Accounting Supervisor

Elevation Capital; Canada; Remote; CAD 85,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevation Capital seeks an Accounting Supervisor for its remote Family Office Accounting team. This role involves overseeing accounting operations, managing payroll, and ensuring compliance across international entities. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, and has significant experience in both accounting and team supervision.

Benefits

Full medical benefits

Performance bonus plan

Opportunity for advancement

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of full cycle accounting experience with leadership roles.
• Excellent communication skills for remote collaboration.
• Experience in IFRS or US GAAP and multi-entity accounting.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of accountants and manage accounting activities.
• Oversee payroll processing across multiple jurisdictions.
• Ensure compliance and accuracy in financial reporting.

Skills

Detail-Oriented

Analytical

Organized

Driven

Fast-Paced

Education

Bachelor's degree in business (Accounting or Finance)

CPA designation

Tools

NetSuite

Microsoft Dynamics 365

QuickBooks

Intacct

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ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR - REMOTE WORK FROM HOME

ABOUT US

Elevation Capital is a group of internationally impactful companies spanning consumer packaged goods, hospitality, technology, real estate, non-profit, and venture funding. Run by a highly entrepreneurial self-made founder, and supported by a team of highly capable executives across business units, the business operates globally with interests in the US, Canada, Europe, and the Caribbean. With wholly owned companies in various growth stages and an expanding investment portfolio, this group collectively serves a global vision to create an evolved world where humanity reaches its highest potential. Our mission is to create and deploy capital for a better world.

To learn more, please visit: elevationcapital.vc

WHAT YOU’LL DO

As the Accounting Supervisor, you will be a valued member of the fully remote Family Office Accounting team. Reporting directly to the Controller, you will oversee core accounting operations across our international and multi-entity organization, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and timely reporting. This is a high-impact, fully remote position that demands a strategic mindset, operational excellence, and an enthusiasm for mentoring and developing accounting talent

This role offers a unique opportunity to build supervisory experience in a fast-paced and complex accounting environment involving:

• Full cycle month end accounting
• International treasury management
• Consolidation and intercompany transactions
• Intangible assets
• Manufacturing and inventory
• Investments and financial instruments
• Financial reporting, budgeting and management reporting
• Controls, process, and system improvements

The ideal candidate will be detail oriented, driven to produce quality work, and enthusiastic about continuous learning in a fast-paced environment.

WHO YOU ARE

• Detail-Oriented - You can curate high quality, accurate data and can glean valuable information from it. You can pinpoint issues and deconstruct the information in an easily digestible manner. Other individuals viewing your work can easily understand the story you’re telling and can utilize it to take action on items to better propel the business forward.
• Fast-Paced - You move incredibly fast. People you have worked with describe you as a person who sees the job through from inception to completion, accurately and incredibly quickly. You are comfortable providing frequent updates and reports on job status because you keep things moving.
• Organized - You are highly organized and build systems wherever you want. You see business as a series of processes and systems and quickly build structures that support and ensure the right activities occur as they should. With your teams, you easily organize complex projects under pressure and can communicate updates and progress in clear and concise fashion.
• Analytical - You bring a special blend of a knack for numbers and understanding financial information, but also have a track record of being able to collaborate with others to solve complex opportunities. You communicate your insights and engage others to unlock massive value.
• Driven - You are notably driven. You enjoy working hard, being challenged and you are guided by your ambitious work goals and a desire to be very well rewarded. You are a pro at allocating and managing resources efficiently to get the work done and pride yourself on the very high quality of your work.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Team Leadership and Supervision

• Supervise a team of accountants and coordinate daily, monthly, and quarterly accounting activities across multiple entities and jurisdictions.
• Provide coaching and feedback to team members to support development and high-quality output.
• Manage processes to ensure compliance with internal deadlines and external requirements.

Payroll and Benefits

• Manage payroll processing and benefits administration for team members across the USA, Canada, and other international jurisdictions.
• Review, approve, and execute payroll transactions with accuracy, timeliness, and in compliance with relevant local and international regulations.
• Act as the primary point of contact for employee payroll and benefits inquiries, providing clear guidance and support.
• Liaise with third-party benefits providers and internal stakeholders to ensure seamless benefits administration and issue resolution.

Financial Accounting and Reporting

• Oversee the preparation and review of monthly and annual financial statements, ensuring timely and accurate reporting for all business units.
• Direct and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial analysis.
• Compile local and consolidated financial statements for management reporting and audit purposes.

Controls, Systems & Process Improvement

• Identify opportunities for automation, efficiency, and scalability across accounting systems and processes.
• Collaborate in managing accounting and financial systems, including vendor data, general ledger accounts, accounting modules, user access, and custom reports, ensuring accurate and well-organized system data.
• Maintain strong internal controls and documentation across financial processes.

Strategic Finance Collaboration

• Support Controller and executive leadership with financial analysis and management reporting to guide decision-making.
• Assist in budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis for key business units.
• Assist with corporate treasury management, including administration of corporate credit cards, bank accounts, and investment accounts to support efficient financial operations.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in business with a major in accounting or finance; CPA designation required.
• 4-6 years of combined experience working in full cycle accounting. including at least 1–2 years in a leadership or supervisory capacity
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate remotely across time zones
• Experience with technical or complex accounting topics under IFRS or US GAAP such as consolidation, intangible assets, manufacturing inventory, business combinations, investments, stock-based compensation or similar standards.
• Experience using mid-sized accounting software (NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics 365, QuickBooks, Intacct, etc.) or similar accounting software.
• Experience preparing standalone and consolidated financial statements under IFRS or US GAAP.
• Experience working with intricate multi-entity and multi-currency consolidated organization structures.
• Comfortable working in a fully remote environment with team members in different time zones.
• Dynamic personality, comfortable with changing environments to support a growing organization.
• Proactive self-starter, able to make assumptions and drive results both independently and as part of a team.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, prioritize, and problem-solve in high-growth, fast-paced settings

COMPENSATION

A competitive base salary will be provided in this position, with an additional bonus plan based on performance. Full medical benefits are provided as part of this role. This role also provides the opportunity for advancement in role, function and pay.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing and Finance

• Industries

  Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals

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