Funding Operations Director

Anime Universe; Calgary; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Anime Universe is searching for a Funding Operations Director to lead financial strategy and manage the flow of capital across innovative projects. This founder-level role demands extensive experience in finance, strategic thinking, and cross-border operations to shape the future of funding in creative industries. The position focuses on grants, treasury systems, and strategic partnerships, offering founding partner-level equity and a dynamic, remote-first work culture.

Benefits

Equity shares

Token-based rewards

Remote-first team culture

Qualifications

• 10+ years in finance, grant operations, or treasury leadership.
• Deep working knowledge of government grants and public-private partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Oversee strategic execution of funding-related functions across North America.
• Lead and align a binational team of specialists.
• Establish and maintain internal controls for grant compliance and financial integrity.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Strategic thinking

Cross-border operations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance

Master’s degree (MBA, MPA, or Public Policy)

Job description

Jurisdiction : Global

Minimum Commitment : 20 hours per week

Reports To : Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

This is not a job. It’s a mandate to engineer the capital engine behind a creative revolution.

What You Put In Is What You Get Out

This is a founder-level role at the intersection of public funding, venture capital, and operational finance . As Funding Operations Director, you don’t just manage financial inputs—you engineer the systems that power our long-term growth, impact, and sustainability.

Minimum commitment : 20 hours / week. If that’s not realistic, we completely understand—but this isn’t the right role at this time.

This is an equity partner role. That means :

• No upfront cash compensation
• Equity (shares) at founding partner level (standard vesting)
• Future token-based rewards (pending legal and jurisdictional clearance)
• Salary activates with revenue-based milestones
• Remote-first, async-native, cross-border team culture

Let’s Be Absolutely Clear

This isn’t a grant manager job.

This isn’t a siloed finance ops position.

You are the capital architect. The treasury strategist. The funding systems integrator.

Your work will shape how capital flows, how partnerships form, and how financial strategy connects to real-world creative and technological execution.

Overview

We’re recruiting a Funding Operations Director to oversee the strategic and operational execution of all funding-related functions across North America. You’ll lead a binational team across the entire capital stack —grants, government partnerships, treasury management, angel / venture funding, and innovative finance structures.

You’ll drive both big-picture strategy and day-to-day execution , ensuring that Anime Universe has the financial fuel, resilience, and foresight to scale across creative, technological, and IP-driven frontiers.

This is your opportunity to architect a multi-modal, cross-border funding machine —and lead from the front.

What You’ll Own

Strategic Capital Leadership

• Design and execute a comprehensive funding operations strategy aligned with executive financial goals
• Serve as the strategic bridge between the C-suite, government stakeholders, private funders, and your operational team
• Lead, mentor, and align a binational team of specialists across the US and Canada

Grants & Government Funding Execution

• Oversee the full lifecycle of public grant acquisition, submission, and compliance
• Supervise grant writing, funding applications, and program reporting across both U.S. and Canadian landscapes
• Proactively identify new public funding programs, incentives, and institutional opportunities

Treasury & Cash Flow Systems

• Lead all treasury operations, ensuring real-time visibility across cash flow, disbursement scheduling, and liquidity
• Oversee cross-border funding deployment and compliance with grant-related financial regulations
• Optimize capital efficiency and ensure strategic reserve planning

Public Sector & Government Relations

• Direct government relations specialists to maintain high-impact, mission-aligned partnerships
• Lead lobbying and advocacy efforts tied to funding legislation or partnership advancement
• Stay ahead of policy developments that affect funding channels or compliance obligations

Angel, Venture & Philanthropic Capital

• Supervise early-stage capital engagement via angel, VC, and philanthropic networks
• Collaborate on investor memos, funding decks, and capital formation strategies
• Maintain active relationship management and due diligence process coordination
• Guide PPP experts in structuring co-financed initiatives with government, academia, or nonprofit entities
• Explore creative finance vehicles and hybrid models that blend mission and capital efficiency
• Drive institutional credibility with a flexible but rigorous funding operations model

Risk Management & Regulatory Compliance

• Establish and maintain internal controls for grant compliance, financial integrity, and cross-border audit-readiness
• Design risk mitigation strategies related to dependency on any single funding stream or jurisdictional shift

What We’re Looking For

Experience & Qualifications

• 10+ years in finance, grant operations, treasury leadership, or public-private capital structuring
• Proven leadership of multidisciplinary, multi-jurisdictional teams
• Deep working knowledge of government grants, PPPs, and venture / angel capital
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Public Administration, or a related field
• Master’s degree (MBA, MPA, or Public Policy)
• Strategic thinker with both macro capital systems thinking and micro execution precision
• Experienced in cross-border operations with knowledge of U.S. and Canadian funding and regulatory environments
• Confident communicator and relationship builder with high-level stakeholders (e.g. funders, legislators, executive leadership)
• Deeply committed to compliance, integrity, and transparent funding processes

Compensation

• Equity (Shares) : Founding partner-level equity
• Token-Based Rewards : Future layer pending legal compliance
• Future Salary : Activates with major revenue / funding milestones
• Remote First : Fully distributed, async-native, performance-driven team
• You’ll architect the capital machine that powers everything from IP development to infrastructure innovation. You’ll connect government vision, public trust, private capital, and creative ambition into one coherent strategy. If you’ve been waiting to lead a funding strategy not just as a financial role—but as a lever for planetary-scale impact— this is your moment.

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