Virtual Controller

About Us
We’re a business management solutions company dedicated to guiding and supporting small and midsized enterprises to peak business performance. Our Practice Areas include Finance, Bookkeeping, Human Resources, and Executive Solutions. Essentially, we’re an all-star team of virtual back-office specialists. Our ranks include CFOs, Controllers, Bookkeepers, and HR Consultants.

Virtual Controller
In this role you'll operate as a consultant within our finance team, provide ongoing controllership support to clients in a broad range of industries. In addition, you'll help to organize, delegate to, and mentor our teams of Cloud Accountants, and have an opportunity to work with an awesome team of supportive and highly experienced virtual CFOs.

This would be an ideal fit for you if you’re a self-employed finance professional looking for part-time / casual / flexible hours, remote work, and/or the freedom to work with your own clients as well as ours.

Top candidates will have…

• 6+ years of progressive accounting experience in a range of small and mid-sized organizations.
• Knowledge/experience in a range of finance and back-office functions, including accounting, budgeting, tax, audit, payroll, systems/IT.
• The ability and desire to oversee, train and mentor teams of junior accountants.
• The ability to evaluate accounting systems and controls, and produce financial statements, cash flow statements, analyses, and forecasts.
• Proficiency in a range of accounting software – particularly QBO – along with the ability to learn new systems.
• A suite of interpersonal, communication and leadership skills that enable you to effectively advise and collaborate with operations and management staff.
• Smarts, confidence, humility, and a collaborative nature.
• The highest ethical standards.
• The ability to express and explain ideas and vision in a clear and compelling manner, orally and in writing.
• A very strong team orientation, embodied by a “nothing is beneath me” attitude.
• True entrepreneurial spirit, and passion for fast-paced, growing environments.

• Managing the activities of teams processing financial transactions, payroll and benefit administration.
• Producing and reviewing monthly and annual financial reports for management, board and stakeholders.
• Managing cash effectively, providing rolling cash flow forecast updates - quarterly at a minimum, or more frequently as required.
• Supporting the management team with business analyses.
• Managing relationships with audit firms for annual audit and income tax activities, and managing sales tax/employment matters in both Canada and the U.S.
• Managing financial, operational, and administrative systems and policies, and recommending changes and improvements as the business grows.

Business Sherpa Group is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, or any other characteristics protected by law.