Senior Accountant - Arbutus Medical

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

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Ground floor opportunity

Flexible hours & hybrid work

Extended health benefits

Professional development funding

Purpose-driven workplace

Job summary

Arbutus Medical Inc. is seeking a highly capable Senior Accountant to own the integrity of financial operations, oversee day-to-day accounting, and lead the month-end close in a growing medical device company rooted in Vancouver, Canada.

You’ll collaborate with operations and leadership to maintain strong financial discipline and ensure audit-ready records. The role emphasizes ownership of transactional accounting, AP, payroll, expenses, and partnership with external auditors.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience.
• CPA designation or near completion preferred.
• Experience in a product-based or manufacturing environment strongly preferred.
• Proven experience in owning the month-end close and full-cycle accounting.
• Direct experience leading or owning the client side of an audit.
• Strong understanding of internal controls, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Experience with tools such as Xero, Expensify, Dext, and modern accounting systems.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Review and approve all Accounts Payable activity, ensuring proper coding and approvals.
• Oversee payroll review for accuracy and compliance.
• Review employee expense reports for accuracy and policy compliance.
• Ensure Dext and other intake systems are functioning effectively.
• Review POs and ensure alignment with invoices and receipts.
• Validate goods/services have been received prior to payment.
• Strengthen controls across procure-to-pay cycle.
• Own audit preparation from the client side, including documentation, reconciliations, and schedules.
• Ensure all financial records are audit-ready (not just year-end).
• Act as the primary contact for external auditors.
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, workflows, and controls.
• Enhance SOPs and ensure systems are optimized and integrated.

Skills

Attention to detail

Ownership mindset

Financial reporting

Auditing readiness

Month-end close

Education

CPA designation or near completion

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance

Tools

Xero

Expensify

Dext

Job description

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 Close & 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’re 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), have a high double-digit growth rate, and are backed by a deep roster of Canadian healthtech investors. Entering 2026, we are ready to accelerate product development and scale up US sales and medical education to set a new standard of care in our target procedures.

About Arbutus Medical Inc.

Arbutus Medical Inc. is a privately held ISO13485 medical device company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Arbutus Medical is a medical device innovation engine that streamlines surgical inefficiencies for the good of patient care. The company’s products have regulatory clearances from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Canada, and have been used by customers in 40 countries, enabling an estimated 130,000 surgeries to date. For more information about Arbutus Medical, visit arbutusmedical.com and follow the company on LinkedIn.

Requirements

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience

• CPA designation (or near completion) preferred
• Experience in a product-based or manufacturing environment strongly preferred
• Proven experience in owning the month-end close and full-cycle accounting
• Direct experience leading or owning the client side of an audit
• Strong understanding of internal controls, reconciliations, and financial reporting
• Experience with tools such as Xero, Expensify, Dext, and modern accounting systems

Desired Capabilities and Traits

• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
• High ownership mindset with the ability to operate independently
• Process-oriented with a continuous improvement mindset
• Ability to identify issues early and proactively resolve them
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities

WhatWeOffer

• Competitivesalary(budgetedbasesalaryof$90,000-110,000)
• Anexcitingopportunitytogetinatthegroundfloorofagrowingventure
• Flexibleworkinghoursandremoteworkarrangements
• Extendedhealthbenefits
• Professionaldevelopmentfunding
• Apurpose drivenworkplacewithpassionateteammateswhowanttohelppatientsandmakeapositivedifferenceintheworld

Our salary budgets are designed using comprehensive market data and to reflect the range of skills and experience we need for the position and allow room for growth. For experienced individuals we typical hire at the mid-point of the band. The top portion is reserved for employees who demonstrate sustained high performance and impact at Arbutus. Those who are new to the role may join below the mid-point and develop their skills overtime. The final offer amount for this role will depend on applicable skill set of the candidate.