (e.g. CAC, ARPA, ARR/FTE and other general BU metrics). Financial Performance & Operations: Manage rigorous financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes. Manage and allocate resources effectively, including strict budget controls and capital investments. Monitor key financial metrics to advance profitable growth and lead pricing and packaging as a key business supporter. Support contract negotiations and development for customers and partners. Ensure efficient and customer-focused billing and finance operations, including credit control, AP, expense management, banking and cash management. Leverage technology and automation solutions to streamline finance operations and enhance productivity. Leverage AI and next-generation tools for finance team efficiency — always ensuring adequate risk and change management. Compliance, audit & risk: Ensure compliance with financial regulations, industry standards and reporting requirements. Identify, assess and mitigate operational and financial risks and ensure high-quality outcomes for all required audit processes. Be responsible for regulatory compliance and reporting across all relevant jurisdictions. Legal, IP & contractual management: Ensure that the organisation complies with all relevant laws, regulations and industry standards. Develop and maintain a robust legal framework to protect Silverfin’s interests, systems and data. Oversee IP protection policies and ensure there are no unmanaged IP risks. Support contract negotiation and development for customers and partners. Manage external legal counsel relationships effectively. Strategic growth (M&A): Participate in M&A activities, due diligence, and integration efforts. Identify and evaluate strategic partnerships and alliances from a financial and legal perspective. Business performance & reporting: You’re the right hand and maintain a proper helicopter view for all finance matters for the leadership team & the MD. Ensure all leaders have high-quality financial data, information and insights to better run the business. Manage KPI and VISMA reporting, including regular feedback on business performance to senior stakeholders. Ensure the Board and governance processes are well delivered: reporting, meeting content, communications. What would success look like? The leadership team is confident the department under your leadership is aligned with company strategy, and executing according to our vision and values. Ensure the business knows the value the Finance department delivers and that the team feels accountable to achieve high-performance outcomes. Guarantee that all leaders have high-quality financial data, information and insights to better run the business. Ensure the Board and governance processes are well delivered, meaning Board members love our financial reporting, communication, meeting content and processes. Ensure fantastic monthly reporting and that Rule of Visma targets are achieved. Foster continued financial literacy across the leadership team and the whole of the business. Build great internal relationships between key stakeholders. Ensure there are few to no cases of legal conflict or IP legal cases raised against us. Investment in tools, digital processes and AI is well managed and responsive to business needs. Experience and Qualifications Proven experience (+5years) in senior finance leadership roles, preferably as VP Finance, CFO or equivalent. Bachelor’s or Master degree in Finance, Business, or related field; MBA is a plus. Extensive experience in finance with a focus on supporting a performance-centred, growing SaaS business. Experience in fintech or B2B SaaS is a requirement. Earlier background in financial and business controlling is a plus. Leadership and team management experience, with the ability to build and lead high‑performance teams. Experience fostering organisational efforts across multiple countries and offices. Skills and knowledge Solid grasp of financial data analysis, performance metrics and process optimisation. Deep understanding of legal, compliance and regulatory frameworks relevant to a multi‑country SaaS business. Exceptional strategic thinking, financial problem-solving and decision‑making skills. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. A champion of AI adoption, leveraging next‑generation tools to reduce manual work and foster team efficiency. Attitude and personality-related traits Strong work ethic, a commitment to delivering quality outcomes, and the tenacity to see things through Ability to motivate others, foster collaboration, teaming & resolve conflict between diverse stakeholder groups Problem‑solver mindse Sound business judgement, ability to #J-18808-Ljbffr Visma group