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    "description": "<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Schema App is a fast-growing, profitable SaaS company headquartered in Guelph, Ontario, with a team across Canada. We’re a smart, collaborative group driven by a shared mission: to become a global leader in enterprise marketing technology and help organizations future-proof  for the age of AI.<br>We work with some of the world’s most recognized enterprises, including SAP, Wells Fargo, and Henry Ford Health, to give them control over how their brand is understood and represented by AI across search and digital experiences.</span></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><br>At our core, we believe that in the age of AI, a brand is only as strong as the data behind it and the connections within it. As search evolves into AI-driven and agent-led experiences, that foundation becomes critical. That’s why we’re building the infrastructure enterprises need to control how they show up in AI today and compete in the agentic web tomorrow: driving growth, protecting their brand, and leading in the next generation of digital experiences.</span></span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Visit Schema App at <a href=\"http://www.schemaapp.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> www.schemaapp.com</a> or on LinkedIn.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">We are seeking a strategic and forward-looking <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">finance leader</span> to build and lead our financial function, providing clarity, discipline, and insight that enables high-quality decision-making across the business. This role will play a critical part in driving sustainable growth, profitability, and capital efficiency, and will be a key member of our leadership team.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif\">This role is remote within Canada, with a strong preference for candidates located within commuting distance of our Guelph office. Our leadership team meets monthly, so occasional travel is required.</span></span></em></span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Functional Accountabilities</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Financial Planning, Forecasting &amp; Performance Management: </span><br></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Own and continuously refine a forward-looking financial view of the business to guide decision-making and ensure alignment with company goals.</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Maintain a rolling 36-month forecast aligned to company objectives</span></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; 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Challenges assumptions, frames trade-offs, and proactively pushes leadership to improve growth, profitability, and efficiency.</span><br></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Executive Communication &amp; Influence</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Communicates complex financial concepts clearly and concisely to leadership and external stakeholders. Frames insights in terms of business impact and trade-offs, and effectively influences decisions without direct authority. Strong at financial storytelling. </span><br></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Financial Modeling &amp; Planning Discipline</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Builds and maintains robust, driver-based financial models that support budgeting, forecasting, and scenario planning. Ensures plans are grounded in reality (actuals) by continuously refining assumptions and enforcing accountability to financial targets.</span><br></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">SaaS Business Acumen</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Deep understanding of SaaS metrics (ARR, churn, CAC, LTV, payback, gross margin) and how they connect to growth, retention, and profitability. Understands how GTM, product, and customer success decisions impact long-term value and margin structure.</span><br></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Stakeholder &amp; Resource Management</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Effectively manages and influences both internal and external stakeholders, including vendors and financial partners. Demonstrates strong judgment in negotiating trade-offs and ensuring effective allocation of company resources. External stakeholders can include: insurance, accounting, investors, legal firms, and others.</span><br></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Financial Discipline, Risk &amp; Stewardship</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Applies strong judgment in balancing growth, profitability, and risk. Ensures responsible stewardship of company resources by maintaining financial discipline, supporting sound decision-making, and upholding appropriate controls as the company scales.</span><br></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Continuous Improvement &amp; Efficiency</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Actively seeks to understand how the business operates across GTM, product, and delivery. Uses curiosity to uncover inefficiencies, validate assumptions, and identify opportunities to improve performance. Continuously improves financial processes, systems, and workflows to support scale. Leverages automation, tools, and AI to increase efficiency, reduce manual work, and improve accuracy and speed.</span><br></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Commercial Judgment &amp; Deal Oversight (Bonus)</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Provides financial oversight on non-standard and high-impact commercial agreements, ensuring deal terms appropriately balance growth, profitability, and risk. Identifies and challenges deal structures that negatively impact margin, cash flow, or long-term obligations, and drives improvements in pricing, discounting, payment terms, and overall unit economics.  Establishes guardrails and frameworks to ensure consistent evaluation of deal profitability and risk across the business.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Metrics</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Pre-Tax Profit: Target 10–15% as the business scales</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Labor Efficiency Ratio (LER): ≥ 2.0</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Forecast Accuracy: No surprises within a 90-day window</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">SaaS Metrics Improvement: CAC payback, gross margin, retention, expansion</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Close Timeliness &amp; Quality: Monthly close completed within 5 business days</span><br></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 10pt\">&gt;80% A-players within your function</span><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 10pt\">, as assessed through quarterly talent reviews and discussed with leadership team.</span></span><br></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Core Values Alignment</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Growth Mindset</span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"> – Continuously experiments, learns, and adapts in enterprise and AI-driven marketing.</span></span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Resourceful</span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"> – Delivers high-impact results creatively with strong ROI.</span></span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">One Team</span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"> – Collaborates seamlessly across Sales, CS, Product, and partners</span></span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">We are Humble</span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"> – Elevates team and partner voices, seeks feedback, and adapts with curiosity.</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic\">AI-based tools may be used to support screening; all resumes are reviewed by a member of our team.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Life @ Schema App</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Culture focused on your growth: Weekly 1:1 with conversations around Professional Development</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Great benefits for health &amp; wellness, and your coverage starts as soon as you do</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">RRSP matching!</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Flex days to re-energize on top of vacation days and you don’t work on your birthday</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">The Culture Club keeps our virtual team connected through fun and innovative events</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Diverse smart team! The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Schema App’s purpose is to build meaningful connections, with each other, our customers, and the data so that we are all understood. We are a team of smart people helping each other solve hard problems.</span><br></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">If you require accommodation during the application process, please let us know. We are committed to an inclusive work environment and welcome applicants of all backgrounds and perspectives.</span></p>",
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