Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant

Location: Vancouver, BC (Hybrid)

Compensation: $75,000 – $90,000 CAD base + performance bonus + equity

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a high-performing Senior Accountant to join our Finance team in a hands-on role supporting fund accounting, fund audits, IFRS reporting, and operational finance activities within a dual-listed fintech environment.

This role is ideal for a newly designated CPA coming from a Big 4 firm, or someone with Big 4 experience plus 1 year of industry experience, who wants accelerated exposure, meaningful ownership, and a steep learning curve early in their career.

Reporting into Finance leadership, the successful candidate will work closely across monthly close, fund-related reconciliations, external audits, financial reporting, treasury-related accounting, and finance operations. The environment is lean, fast-paced, and highly collaborative — best suited for someone who enjoys solving complex accounting problems, improving processes, and operating in a high-accountability environment.

The successful candidate will gain broad exposure across public company reporting, fund structures, operational finance, and cross-functional finance initiatives, with strong long-term growth potential into future finance leadership or broader finance responsibilities.

Why This Role Is Unique

• Exposure to a dual-listed public company environment (TSX/NASDAQ)
• Hands-on experience across fund accounting, fund audits, and IFRS reporting
• Broad exposure to treasury, financial instruments, reconciliations, and finance operations
• Opportunity to work closely with experienced finance leadership in a lean, high-accountability team
• Accelerated career development with increasing ownership and responsibility over time
• Opportunity to contribute to process improvements, automation initiatives, and scalable finance operations

What You’ll Own

Financial Reporting & Close

• Prepare journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting working papers for monthly and quarterly close
• Support IFRS financial reporting and preparation of internal and external reporting packages
• Analyze financial results and investigate variances, reconciling items, and accounting discrepancies
• Support consolidation activities across multiple entities and investment structures
• Assist with accounting across areas including accruals, investments, loans, leases, and treasury-related activities

Fund Accounting & Audit Support

• Support fund accounting activities, reconciliations, and reporting processes
• Prepare audit support schedules and coordinate with external auditors across fund audits and corporate audits
• Assist in responding to audit requests efficiently and accurately
• Maintain high-quality supporting documentation and audit-ready working papers

Operational Finance & Process Improvement

• Support select operational finance workflows and payment-related processes as needed
• Partner cross-functionally to ensure accurate and complete financial information
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting workflows, reconciliations, and reporting processes
• Contribute to automation and process improvement initiatives across Finance systems and operations

What We’re Looking For

• CPA designation required
• 3–5 years of progressive accounting experience
• Big 4 public practice experience strongly preferred
• Experience with financial services, fintech, investment funds, or public company clients is considered an asset
• Strong understanding of IFRS and financial reporting fundamentals
• Experience supporting external audits and preparing audit support schedules
• Strong analytical mindset with excellent attention to detail
• Ability to investigate and resolve accounting discrepancies independently
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with ERP systems is considered an asset.
• Comfortable operating in a lean, fast-paced, execution-focused environment
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage competing priorities
• High level of ownership, curiosity, and willingness to learn
• Interest in improving processes and leveraging automation/AI tools to reduce manual work

What Success Looks Like Within the First 12–18 Months:

• Reconciliations and reporting deliverables are accurate, timely, and audit-ready
• Fund audit and financial reporting processes run efficiently and reliably
• Accounting issues are identified proactively and resolved thoughtfully
• Finance processes become more scalable and efficient over time
• You become a trusted operator within the Finance team who can independently own increasingly complex responsibilities

Over time, this role is intended to provide strong development opportunities toward future leadership or broader finance responsibilities based on performance, ownership, and growth.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary: $75,000 – $90,000 CAD
• Performance bonus
• Equity participation
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
• Flexible hybrid work environment

Final Note

This role is best suited for someone early in their post-designation career who wants accelerated growth, broad exposure, and meaningful ownership within a complex and evolving finance environment.

The successful candidate will work closely with experienced finance leadership, build a strong technical accounting foundation, and gain exposure to a broad range of accounting and finance activities that can support long-term growth into future finance leadership or broader finance functions over time.

Benefits of working with us:

• Fully Remote Work - Unless otherwise specified in the job posting, Orion offers flexible remote work, supported by the tools and resources needed to succeed.
• Comprehensive Health Benefits - Access to medical, dental, and vision coverage plus a Health Spending Account
• Stock Options - Meaningful equity participation aligned with long-term value creation and company growth
• Flex Vacation - Benefit from paid time off, including vacation and personal days
• Wellbeing Programs - Access counselling services, mental health support, and additional wellness resources