About 1Password:
We all have important information we need to manage, and protecting it should be easy. Over 150,000 businesses and millions of people log in to 1Password to unlock smart, simple access to everything they care about. Our vision is to create a safer, simpler digital future for everyone, and our culture values simplicity, honesty and a human-centric approach to solving problems. Come help us unlock peace of mind so everyone can stay safer online.
The Strategic Finance team at 1Password drives high-impact financial initiatives, including M&A financial support, investor relations, and long-term strategic planning, partnering closely with leadership to shape the company’s growth trajectory.
As the Director of Strategic Finance, you'll lead critical financial initiatives, including M&A financial support, investor relations, and multi-year financial planning. Reporting to the VP of Strategic Finance, you’ll own financial modeling, drive strategic assessments, and act as a key liaison with the investment community. Your work will directly influence 1Password's strategic direction, ensuring sustainable growth and strong market positioning.
This is a remote opportunity within Canada and the US.
What we're looking for:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field from an accredited institution.
- 8+ years of progressive experience in either Corporate Development, Investment Banking, Equity Research, Private Equity, Strategic Finance or similar roles within high-growth technology companies (or covering the sector), preferably within the SaaS industry.
- Proven track record in evaluating and closing acquisitions, assessing strategic initiatives, and navigating the capital markets and investor community.
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to articulate financial concepts and insights clearly to stakeholders at all levels. The ideal candidate possesses an expert level ability to communicate effectively and concisely to an executive leadership team and external parties (e.g. investment banks, lawyers, analyst community).
- Strong relationship management skills and ability to foster long-term relationships with investors and external parties.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and deliver under tight deadlines with limited supervision.
- Analytical mindset with meticulous attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.
What you can expect:
- Corporate Development Mandates:
At 1Password, we assemble a SWAT team of subject matter experts to drive M&A and other strategic investments vs. a centralized Corporate Development team.
- As a member of this core deal team, you will lead financial modeling, valuation, and investment memo/presentation workstreams on M&A/investment efforts. Support deal due diligence – you will directly own certain components of deal due diligence (e.g. customer cohort and retention analysis) and support the broader Finance team with others (e.g. working capital analysis)
- Work closely with the Product Acceleration team (they own deal strategy and manage relationships with targets) in structuring and framing the deal and assist with any deal financing analysis – earnout structuring, cash/debt/equity mix, and related analyses
- Support the broader FP&A team as the primary deal liaison providing context and assistance with deal integration work streams such as combined business financial reporting, forecasting, budget management, go-to-market analysis, and business reviews. While the FP&A team will lead these efforts, you will act as the subject-matter expert on the deal utilizing the deal model and analysis as a launch pad for more detailed post-merger planning.
- Support purchase price allocation (PPA) workstreams. You will liaison with external parties and support various valuation efforts (e.g. intangible asset valuation) under the guidance of the external financial reporting team.
- Investor Relations Mandates:
In this role, you will support our IR program, working closely with our external IR firm. You will be the primary internal point of contact for the sell-side/buy-side analyst community and investment banking relationships.
- Work with our external IR firm to set up and manage non-deal roadshows and conference participation.
- Own our investor deck and work closely with the executive leadership team and other business partners to develop content and a narrative that aligns with our investor story.
- Assist with preparation ahead of major investor meetings and events.
- Lead external metrics selection and definition with support from internal teams and our external IR firm, and related projects.
- Support the corporate marketing organization with external press-releases – aligning on metrics, alignment with broader investor story, compliance, etc.
- Co-lead our quarterly shareholder letter and mock earnings process. This role requires letter drafting, working with the executive leadership team and external IR firm to align on key talk tracks, creating financial collateral to support earnings decks and other materials.
- Strategic Finance/Strategy Mandates:
- Own the company’s multi-year plan and modeling efforts and support strategic discussions with the executive leadership team. Act as the primary liaison helping bridge the multi-year plan into the annual planning process (e.g. assist with top-down budget guidance setting).
- Work closely with the VP of Strategic Finance to support the executive leadership team with various strategic assessments such as exploring entering new geographical markets, build vs. partner vs. buy, and making strategic investment choices (e.g. expand into new customer segments vs. double-down on existing customer base)
- Supporting our VP of Strategic Finance and CFO with various strategic projects, as required.
USA-based roles only: The Annual base salary for this role is between $175,000 USD and $237,000 USD, plus immediate participation in 1Password's benefits program (health, dental, 401k and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs.
Canada-based roles only: The Annual base salary for this role is between $158,000 CAD and $214,000 CAD, plus immediate participation in 1Password’s generous benefits program (health, dental, RRSP and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs.
At 1Password, we approach each individual's compensation with a promise of fair market value and internal equity commensurate with experience and specific skill set.
What we offer:
We believe in working hard, and resting hard. We’re always looking for new ways to support our team members, but here’s a glance at what we currently offer:
Health and wellbeing
> 👶 Maternity and parental leave top-up programs
> 👟 Wellness spending account
> 🏝 Generous PTO policy
> 💖 Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year
> 🧠 Wellness Coach membership
> 🩺 Comprehensive health coverage
Growth and future
> 📈 Employee stock option program for all full-time employees
> 💸 Retirement matching program
> 💡 Training budget, 1Password University access, and learning sessions
> 🔑 Free 1Password account (and friends and family discount!)
Flexibility and community
> 🤝 Paid volunteer days
> 🌎 Employee-led DEIB programs and ERGs and ECGs
> 🏠 Fully remote environment
> 🏆 Peer-to-peer recognition through Bonusly
You belong here.
1Password is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace that is built on trust, support and respect. We welcome all individuals and do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity and expression, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, colour, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, sex, citizenship, education, languages spoken or veteran status. Be yourself, find your people and share the things you love.
Accommodation is available upon request at any point during our recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please speak to your talent acquisition partner or email us at [email protected] and we’ll work to meet your needs.
Remote work is a part of our DNA. Given that our company was founded remotely in 2005, we can safely say we're experts at building remote culture. That said, remote work at 1Password does mean working from your home country. If you've got questions or concerns about this, your talent partner would be happy to address them with you.
Successful applicants will be required to complete a background check that may consist of prior employment verification, reference checks, education confirmation, criminal background, publicly available social media, credit history, or other information, as permitted by local law.
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