Financial Controller - Temporary Parental Leave Cover

Liferaft is seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Financial Controller to provide temporary coverage during a parental leave period. This role plays a vital part in overseeing and managing the company’s financial operations, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and strategic financial insight.

Reporting to the CFO, the Financial Controller will maintain the integrity of Liferaft’s financial data, support effective decision-making, and drive continuous improvement across key accounting and reporting processes.

This is a full-time employee maternity leave backfill role (approximately 14 months) with potential to transition into a permanent position, offering an excellent opportunity to contribute to a high-growth SaaS company while collaborating with a dynamic and cross-functional team. With a preference for candidates to be located in Halifax, we are also open to top qualified, remote candidates located in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.

What you do as the Financial Controller at Liferaft

• Oversee all accounting operations, including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, and Payroll.
• Develop and maintain internal controls to ensure the accuracy of financial reporting and compliance with regulations.
• Manage the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in compliance with GAAP/ASPE standards.
• Lead the monthly reporting process, providing variance analysis and insights to management.
• Support treasury management to optimize the company’s financial health.
• Review all domestic and international payroll pay runs for accuracy and approval.
• Manage the year-end audit process and liaise with external auditors to ensure timely and accurate reporting.
• Drive process improvements to increase efficiency within the finance function.
• Supervise and mentor junior member(s) of the Finance team, when applicable.
• Ensure compliance with all tax filings, financial laws, and regulatory requirements.
• Assist in financial planning for new initiatives, investments, and projects.

Requirements

What You Need to Get the Job Done

• You have a bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA required.
• You bring 7+ years of progressive experience in accounting or financial management, including at least 3 years in a leadership role.
• You are an excellent communicator and leader who can build strong relationships across teams.
• You demonstrate strong knowledge of GAAP, financial reporting, and internal control systems.
• You are proficient with accounting software and have advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• You have exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen eye for detail.
• You thrive under pressure, meeting tight deadlines while maintaining high-quality work.
• You’re productive, driven, and organized.
• You learn quickly, and you question the status quo to encourage improvement.
• You have a great sense of humor.

Preferred Qualifications:

• You have experience in SaaS & SaaS-specific reporting and metrics.
• You excel at driving continuous process improvements and technology efficiencies, and have experience owning financial reporting processes. 
• You bring proven expertise in managing and optimizing cash flow processes. 

Key Qualities:

• You are a strategic thinker with a proactive and results-driven mindset.
• You have strong leadership and mentoring abilities, empowering others to succeed.
• You can seamlessly balance big-picture strategic goals with attention to day-to-day operational details.
• You operate with high integrity, reliability, and unwavering ethical standards.

Benefits

Why Liferaft?

We pride ourselves on our innovative spirit and determination to help solve new challenges developed by the complexities of open source data. Liferaft provides a threat intelligence and investigations platform to corporate security teams around the world, including some of the biggest brands you've probably referenced today! The Liferaft platform is designed to identify, track, and validate issues from open source channels (surface, deep web, and darknet) related to executive safety, fraud prevention, and asset & infrastructure protection. Our technology is helping keep these companies, their people, and their operations safe – making a real impact in the world we all live in.

The diversity of our team is integral to our success. We are a team of passionate and supportive individuals and pride ourselves in fostering a collaborative, innovative, and fun culture. 

We offer our team:

• Competitive compensation plan & benefits
• Investment in personal and professional growth
• Remote work/office space with flexible hours
• Flexible time off – Take a minimum of 15 days/year with no cap beyond!
• $750 Yearly Lifestyle Subsidy
• Diversity & Inclusion Committee
• Authentic, engaged team, who value work life balance

We’re building a company future generations can be proud of. Diversity at Liferaft  means fostering a workplace in which individual differences are recognized, appreciated, respected and responded to in ways that fully develop and utilize each person's talents and strengths. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability, or any other protected characteristic.