Senior Accountant

Hiive; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a rapidly growing fintech startup as a Senior Accountant, where you'll support full-cycle accounting processes and enhance business systems. This role offers a dynamic environment with significant opportunities for growth and a competitive salary.

Benefits

100% employer-paid health and dental premiums

Employee stock option plan

$20-per-day commuter benefit

Onsite gym

Fridge stocked with healthy snacks

Engaging social calendar

Opportunities for growth into leadership roles

Qualifications

• Three or more years of accounting experience, with audit experience preferred.
• Proficiency with financial software and tools.

Responsibilities

• Preparing complex accounting entries and supporting full cycle accounting.
• Assisting with financial statement preparation and tax returns.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Post-secondary education in accounting, finance, or a related field

Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA)

Tools

Quickbooks Online

Netsuite

Sage Intacct

Microsoft Office

Google Workspace

Job description

Named #4 startup in Canada for 2024, Hiive is a fintech / marketplace startup connecting buyers and sellers of stock in venture-backed pre-IPO companies. Thanks to our industry-leading technology and best-in-class capital markets team, we are home to the fastest-growing marketplace for the stock of “unicorns” on the planet. As a profitable and rapidly growing business backed by tier-one venture capital investors, we are seeking to scale our high-performing team.

As a Senior Accountant on our finance team, you will be an integral part of it. You will support our full-cycle accounting processes including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Financial Statement preparation, and other areas. In addition, you will be responsible for supporting the business in establishing and maintaining processes to ensure consistent data accuracy across business systems.

In this role, your responsibilities would include :

• Preparing complex accounting entries, including those pertaining to intercompany, leases, fixed assets, prepaid expenses, tax, and other areas.
• Supporting full cycle accounting, with a focus on enhancing and streamlining the Purchases, Payables, and Payments functions from both a process and system perspective.
• Assisting with Revenue, Receivables, and Receipts workflows when required.
• Assisting with business system enhancements, including implementations, reconciliations, and working cross functionally within the org to maintain data integrity.
• Preparing journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and departmental allocations.
• Supporting with financial statement preparation, tax returns, and other regulatory returns or audits.
• Supporting ad-hoc finance projects as needed.

Required Skills :

• Post-secondary education in accounting, finance, or a related field.
• Three or more years of accounting experience, with audit experience preferred.
• A Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation or in the final stages of completing it.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace.
• Experience with Quickbooks Online, Netsuite, or Sage Intacct are considered assets.

Preferred Skills :

• Be a self-starter, who loves to dig into fresh problems and stick with them until they are solved.
• Be detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy.
• Have excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Have experience with financial software and tools.
• Effectively juggle competing priorities and meet expected timelines.
• Enjoy both the opportunity and accountability associated with working in a start-up environment.
• Hold integrity as a principal value.
• Have the ability to both work independently and collaborate as part of a team.
• Have the ability to complete a high volume of work accurately and within deadlines.
• Highly competitive salary commensurate with experience and contribution.
• Opportunity to participate in ownership of a rapidly growing early-stage startup through our employee stock option plan.
• Comprehensive 100% employer-paid health and dental premiums, a health and personal spending account.
• A dedicated desk in our Vancouver, BC HQ, in the heart of downtown, with a fridge stocked with healthy snacks and drinks, an onsite gym, and a gorgeous rooftop amenity.
• Enjoy a $20-per-day commuter benefit for every day you work in our Vancouver HQ.
• An engaging social calendar, including bi-weekly catered lunches, bi-weekly “Friday bar,” team workouts, annual summer party, and holiday party, two “onsite” all-team retreats each year, semi-annual team-building events, and Hiive Womens’ Network events.
• Significant opportunities for growth into team leadership and management roles.
• Entrepreneurial culture and a small and dynamic team.
• Sponsorship, immigration, and relocation for exceptional candidates.

Hiive is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all individuals have an opportunity to succeed.

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