Timescapes

Real-time construction timelapse monitoring service

Head of Finance

Financial Accounting +1Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeAuckland, New Zealand

About the Job

Requirements

CA or CPA qualification, at least 10 years of finance experience, and at least 3 years leading a finance function in a high-growth business.
Experience bringing outsourced accounting in-house.
Experience with hardware-as-a-service, leasing, or bundled hardware and subscription accounting.
Experience consolidating multiple entities across at least three jurisdictions.
Experience with US entity accounting and reconciling US GAAP with IFRS.
Experience taking a business through investor diligence or a full external audit.
Experience owning finance systems rather than merely using them.
Experience automating finance processes and using artificial intelligence in day-to-day work.
Strong financial modelling skills.

Responsibilities

Migrate accounting from the external partner into an in-house function and manage monthly close and consolidation across New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the United States.
Manage compliance and intercompany processes across every entity.
Oversee accounts payable and payroll processing across all entities.
Own finance systems end to end, including ERP, billing integration, sales tax tooling, and the single source of truth for financial metrics.
Design finance processes around automation and artificial intelligence from day one for close, reconciliations, accounts payable, reporting, and compliance calendars; build these with the Automation Engineer and measure scalability without adding headcount.
Build controls, delegation of authority, and approval processes that support scale without slowing the business.
Own accounting for the deployed camera fleet, including the asset register, capitalisation and depreciation policy, recovery, and write-offs.
Own inventory across regions, including stock counts, valuation, landed cost, and provisions.
Own tariff, customs, and duty costs on hardware imports in collaboration with supply chain and operations teams.
Track unit economics per camera and cash tied up in fleet growth.
Optimize working capital use.
Own revenue recognition across bundled hardware, software, installation, and services, including partner and channel arrangements.
Lead and develop the Billing Analyst responsible for invoicing and collections; own days sales outstanding, deferred revenue, and credit risk.
Own cash management, runway reporting, banking, foreign-exchange exposure, and debt facilities.
Reconcile annual recurring revenue, net revenue retention, gross margin, and burn multiple to the ledger.
Build and maintain the budget, forecast, and scenario model with the CEO and external finance partner.
Deliver monthly budget-versus-actual reporting to each leadership team owner.
Deliver financial board-pack reporting monthly and quarterly.
Support pricing and deal analysis for key contracts and identify commercial and credit risk in customer terms before signature.
Own statutory accounts and entity filings in every jurisdiction.
Own regular reporting to existing investors.
Prepare financials for investor diligence and support future capital raises, including diligence and the data room.
Run equity administration and the cap table, including US 409A valuations when required.
Own tax compliance across New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the United States, including US sales tax, income tax, payroll taxes, and withholding tax; coordinate preparation and lodgement with tax advisors and maintain the filings calendar.
Own transfer pricing and intercompany processes in practice by applying policy monthly, keeping agreements and documentation current, and working with advisors as the group structure evolves.
Own research and development tax incentive claims.
Own the insurance programme across all regions, including broker, renewals, coverage, and certificates.

Desired Qualifications

Experience with inventory, landed cost, and physical product cost of goods sold.
Experience with transfer pricing and intercompany processes in a multi-country group.
Experience with channel or partner revenue arrangements.
Experience with Canadian or US entities.
Experience using Xero at multi-entity scale.
Experience with Chargebee and HubSpot.

Head of Finance

Timescapes · Auckland, New Zealand (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-09

Workplace: hybrid

Department: Finance

Description

About Timescapes

Founded in New Zealand in 2017, Timescapes is a visual progress tracking solution for complex construction projects. Our mission is to simplify construction through shared visibility. Customers love Timescapes because it helps them stay on schedule, validate construction claims and communicate progress more effectively.

We’re a rapidly growing company, and are used by some of the largest construction firms across Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States.

The Role

This is our first in-house finance lead. Today our accounting runs through an external partner. Your job is to bring it in-house and build a world class finance function across all five entities.

We are a hardware enabled SaaS business. We deploy a fleet of more than a thousand cameras on customer sites, bundle hardware with software, and sell direct and through channel partners. Getting that right on the balance sheet and in revenue recognition is core to the job.

We want finance built AI-native from the start. The goal is a function that scales with the business without scaling headcount at the same rate.

Our external advisors stay on in an advisory role and will support the transition, but the function is yours. You will work closely with the CEO on forecasting and investment decisions. You start with one direct report, our Billing Analyst, and you will shape how the team grows. Periodic travel to North America will be required as that is our largest growth market.

