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Role Overview veritree is hiring a Controller to fully own the companys accounting and financial reporting operations and act as the CFOs primary operational right hand. This role is responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and scalability of all accounting activities across veritrees commercial entities and its registered charities in Canada and the United States. The Controller will independently run daytoday finance execution including monthend and yearend close, AP, AR, payroll, tax compliance, audits, internal controls, and accounting systems, allowing the CFO to focus on FP&A, strategy, capital, and executive leadership. This is a handson, executionfirst role in a fastpaced, scaling climatetech and SaaSenabled organization. Success in this role is defined by operational excellence, judgment, and reliability. 6Month Key Outcomes (6mKOs) Full Operational Ownership: Independently own all accounting operations (AP, AR, payroll, close, tax, audits, controls, systems) with minimal CFO involvement in daytoday execution. Reliable Close & Compliance: Deliver a timely, accurate monthend (by working day5) and yearend close (no misstatements and within required deadlines) across all entities, including charity reporting. Customer Segmentation & Revenue Automation: Deploy a new customer segmentation methodology across our tech stack and implement a new revenue automation tool (e.g. SuiteBilling or Maxio) that recognizes revenue and gross margin based on a new revenue recognition policy. What Youll Do Accounting Operations & Close Own the full monthend and yearend close process across all entities and charities. Oversee Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Payroll. Review and approve reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, and schedules. Maintain accurate deferred revenue accounting, customer segmentation impacts, and contractbased accounting workflows. Gross Margin & Unit Economics Maintain accurate COGS, unit cost, and gross margin reporting Ensure unit economics reflect true underlying costs in partnership with Supply Ops, RevOps, and Product. Support internal reporting that enables operational decisionmaking. Foundation Accounting & Reporting Own daytoday accounting and reporting for two registered charitable foundations (Canada and U.S.) using QuickBooks. Ensure compliance with charityspecific accounting, reporting, and audit requirements. Coordinate reporting inputs with consolidated finance outputs. Audit, Tax & Compliance Lead the annual financial statement audit endtoend. Manage income tax and indirect tax (e.g. GST/PST) filings and documentation. Coordinate external auditors and tax advisors; respond to adhoc audits (grants, compliance) as required. Systems, Controls & Process Ownership Act as owner of the ERP, ensuring data integrity across multientity, multicurrency, and dimensional reporting structures. Maintain QuickBooks environments for charities and ensure alignment with consolidated reporting. Design, document, and enforce internal controls and accounting policies. Drive process improvements and automation to increase reliability and reduce manual work. Leadership & Partnership Directly manage and develop the Accounting Staff. Serve as the CFOs operational right hand, escalating judgment calls, risks, or material issues appropriately. Partner crossfunctionally to ensure Finance enables execution and growth rather than creating friction. Qualifications CPA designation required (or international equivalent). 710+ years of progressive accounting experience, ideally in tech / SaaS environments. Strong understanding of deferred revenue, customer segmentation, and contractbased accounting. Experience producing gross margin and unit cost reporting for productized or servicebased businesses. Proven experience leading audits and managing income tax and indirect tax compliance. ERP experience required; Netsuite and QuickBooks experience strongly preferred. Experience with Float and Beanworks or similar AP automation tools Experience with Netsuites SuiteBilling or Maxio revenue automation tools. Highly accountable, handson, and pragmatic with a rollupyoursleeves mindset. Benefits & Compensation Overview At veritree, we recognize that compensation and performance development are key to attracting and retaining top talent. Our approach is grounded in fairness, transparency, and creating opportunities for growth as both our people and business scale. Some highlights you can expect include: Competitive salary with a performancedriven framework that ensures fair and consistent compensation reviews, tied to individual impact and business growth Extended health, dental, and vision benefits Additional Health Spending Account (HSA) / Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA) to support your wellbeing and lifestyle interests A variety of timeoff programs, including vacation, personal days, and a 4week remote work program each year Employee discount with tentree, our sister company A flexible, hybrid work environment designed for collaboration and focusdriven impact veritree ensures that compensation is reviewed fairly and consistently, with opportunities for salary progression tied to sustained performance. As such, the salary range for this role is $120,000$135,000 CAD. This range is positioned around the 50th75th percentile of market data weve collected, reflecting our commitment to competitive pay. Final offer amounts are based on individual experience and skillset of the candidate demonstrated during the recruitment process. We reserve the >75th percentile of our salary ranges for internal employees who demonstrate sustained high performance and impact at veritree. veritree is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. All employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business needs. #J-18808-Ljbffr