Financial Controller
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Job Summary
DealMaker is a fast-growing fintech company revolutionizing the capital markets ecosystem with a mission to make online capital raising mainstream. We empower founders CEOs and operators to raise capital digitally both from their own communities and through strategically marketed campaigns. No other platform provides an end-to-end solution like oursand our track record speaks for itself with over $2B raised across 1000 campaigns. We power the largest online capital raises for customers like EnergyX ($88M) Green Bay Packers ($65M) Miso Robotics ($72M) Monogram Orthopaedics (Nasdaq:MGRM) and many others with 3 IPOs in the past year alone. We are quickly expanding our horizons and are seeking talented team members to join us on our journey to transform the global capital market.
You are an experienced accounting leader who thrives on owning the full-cycle accounting function end to end. You bring a detail-oriented process-driven mindset and have managed accounting operations across multiple entities currencies and countries. You have led and developed high-performing teams and you love building scaling and automating systems and controls. You embody our values: prioritizing speed driving outcomes pushing limits finding a way being bold innovating and obsessing over customers.
Own the Accounting Function: Lead accounting and financial reporting including accounts payable expense management and payroll across our US Canadian and international entities.
Manage the Month-End Close: Own the multi-entity close in NetSuite and FloQast including reconciliations journal entries accruals intercompany reclasses and eliminations currency revaluation and transfer pricing ensuring transactions are recorded accurately and on time in accordance with US GAAP.
Deliver Financial Statements & Reporting: Prepare consolidated balance sheets income statements and cash flow statements; compile and present preliminary and month-end results to leadership; and support monthly business reviews and board reporting.
Oversee Payroll: Oversee semi-monthly US and Canadian payroll monthly Colombia payroll and contractor payments ensuring accurate funding journal entries review and approvals.
Lead Audit & Tax: Manage the annual audit and corporate tax filings along with HST SR&ED and transfer pricing owning relationships with external auditors and tax advisors.
Strengthen Controls & Systems: Develop and maintain a strong internal control environment; improve automate and scale accounting processes and documentation; and lead system implementations and migrations such as the move to a new payroll platform.
Lead & Develop the Team: Provide coaching training and guidance to accounting staff and outsourced partners building a high-performing team.
Leverage AI: Actively apply AI tools to automate and improve accounting workflows reporting and analysis continuously raising the bar on speed accuracy and efficiency.
Drive Special Projects: Respond to requests for special reporting and finance initiatives by understanding the problem developing a plan and executing deliverables.
Accounting Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading an accounting function including managing mentoring and developing a team.
Multi-Entity Expertise: Experience with complex multi-company multi-currency multi-country organizations for consolidations and tax and with managing transactions and workflows across multiple business units.
Designation: An accounting designation such as CPA CGA CA or CMA.
US GAAP: Strong US GAAP experience.
Payroll: US and Canadian payroll processing experience; ADP Humi and/or Rippling experience preferred.
Systems: Hands-on experience with our stack or comparable tools: NetSuite (ERP) FloQast (close management) Zip (AP) Float (corporate cards and expenses) ADP Humi and/or Rippling (payroll) Deel (contractors) and Drivetrain (FP&A); advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets.
Analytical Acumen: Strong analytical skills with a data-driven approach to managing projects.
AI Adoption (Required): At DealMaker AI fluency is a mandatory part of every role. You actively use AI tools to work faster and smarter and you are committed to continuously building your AI skills as our tools and workflows evolve.
Bonus: Understanding of crowdfunding and exempt securities under SEC regulations.
Hybrid Flexibility: Work in a hybrid model 3 days per week in our Toronto office alongside a highly motivated team.
Founded in 2018 by leading capital markets lawyers DealMaker has blazed its own trail as the leading online capital-raising a tech startup we are well-capitalized firmly established in our market and ready to scale. Heres why you should want to join us:
Competitive compensation with the opportunity to earn equityget into a growth company on the ground floor
A diverse & distributed team of doers innovators and experts
Shared employee benefit plan (medical vision & dental)
We love AI and have tools to support you build innovative solutions
Annual learning support And more!
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