Controller

Clarity is redefining how private companies and their shareholders access liquidity. Through its institutional-grade platform, Clarity brings together buyers, sellers, and issuers to facilitate secondary transactions in venture-backed, pre-IPO companies, introducing efficiency, transparency, and standardization to an otherwise opaque asset class.

Recognized as one of Canada's fastest-growing companies and backed by leading U.S. investors, Clarity is profitable, well-capitalized, and building a high-performance team to meet growing demand and pursue new market opportunities.

Interested in learning more about life at Clarity? Check out our careers page to see how you can grow with us!

As the Controller at Clarity, you will lead the accounting function and be responsible for consolidation and reporting across several legal entities as the scale of the business grows. You’ll own and develop the infrastructure, close processes, and internal controls to keep pace with multi-entity, multi-currency complexity. Importantly, you’ll also build, mentor, and motivate a high-performing accounting team. This role will report directly to the SVP Finance.

In this role, your responsibilities would include:

• Own consolidation and financial statement analysis across entities and deliver timely, accurate month-end reporting

• Own regulatory and broker-dealer accounting, supporting with FINRA and SIPC reporting

• Own the company’s accounting policies and ensure adherence across all functions

• Own corporate and indirect tax, including returns, transfer pricing policy, SR&ED, and tax filing and payments

• Oversee the annual audit process, partnering with the Assistant Controller who leads day-to-day audit coordination

• Own and oversee payroll accounting across all entities, ensuring accurate processing, reconciliation, and compliance

• Define and own the control environment, including approval hierarchies, payment controls, and expense reimbursement policy

• Act as a strategic business partner across teams, delivering insight, reliable support, and sound financial guidance that drives better decisions

• Oversee the month-end close, with the assistant controller managing deliverables against the close plan and owning final reconciliation approvals

• Maintain and evolve the finance tech stack, implementing automations and systems that drive efficiency and scale

Required Skills:

• 7 - 15 years of progressive accounting experience, including ownership of a full-cycle consolidated close

• Proven experience building, leading, and motivating an accounting team

• Experience preparing consolidated financial statements across multiple entities and currencies, and coordinating audits

• Strong knowledge of US GAAP and/or IFRS, including consolidations, intercompany, and complex technical accounting issues

• Experience owning corporate and indirect tax, including returns, transfer pricing, and year-end filings

• CPA designation or equivalent accounting credential

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with financial services, private company secondary markets or pre-IPO equity

• Experience operating in a regulated financial services or fintech environment

• Experience building or improving accounting systems and controls from the ground up

• Familiarity with Canadian and U.S. regulatory reporting requirements

• Experience scaling an accounting function through rapid growth

Compensation: Highly competitive compensation commensurate with experience and contribution.

• Vancouver, BC: $140,000-$190,000

   

For this role, the estimated total compensation range is listed above. The actual base salary, variable bonus (if applicable), and options grant will vary based on various factors, including market and individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process. The listed range above is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified.

Benefits & Perks:

• Opportunity to participate in ownership of a rapidly growing company through our employee stock option plan.

• Comprehensive 100% employer-paid health & dental premiums and a Health/Personal Spending Account for Canadian employees. (An employer-subsidized benefits program is available for US-based team members).

• If you are based in Vancouver, enjoy 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.

• Vancouver based employees enjoy a $20-per-day commuter benefit for every day you work in our downtown 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 Clarity Women’s 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.

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

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