Controller

Controller
Base Salary for this role: $135,000 – $160,000 CAD + 10–20% bonus + meaningful equity

Location: Remote-first (Canada/US preferred), optional in-person collaboration in Vancouver

 

The Opportunity

We’re hiring a Controller to own and scale the accounting function of a dual-listed (TSX/NASDAQ) fintech company.
 

This role reports into the CFO (Co-founder & President) and works closely with the Director of Finance, sitting at the center of financial reporting, capital allocation, and how the business is understood by investors.
 

This is a priority hire as the company continues to scale and financial complexity increases across multiple business lines.
 

It’s a high-ownership opportunity to build and modernize a public-company accounting function in a complex, evolving environment.

 

About Orion

Orion is a dual-listed fintech company (TSX/NASDAQ) focused on building financial infrastructure across wealth, payments, and capital allocation.

 

The company is evolving toward a model where capital allocation is a core capability - integrating a long-term investing platform, global payments infrastructure, and an actively managed treasury strategy.

 

This results in a business with non-trivial accounting and financial complexity, spanning financial instruments, multi-entity operations, and capital deployment decisions.

Orion is founder-led and operates with a focus on discipline, long-term value creation, and thoughtful balance sheet management.

 

In this environment, finance and accounting are not support functions - they are central to how performance is measured, decisions are made, and the business is understood by public market investors.

 

Why This Role Matters

• Own the accounting backbone of a public company operating across multiple business lines
• Work directly with the CFO on accounting judgment, reporting, and investor-facing outcomes
• Play a key role in how the company’s performance is measured, presented, and understood by the market
• Build and scale accounting processes in a lean but aligned environment with real ownership
• Operate across a business with increasing complexity (wealth, payments, lending, treasury)
• Help modernize the function through automation and AI-driven workflows
• Operate in a high-trust, flexible environment designed to attract and retain top talent
• Step into a role with clear trajectory toward broader finance leadership

 

What You’ll Own

• End-to-end accounting function, including close, consolidation, and financial reporting across multiple entities
• Monthly and quarterly close discipline - improving structure, speed, and reliability
• Integrity of public company reporting under IFRS
• Technical accounting across complex areas including financial instruments, lending, and treasury activities
• External audit process, including timelines, deliverables, and outcomes
• Identification and remediation of control gaps as the company progresses toward a SOX-ready environment
• Alignment between accounting outputs, operational activity, and the broader financial narrative
• Leadership of a small, capable accounting team, while remaining hands-on where needed
• Ongoing improvement of systems and processes, including NetSuite optimization
• Implementation of automation and AI tools to reduce manual work and improve scalability

 

What You Bring

• CPA with 6-10 years of progressive accounting experience
• Big 4 background or equivalent technical accounting and audit experience, with clear progression into industry
• Strong IFRS foundation, including exposure to complex accounting areas (financial instruments preferred)
• Experience in public company, pre-IPO, or similarly complex environments
• Proven ownership of close processes, audit coordination, and technical accounting work
• Builder mindset - you want to improve, fix, and take ownership, not maintain the status quo
• Comfort operating in a lean, high-accountability environment with clear priorities
• Strong analytical judgment and ability to prioritize in a fast-moving environment
• Ability to communicate complex accounting topics clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Interest in leveraging automation and AI to modernize accounting processes
• You may not have held a Controller title before - what matters is your ability to operate at this level and grow into the scope of the role.

What Success Looks Like (12 Months)

• Close process is more structured, predictable, and efficient
• Financial reporting is faster, clearer, and more reliable
• Key accounting areas are well-documented and defensible
• Control environment is strengthened toward SOX readiness
• Accounting is viewed as a trusted partner to leadership

Compensation

• Base Salary: $135,000 - $160,000 CAD (flexible based on experience)
• Performance-based bonus (target 10–20%)
• Meaningful equity participation aligned with long-term value creation and company growth

Final Note

This is a high-ownership role at a company undergoing meaningful evolution.

You will not inherit a fully built function. You will take responsibility, improve what exists, and help shape how accounting scales with the business.

For the right person, this is an opportunity to accelerate into broader finance leadership.