accountant

BLANKSLATE Partners; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangements

Extended health benefits

Professional development funding

Ground-floor growth opportunity

Job summary

Arbutus Medical is seeking a Senior Accountant to own the integrity of our financial operations and drive audit-ready financials as we scale. You will oversee day-to-day accounting, lead the month-end close, and partner with operations and leadership to strengthen financial discipline.

This on-site role offers a CAD 90,000–110,000 salary with hybrid options, extended health benefits, and professional development funding. You will review AP, payroll, expenses, POs, and ensure accurate reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the full month-end close process with accuracy and timeliness.
• Lead balance sheet reconciliations and ensure consistency between sub-ledgers and financial statements.
• Review AP activity for proper coding, approvals, and completeness; oversee payroll review.
• Review employee expense reports for accuracy, policy compliance, and proper documentation.
• Ensure POs align with invoices/receipts and goods/services are received before payment.
• Drive controls across procure-to-pay cycle to reduce risk and improve visibility.
• Own audit preparation and serve as primary contact for external auditors.
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, workflows, and SOPs.

Tools

Xero

Expensify

Dext

Job description

Senior Accountant

Arbutus Medical is a rapidly growing medical device venture developing a portfolio of procedure kits to streamline surgery outside the OR, starting with orthopaedic trauma procedures in the ER.

We are a growing team seeking a highly capable and detail-oriented Senior Accountant to own the integrity of our financial operations and ensure audit-ready financials at all times. This role is critical in overseeing day-to-day accounting activities, leading the month-end close, and strengthening financial processes as the company scales.

You will act as the primary reviewer of transactional accounting (AP, payroll, expenses), ensuring accuracy, compliance, and consistency across all financial data, while partnering closely with operations and leadership to maintain strong financial discipline.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary (budgeted base salary of $90,000-110,000)
• An exciting opportunity to get in at the ground floor of a growing venture
• Flexible working hours and hybrid work arrangements
• Extended health benefits
• Professional development funding
• A purpose-driven workplace with passionate teammates who want to help patients and make a positive difference in the world

Key responsibilities

Month-End & Financial Integrity

• Own and execute the full month-end close process, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness
• Lead all balance sheet and key account reconciliations
• Ensure consistency between sub-ledgers, supporting systems, and financial statements
• Identify discrepancies, investigate root causes, and implement corrective actions

Oversight of Transactional Accounting

• Review and approve all Accounts Payable activity, ensuring proper coding, approvals, and completeness
• Oversee payroll review to ensure accuracy, compliance, and alignment with reporting
• Review employee expense reports (via Expensify) for accuracy, policy compliance, and proper documentation
• Ensure Dext and other intake systems are functioning effectively, and transactions are recorded accurately
• Review purchase orders (POs) and ensure alignment with invoices and receipts
• Validate that goods/services have been received prior to payment
• Strengthen controls across the procure-to-pay cycle to reduce risk and improve visibility

Audit Readiness & Compliance

• Own audit preparation from the client side, including documentation, reconciliations, and schedules
• Ensure all financial records are continuously audit-ready (not just at year-end)
• Act as the primary point of contact for external auditors

Process Improvement & Financial Infrastructure

• Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, workflows, and controls
• Enhance documentation and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Ensure systems (e.g., Xero, Expensify, Dext, accounting software) are optimized and integrated effectively
• Drive efficiencies through automation and better use of tools

Why this role, and why now?

Arbutus Medical is reinventing how surgery is done outside the OR, starting within the ER, where surgeons struggle with 1M+ bedside procedures a year due to outdated workflows. We are building the market's first portfolio of procedure kit grab bags to streamline these procedures, and have launched two FDA-cleared products to date, TrakPak (to streamline bedside skeletal traction) and SwiftKit (to streamline treatment of fingertip trauma). These are two truly differentiated products that solve practical workflow problems, saving up to 45 min/patient, helping hospitals win back resources and keep staff happy, while improving quality of patient care. We are already in 75+ U.S. hospitals (including more than 20% of all Level 1 Trauma Centers).

Location & Employment Details

• Location Burnaby , BC
• Work location On site
• Salary $ 90,000 to $ 110,000 YEAR annually
• Terms of employment Full time
• Starts as soon as possible
• vacancies 1 vacancy

Advertised until 2026-08-06