Accounting Manager

About Us

We are a commercial stage, biopharmaceutical company focused on developing treatments for patients suffering from neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s Disease. The company has operations primarily in the United States, with a Finance & Accounting team based in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced and hands-on Accounting Manager to join our growing Finance team. This role is ideal for a CPA with strong technical accounting expertise, public company reporting experience, and a passion for improving processes in a fast-paced environment.

The Accounting Manager will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day accounting operations, managing the month-end and year-end close processes, maintaining strong internal controls, and supporting financial reporting and audit activities. This role will work closely with the Director of Accounting, VP of Finance, external auditors, and cross-functional departments across the organization.

The successful candidate will be comfortable in a lean public-company environment where accuracy, accountability, and follow-through matter. This is not a purely tactical role and not a policy-only role. The position requires someone who can manage the work, review the work, improve the work, and step in directly when deadlines require it.

This position requires you to be available from Monday to Friday with standard hours from 8:30am to 5:30pm PST.

Key Responsibilities:

Close Management and Accounting Operations

• Provide oversight of accounts payable, expense reporting, and vendor payment processes.
• Review journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules prepared by staff.
• Oversee general ledger accounting activities and review for its accuracy and completeness.
• Lead and coordinate monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes.
• Review revenue, expense, and balance sheet transactions for accuracy and completeness.
• Prepare or directly complete complex or sensitive accounting areas when needed, particularly during quarter-end, year-end, audit, or staffing constraints.

Team Supervision and Operating Discipline

• Serve as the day-to-day manager and first-level reviewer for accounting staff, helping reduce tactical workload handled by the Director of Accounting.
• Assign work, monitor deadlines, resolve bottlenecks, and ensure staff understand expectations, documentation standards, and review comments.
• Coach and mentor team members through recurring close tasks, reconciliations, audit support, and process improvement opportunities.
• Build scalable checklists, reconciliations, and review routines so the team relies less on informal knowledge and last-minute intervention.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and ad hoc financial analyses.

Financial Reporting, Audit, and Compliance Support

• Support quarterly reviews and annual audits by coordinating requests, preparing and reviewing audit schedules, and ensuring support is complete and audit-ready.
• Assist with public-company financial reporting support, including tie-outs, supporting schedules, flux analyses, and documentation requested by external auditors or internal reviewers.
• Maintain compliance with internal accounting policies and procedures, including documentation and execution of key controls over financial reporting.
• Support tax filings, statutory reporting, and subsidiary financial statement processes in coordination with external tax and professional service providers.
• Maintain and strengthen internal controls over financial reporting.
• Participate in the development, maintenance, and improvement of accounting policies, close procedures, and internal control documentation.

Systems and Process Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve close efficiency, reduce rework, strengthen controls, and improve the quality of reporting packages.
• Support system enhancements and process automation initiatives.
• Support NetSuite, AP automation, and other finance system enhancements, including process design, testing, documentation, and user adoption.
• Use Excel and other data tools to prepare clear, reviewable analyses that support accounting conclusions and management review.

Qualifications:

• CPA designation and/or bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field.
• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience in fast-paced environments, ideally including public-company, audit, biotech/pharma, or multi-entity experience.
• Experience managing month-end and quarter-end close processes across Canadian and U.S. entities.
• Experience in managing financial year-end close procedures for our subsidiaries including preparation of annual financial statements and coordination with external tax consultants.
• Demonstrated ability to review accounting work prepared by others and provide clear, practical review notes.
• Prior supervisory, team lead, or formal people-management experience required.
• Strong technical accounting foundation, with the ability to identify issues, research questions, and elevate matters appropriately.
• Experience supporting quarterly reviews, annual audits, and financial statement processes.
• NetSuite ERP and AP automation experience preferred.
• Advanced Excel skills and strong comfort working with detailed schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with finance, operations, external auditors, and cross-functional teams.
• Must be legally authorized to work in Canada and available to work Pacific business hours.

Success Profile

• Creates leverage for the Director of Accounting by owning first-level review, staff supervision, close discipline, and issue follow-up.
• Balances hands-on execution with manager-level judgment and accountability.
• Builds repeatable processes instead of relying on heroic effort at every close.
• Maintains a high standard for documentation, reconciliations, and audit support.
• Communicates issues early, clearly, and with recommended solutions.

What We Offer:

• Annual compensation range: $110,000 - $150,000 CAD, based on skills, experience, location, and fit for the role.
• Participation in equity-based compensation.
• Primarily remote with occasional in-person team meetings.
• Opportunity to help build the finance infrastructure of a commercial-stage public biopharmaceutical company.
• A visible role with meaningful ownership of close, audit support, process improvement, and team development.

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