Controller / Director of Finance

Job description

Are you ready to lead global finance operations in a purpose-driven, high-impact organization?

We're looking for a strategic and hands-on Controller / Director of Finance to oversee financial operations across Canada and our international subsidiaries. You take ownership of your work, follow through on commitments, and consistently deliver high-quality results without needing to be micromanaged. You're dependable and resilient, with a strong sense of accountability — you do what it takes to get the job done, especially when challenges arise.

About us:

We are a social enterprise group headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. We're guided by the conviction that accurate medical tests are a fundamental human right for all people in all countries as they enable doctors to make proper decisions so patients receive proper care.

We invite leading clinical, academic and research groups around the world to become Science Architects in a collaborative EQA model. We embed their science in EQA programs that assess, improve and standardize test results. We add those programs to OASYS (Oneworld Accuracy System), an online informatics system we develop, host and continually improve.

We invite national groups to own the challenge of achieving testing accuracy in their countries and become Collaboration Members (e.g. EQA providers). We empower them to achieve testing accuracy for their countries. We give them all the tools they need – samples, OASYS training and the collective experience of their international peers.

EQA stands for External Quality Assessment and involves providing participants (laboratories and other medical test sites) with blinded EQA samples (typically 3 or 12 times per year). Participants then test those EQA samples like they would patient samples and submit their EQA results on OASYS. Their EQA results are evaluated and participants receive a performance report on their testing proficiency. EQA provides an important feedback loop for participants to improve their testing accuracy and reliability.

What makes us unique is that we help countries start or improve national EQA programs. We're at 35 and counting. We help Ministries of Health (whom we call Leadership Members) with national EQA programs. If they're not ready, then we advance EQA through commercial groups (whom we call Associate Members) so that Ministries can get head start when EQA becomes a public health priority.

Join us as we scale our global impact on public health and diagnostic quality.

As Controller / Director of Finance, you will:

· Join executive leadership, informing key decisions with data and financial insight.

· Lead our ERP transition to MS Dynamics 365 Business Central from Great Plains.

· Mentor our small, high-performing finance team (AP, AR, payroll, accounting).

· Lead financial planning, budgeting, and reporting in the Canadian parent and subsidiaries.

· Oversee month-end close, financial statements, and multi-currency consolidations.

· Ensure compliance with our accounting standards, tax, payroll, and statutory obligations globally.

· Strengthen financial controls, policies, and processes to support scale.

What You Bring

· Ambition to create and scale a high-performing, well-run financial organization

· CPA designation (or equivalent)

· 5+ years of finance experience, with 3+ years in a leadership role

· Proven success managing multi-entity, multi-currency, or international operations

· MS Dynamics 365 Business Central experience is essential; Great Plains experience is an asset

· Excellent project management, leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills

· Experience running daily Kanban or Agile standups to manage workflow, blockers, prioritization

· Lean Six Sigma certification (Green Belt or higher) is a big plus

· Passion for impact, growth, and operational excellence

· Canadian tax knowledge

· Audit background Is an asset

· Hands-on mindset — willing to roll up sleeves

Who You Are

· Accountable, dependable, and resilient

· Comfortable working independently without micromanagement

· Strategic thinker with strong execution capability

· Motivated to build a streamlined, high-performance finance function

What We Offer

· Competitive compensation, commensurate with experience

· Extended health benefits

· Flexible hybrid work environment

· Purpose-driven culture with global reach

· Hands-on, Roll up your sleeves ability to shape the finance strategy of a fast-scaling organization

· Opportunity to progress from Controller to Director of Finance to CFO

Industry

• Hospitals and Health Care

Employment Type

Full-time

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $95,000.00-$125,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Employee assistance program
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• Paid time off

Work Location: In person