Accountant – Multinational, Multi-Entity

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Accounting role supporting a venture-backed biotech company's multi-entity structure across Canada, the UK, and the US. Ensuring accurate reporting and intercompany coordination with CFO-level stakeholders.

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeRemote • 🇨🇦 CanadaMid-LevelSenior💰 CA$3,000 per monthWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own day-to-day accounting support across a multinational biotech structure (Canada with US and UK entities), ensuring accuracy across all books
Build and maintain reliable intercompany transaction tracking (billing, recharges, loans, eliminations) so balances tie out cleanly each period
Support consolidation-ready accounting and coordination across entities, helping create a clear path to consolidated reporting
Partner closely with CFO-level stakeholders to deliver clean financial insights, explanations, and progress updates (not just spreadsheets)
Ensure accounting practices align across differing regulatory and reporting environments, flagging risks early and proposing practical fixes
Improve or establish core close processes (checklists, timelines, reconciliations) in an environment with evolving systems and structure
Coordinate effectively with distributed teams across regions, communicating status, blockers, and next steps with consistency
Maintain high-quality documentation of entity structures, intercompany assumptions, and accounting decisions to reduce future ambiguity

Requirements

What you’ll need

Hands-on experience supporting multinational, multi-entity accounting with subsidiaries under a parent company
Proven multi-jurisdiction accounting experience in both UK and Canada environments
Strong intercompany accounting experience, including eliminations/reconciliations and consolidation support
Confident working knowledge of IFRS and the ability to apply it in real-world scenarios
Experience working alongside CFOs or finance leadership in a support/advisory capacity
Strong remote communication skills and the ability to collaborate across regions with regular progress updates
Ability to work Monday–Friday with daily overlap with an Eastern Time (EST) team (hours are flexible, overlap is required)
Experience supporting US entities and/or bridging between US GAAP and IFRS reporting needs (Nice-to-Have)
CPA certification (or equivalent) and experience in controlled/regulated industries (Nice-to-Have)
Biotech or life sciences exposure (especially in multi-entity, venture-backed environments) (Nice-to-Have)
QuickBooks experience (or similar SMB accounting tools) plus strong Excel/Sheets capability (Nice-to-Have)
Experience setting up intercompany frameworks, charts of accounts, or close infrastructure from scratch (Nice-to-Have)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Access to a $200k+ perk marketplace with instant discounts on 150+ services
Access up to 50% of approved earnings before payday (no credit checks or fees)

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Hard Skills & Tools

multinational accountingintercompany accountingconsolidation supportIFRSUS GAAPeliminationsreconciliationsfinancial reportingaccounting practicesclose processes

Soft Skills

communication skillscollaborationstakeholder managementproblem-solvingdocumentationorganizational skillsremote workstatus reportingadaptabilityteam coordination

Certifications

CPAequivalent accounting certification