Senior Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis

About Us:

ZenaTech (Nasdaq: ZENA | FSE: 49Q) is a technology company specializing in AI drones, Drone-as-a-Service (DaaS), enterprise SaaS, and quantum computing solutions for mission-critical business applications. Since 2017, the company has leveraged its software development expertise and expanded its drone design and manufacturing capabilities through ZenaDrone to innovate and enhance customer inspection, monitoring, safety, security, compliance, and surveying processes.

About the role

Own ZenaTech’s 18-month monthly forecast, annual operating plan, scenario planning, and the analytical layer under it across our business areas. Be the person who tells the CEO what the numbers mean, not just what they are. Own the quarterly reforecast cycle end to end. Partner with the Treasury team and the Cash Manager to ensure the short-cycle cash view and the strategic monthly view reconcile.

Key responsibilities

• Own the 18-month monthly cash flow forecast, working from Treasury actuals and the P&L close
• Own the annual operating plan cycle: collaborate with our finance and business area heads to build the plan, present to the CFO and senior management, track performance monthly
• Run the quarterly reforecast: what has changed, what does the new picture look like, what should we do differently
• Own scenario modelling: Base, Upside, Downside as standing scenarios; custom scenarios for specific strategic decisions
• Provide the analytical layer under the forecast: variance to plan, unit economics, cohort trends, and investment tracking
• Support strategic decisions with quantitative analysis - pricing, hiring, geographic expansion, M&A evaluation
• Oversee up to two analyst direct reports and collaborate with others on the finance team as well as in business area heads to understanding the business are create forecasts and financial planning discipline
• Help lead the implementation of our internal planning software package (Vena) and establish and help refine best practices in our financial planning processes

Must-have qualifications

• 8+ years of FP&A or corporate finance experience, with at least 3 years managing analysts
• Public-company or growth-stage private company experience
• Has personally built an operating plan for a business of this scale
• Ideally has done FP&A for a hardware / SaaS hybrid or a business with meaningful non-recurring revenue (pure SaaS FP&A translates imperfectly)
• Advanced Excel; exposure to financial planning platforms like Vena
• Comfortable presenting to 9 senior management
• Genuine business curiosity - asks why numbers moved and pulls the data to find out

Preferred qualifications

• CPA, CFA, or MBA
• Prior experience leading a planning-tool implementation
• Public-company reporting experience (quarterly filings, MD&A support)

Artificial Intelligence

We use artificial intelligence to review and screen applications and materials. However, every candidate we move forward with is reviewed and selected, and all final hiring decisions are made, by a member of our hiring team.

“We are an equal opportunity employer committed to employment equity utilizing hiring practices on merit and business needs. We encourage applications from women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities and all others of legally protected status.”