Pay Range: $180,000 - $210,000 CAD
Required Skills & Experience
- 10+ years of progressive accounting, financial reporting and/or controllership experience
- Canadian CPA designation or equivalent
- Advanced knowledge of IFRS
- Demonstrated experience handling complex accounting issues and technical accounting conclusions
- Senior leadership experience across financial reporting, accounting operations, controls and audit
- Proven experience leading and developing finance/accounting teams
- Strong executive-level communication and stakeholder-management skills
- Experience partnering with senior leadership and/or CFO-level stakeholders
- Ability to independently solve complex accounting and operational problems
Demonstrated career progression and increasing scope of responsibility
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
· Big 4 background
· Brokerage / investment dealer experience
· CIRO regulatory knowledge
· U.S. GAAP and US-Canada cross-border experience
· Multi-entity consolidation, tax and treasury
· FINRA Series 27
Finance systems implementation/automation
Job Description
Insight Global is seeking a Vice President, Controller for a leading financial-services organization in Vancouver.
This is a senior finance leadership position responsible for leading the organization's controllership, financial reporting, accounting operations, internal controls, audit support and regulatory reporting functions.
The VP, Controller will serve as a key advisor to the CFO and executive leadership team while leading a large, established finance organization. The successful candidate will bring deep technical accounting expertise, strong people leadership and the ability to independently navigate complex accounting and operational challenges.
This role is particularly well suited for an ambitious finance leader interested in continuing to expand their executive responsibilities and potentially progressing toward broader CFO leadership over time.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the organization's controllership, financial reporting, consolidation and close functions
- Own and oversee IFRS accounting policies, technical accounting memos and complex accounting conclusions
- Ensure financial statements, accounting records and reporting processes are accurate, controlled and defensible
- Advise the CFO and executive leadership on accounting, reporting, risk, controls and regulatory matters
- Oversee regulatory financial reporting and capital-related requirements
- Lead internal controls and coordinate internal and external audit activities
- Provide leadership, coaching and development across a large and established finance organization
- Partner with Treasury, Risk, Operations, Technology and other business functions
- Identify opportunities to improve finance processes, systems, reporting and automation
- Develop scalable processes and maintain strong operational discipline across the accounting organization
- Operate independently when resolving complex accounting and business issues
Support broader finance transformation and continuous-improvement initiatives
Location: Vancouver, BC
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