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.
- 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**: