Financial Controller

We are hiring a Controller for a growing, venture-backed technology company. This is a hands-on mandate. You will own the accounting function end to end, reporting directly to the CFO on a small finance team. If you want real autonomy over how a function runs and you like being close to the numbers, this will suit you.
What you will own
Close and reporting
Full ownership of the month, quarter and year end close, including the close calendar and cut-off discipline
Journal entries, accruals, prepaids, deferrals and balance sheet reconciliations
Monthly financial statements and management reporting packages
Variance analysis and commentary that leadership can act on
Support to the CFO on budgets, forecasts and cash flow reporting
Audit, tax and compliance
Year end working papers and management of the external audit as the primary point of contact
Technical accounting research and memos on judgement areas such as revenue recognition, leases and capitalization
Sales tax, payroll and corporate tax compliance and remittances
Design and documentation of internal controls appropriate to the company's stage
Transactional and payroll
Oversight of AP and AR, including collections follow up and vendor management
Payroll processing and reconciliation, and the related benefits and remittance work
Bank and credit card reconciliations, treasury and cash positioning
Systems and process
Ownership of the accounting system and the integrations feeding it
Identifying where manual work can be automated, and then implementing it
Documenting processes that currently live in someone's head
Building the reporting infrastructure the company will need at two or three times its current size
What success looks like
In 90 days you have run a clean close on your own and know where the risk sits in the balance sheet
In six months the close is faster and better documented than when you arrived
In twelve months the audit runs smoothly, the controls are documented, and the CFO has stopped worrying about accounting
What we are looking for
CPA designation
8+ years of progressive accounting experience
Time inside a smaller, fast-growing or venture-backed company, where you were close to the work
Strong technical fundamentals and the judgement to apply them without a large team around you
Genuine comfort with imperfect systems, incomplete processes and a degree of ambiguity
A bias toward fixing things rather than escalating them
Nice to have, not required
Experience as an early finance hire in a company
Exposure to multi-currency or cross border operations
Public accounting training early in your career
Experience implementing or migrating an accounting system
Comfort with reporting and automation tools beyond Excel
The details
Fully remote within Canada
$150,000 to $170,000 base, with flexibility for the right person
Discretionary bonus
Market competitive benefits plan including a Health Spending Account
How to apply
Apply through this posting or send your resume to abe@hireloft.ca to be considered. Only candidates selected for a screening call will be contacted.
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