What You'll Be Doing

Build the finance function

Migrate our accounting from our external partner into an in-house function, monthly close and consolidation across NZ, AU, CA and US.
Manage compliance and intercompany process across every entity
Oversee accounts payable and payroll processing across all entities
Own finance systems end to end: ERP, billing integration, sales tax tooling and the single source of truth for financial metrics
Design finance to run on automation and AI from day one: close, reconciliations, AP, reporting and compliance calendars. Work with our Automation Engineer to build it, and measure yourself on how much the function scales without adding headcount
Build controls, a delegation of authority and approval processes that hold up at scale without slowing the business down

Hardware and the camera fleet

Own accounting for our deployed camera fleet: asset register, capitalisation and depreciation policy, recovery and write-offs
Own inventory across regions: stock counts, valuation, landed cost and provisions
Own tariff, customs and duty costs on hardware imports, working with our supply chain and operations teams
Track unit economics per camera and the cash tied up in fleet growth
Optimize the use of working capital

Revenue, billing and cash

Own revenue recognition across bundled hardware, software, installation and services, including partner and channel arrangements
Lead and develop our Billing Analyst, who runs invoicing and collections. You are accountable for DSO, and own deferred revenue and credit risk
Own cash management, runway reporting, banking, FX exposure and any debt facilities
Reconcile ARR, NRR, gross margin and burn multiple back to the ledger

Forecasting, reporting and commercial

Build and maintain the budget, forecast and scenario model with the CEO and external finance partner.
Deliver monthly budget versus actual reporting to each leadership team owner
Deliver board pack financials monthly and quarterly
Support pricing and deal analysis on key contracts, and flag commercial and credit risk in customer terms before signature

Audit, investors and governance

Own statutory accounts and entity filings in every jurisdiction
Own regular reporting to existing investors
Get our numbers investor-ready and support future capital raises, including diligence and the data room
Run equity administration and the cap table, including US 409A valuations when required

Tax, compliance and insurance

Own tax compliance across NZ, AU, CA and US. US sales tax, income tax, payroll taxes and withholding tax. Work with our tax advisors on preparation and lodgement, and own the filings calendar so nothing is missed
Own transfer pricing and intercompany in practice: apply the policy month to month, keep agreements and documentation current, and work with our advisors as the group structure evolves
Own R&D tax incentive claims
Own our insurance programme across all regions: broker, renewals, coverage and certificates

Requirements

What You'll Bring

Must have

CA or CPA qualified, 10+ years in finance, 3+ leading a finance function in a high-growth business
Has brought outsourced accounting in-house before
Hardware-as-a-service, leasing or bundled hardware and subscription accounting
Multi-entity consolidation across at least three jurisdictions
US entity accounting, and reconciling US GAAP with IFRS
Has taken a business through investor diligence or a full external audit
Has owned finance systems, not just used them
Has automated finance processes and uses AI in their own work day to day
Strong financial modelling

Strong plus

Inventory, landed cost and physical product COGS
Transfer pricing and intercompany experience in a multi-country group
Channel or partner revenue arrangements
Canadian or US entity experience
Xero at multi-entity scale
Chargebee and HubSpot experience

The Timescapes Mindset

Customer Value Focus: Your work connects back to value for our construction customers
Act with Intent: Think slow, act fast. Get the approach right, then move with urgency
Continuous Improvement: 1% better every day, and you pull others along with you
Simplify: Four countries of complex finance, made simple and reliable
Cross-functional: You work closely with Sales, Product, Engineering and Operations

Personal Qualities We Value

Builder: You would rather fix the foundations than inherit perfect ones
Hands-on: As comfortable in the ledger as in the boardroom
Clear communicator: You can explain the numbers to an engineer or an investor
Judgement: You know when good enough is right and when it has to be exact
Ownership: You measure yourself on outcomes, not activity

Benefits

Life at Timescapes

Our team tells us what they value most: the people, the product, the trust, and the opportunity to do work that actually matters. We have built that culture deliberately and we look for it in every hire we make.

If you are looking for a place where your work ships into the real world, where the team is small enough that your contributions matter, and where the mission is clear, we would love to hear from you.

We offer

Competitive compensation and equity package
Health insurance
5% kiwisaver contribution
EAP & wellbeing support
Enhanced parental leave

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About the Company

Timescapes

Real-time construction timelapse monitoring service

Timescapes provides real-time visual insights for construction projects using solar-powered timelapse cameras. It installs cameras at job sites and uploads live high-resolution images to a web viewer and mobile apps (iOS and Android), enabling project tracking and management. Clients subscribe to a service that continuously monitors sites and generates timelapse videos, helping them share progress with stakeholders. Unlike generic camera services, Timescapes emphasizes ease of use, transparency, and continuous visibility of ongoing construction through live imagery and accessible timelines. The goal is to help construction teams plan, monitor, and communicate project developments clearly and efficiently.

Company size: 11-50
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Auckland, New Zealand
Founded: 2016

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