Assistant Controller – Client Success

Posted 23hrs ago

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Assistant Virtual Controller providing controller support to charities and non-profits while ensuring regulatory compliance. Building client relationships and overseeing accounting support teams remotely.

Responsibilities:

  • Provides controller support and ensures regulatory compliance and the accuracy and completeness of all financial information and reporting
  • Supports clients with budgeting, financial forecasting, cashflow and the coordination of audit activities
  • Develops positive and productive relationships with clients, ensuring service quality exceeds expectations
  • Oversees a client’s daily accounting operations and ensures accurate, complete, and high-quality financial reporting
  • Acts as a trusted advisor and is constantly seeking to deliver the highest level of client satisfaction
  • Coordinates, plans and implements in scope work so that the work of the finance team aligns to organizational timelines, goals or deliverables
  • Works closely with a team of accountants and bookkeepers, overseeing their work and providing coaching, training, and mentorship

Requirements:

  • CPA designation
  • Bachelor’s Degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or a related field
  • 3+ years of experience as a CPA working in industry or public accounting firms
  • Experience with managing and delivery of projects
  • Experience with supporting and/or leading change
  • Experience with gathering, presenting, and reporting financial information, analysis, insights, recommendations to stakeholders across different levels
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
  • Strong organizational and time management skills with an attention to detail
  • Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills with the ability to professionally connect with and influence a diverse group of individuals
  • Strong leadership skills with the ability to lead projects and work with diverse individuals to identify issues, design solutions, and evaluate results
  • Experience with supporting new client onboarding
  • Accounting knowledge and experience in the following areas:
  • o Bookkeeping, accounting, and financial services implementation
  • o Regulatory compliance
  • o Financial analysis and reporting
  • o Reconciliation and analysis
  • o Budgeting, planning, and reporting
  • o Forecasting and reporting
  • o Financial policy development, interpretation, and application
  • o Financial risk management, including fraud detection and control
  • o Organizational performance analysis
  • o Payroll processing
  • o Financial governance and implementation of financial controls
  • o Grants and contract management (as it relates to compliance and reporting)

Benefits:

  • health and dental benefits from the first day of employment
  • RRSP matching program
  • paid volunteering time
  • annual professional development allowance
  • three weeks’ annual vacation plus additional paid time off