Company Overview:

Our Client is a rapidly expanding organization in the mining industry, slated to be listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market. We are seeking a seasoned Chief Financial Officer with substantial experience in financial leadership roles within publicly traded companies. The CFO will play a critical role in partnering with the senior leadership team to drive the company's strategic financial initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Setup and Intial Resposibilities

• SPAC formation and initial infrastructure, governing documents
• Completing initial registrations with the SEC
• Account for initial capital raise, and share transactions.
• Help lead M&A activity, liaising with sponsors and the Board

Capital Markets and Funding

• Lead the company's transactional activities for the Nasdaq listing, including due diligence, documentation, and compliance with regulatory requirements, for target acquisition.
• Establish credibility with the financial markets as the keeper of the company's financial pulse.
• Manage relationships with investment banks, financial advisors, and investors.

Post SPAC: Managing Ongoing Operations:

• Oversee the management and coordination of all fiscal activities for the company including accounting, finance, organization-wide budgets, internal controls, tax planning in conjunction with the executive team.
• Corporate Governance and Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and internal controls
• Responsible for SEC Filings, Financial Statements, including awareness of Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) standards

General Responsibilities

• Represent the company with investment bankers, investors, attorneys, auditors, and other external financial and regulatory bodies.

Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field; MBA and/or CPA highly preferred.
• Highly experienced, having previously held a senior management role within a publicly traded company.
• Experience in SPAC Accounting, i.e. Identifying the accounting acquirer
• Experience accounting for shares, warrants, and other financial instruments issued by a SPAC.
• Experience classifying share-settleable earnout arrangements, and share-based payments
• Proven track record of success in facilitating progressive organizational change and development within a growing organization.
• ⁠Excellent judgment and creative problem-solving skills including negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• ⁠Strong mentoring and coaching experience for a team with diverse levels of expertise.
• ⁠Superior management skills; ability to influence and engage direct and indirect reports and peers.
• ⁠Comfortable working with large, complex data sets and financial models.
• ⁠Thorough understanding of corporate financial planning, reporting & analysis, and costing/profitability methodologies and processes.
• ⁠Knowledge of federal financial regulations, including SEC requirements, Financial Reporting and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.