Controller

About Reach

At Reach, we believe that the global ecommerce space is ripe for disruption. Our strategic partnerships with currency exchange providers allow us to offer direct and guaranteed, real-time currency exchange rates. We want to help retailers grow; we understand global consumers and how changes in their shopping experience affect your business. At Reach, we are constantly improving to support ever-changing local markets and help serve our clients’ shoppers better. 

Position Overview

Reach is seeking a Controller to oversee the day-to-day Accounting operations and manage the Accounting team; oversee Financial Reporting functions in cooperation with the VP Finance and Chief Accounting Officer; and help to plan and integrate new processes and functions that will aid in the success and growth of Reach. 

Who You Are:

• Curious nature. You enjoy learning and seek to understand. 
• Doer mentality. You’re a self-starter who takes initiative and is self-motivated to get the job done. 
• Flexible attitude. As things change, you adapt and pivot based on the needs of the company.
• Ownership mindset. You hold yourself accountable and take ownership of your work.
• Organizationally adept and attention to detail oriented. 
• No ego. You have a willingness to take on any task and help out however is required.
• Team player approach. You can work with anyone in a way that works for them no matter who they are or their place in the organization. 
• Enthusiastic. You’re looking for an interesting career rather than clocking in and out every day. 
• Data driven. We deal with large amounts of data on a day to day basis – and it doesn’t fit in an excel sheet.
• Systems thinker. We don’t want to fight fires forever. How do we build scalable systems that enable us – and you – to focus on the bigger picture?

You Will:

• Oversee the day-to-day Accounting operations and functions.
• Manage the Accounting team personnel (located in Calgary and London, UK).
• Oversee Financial Reporting functions; liaise heavily with VP Finance in this capacity.
• Oversee month-end close processes.
• Manage annual financial audit as well as any other periodic audits or reviews brought on by other parties.
• Assist in planning and integrating back-office processes and functions to improve efficiencies and scale with organizational growth.
• Assist in planning and integrating new business initiatives, working closely with the Chief Accounting Officer, VP Finance and Sr. VP of Operations.

Requirements

Must Have Requirements:

• Hold a recognized Accounting designation (i.e. CPA) from an accredited institution.
• Have worked a minimum of 8 years in Accounting and Finance roles.
• Have worked a minimum of 4 years in a senior/management level accounting role (i.e. Controller, Assistant Controller, etc).
• Be familiar/have experience with: Intercompany Accounting, Transfer Pricing, multi-currency Accounting, and VAT.
• Be highly self-motivated and driven; being able to learn and apply new concepts quickly and independently.
• Have excellent leadership and team management skills.
• Have experience in successful process development and implementation.
• Possess high intermediate to advanced level Excel skills.
• Be adept at learning new software and systems.  

Nice to Have Requirements:

• Knowledge of FRS 102 – the Financial Reporting standard applicable in the UK.
• Have experience working in the Payments or related industries.
• Have experience with Sage X3 ERP (or a similar Sage ERP product).
• Have experience and be competent with Microsoft Power BI and Power Pivot.

Benefits

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary; 
• Generous paid time off;
• Group benefits and RRSP matching;
• Annual professional development allotment;
• Great working culture and supportive multi-national team;

Our Core Values

At Reach we believe that high performing teams all have common values and synergies that enable them to work well together. Some of our Core Values are:

• We value solving underlying problems and delivering outcomes,
• We value being able to make executive decisions while considering input from multiple sources,
• We value taking action over getting stuck in planning,
• We value taking chances and failing fast,
• We value teamwork over individual accomplishments,
• We value optimizing time to value and achieving outcomes not checking boxes,
• We value work/life balance and a mindset of “it’s a marathon, not a sprint”,
• We value using the right technology to solve the right problems.

Next Steps:

At Reach, our corporate culture is very important to us. As part of our interview process, we’d like to get to know more about you. Prior to meeting with the hiring manager, we will send a couple of questions from the manager to selected candidates with a link to a video recording which only our in-house recruiter and hiring manager will see. While we recognize the one-way video may not be the preferred interview style, compared to an in-depth initial conversation, it is meant to show us how you think through problems rather than be impersonal. We appreciate your interest in joining Reach!