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Accountant – Multinational, Multi-Entity
Location
Canada
Posted
31 days ago
Salary
$3K / month
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Accountant – Multinational, Multi-Entity
HireHawk
• 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
Job Requirements
- 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
- 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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