Controller at AeroVect in Toronto - Remote

Job description

• Application
• You’ll be our first finance hire. You will own financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting, and help the team understand the financial implications of commercial and operating decisions.
• This is an opportunity to shape AeroVect’s finance function as our deployments scale. You should be equally comfortable closing the books, building a forecast and automating workflows. You will work with external tax and accounting specialists as needed.

Responsibilities

• Own Accounting and Financial Reporting
• Own monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements under US GAAP
• Manage multi-entity consolidation, foreign currency accounting, and intercompany transactions across our US, Canadian, and UK entities
• Own revenue recognition
• Oversee AP and AR. Establish practical controls and coordinate tax compliance and audit preparation with external advisers
• Lead Budgeting and Financial Planning
• Own the annual budget, rolling forecast, and financial model, working with department leaders to connect hiring, deployment plans, and spending to business priorities
• Maintain short and long-term cash forecasts, including working capital, capital expenditure, and financing needs
• Analyze customer and deployment economics, pricing, and expansion scenarios
• Lead Budgeting and Financial Planning
• Improve the accounting and planning systems, including ERP selection or implementation as needed. Use automation and AI tools to reduce manual work while maintaining reliable review processes
• Support the evaluation of debt and equipment financing solutions
• Prepare financial diligence materials and support fundraising, working with leadership and external advisers

Requirements

• 8+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including ownership of the close and financial reporting at a growing company
• A CPA designation or equivalent professional accounting qualification, with strong US GAAP knowledge, including ASC 606 revenue recognition
• Experience operating independently in a small finance team or as the primary accounting owner, with the ability to build processes and personally execute the work
• Demonstrated ownership of budgets, cash forecasts, financial models, and variance analysis. You can translate operating assumptions into financial implications and clear recommendations
• Experience with multi-entity accounting and cross-border operations, including US financial reporting and coordination with external tax advisers
• Strong spreadsheet and financial systems skills, sound judgment, and clear communication
• Experience at a VC-backed company, particularly in robotics, hardware, industrial automation, logistics
• Experience with inventory and hardware, robotics-as-a-service models
• Experience implementing an ERP and using modern finance tools
• Experience supporting equity fundraising, debt facilities, equipment financing, or financial due diligence

Skills

Required

• US GAAP
• ASC 606 revenue recognition
• Multi-entity consolidation
• Foreign currency accounting
• Intercompany transactions
• AP and AR management
• Budgeting
• Cash forecasting
• Financial modeling
• Variance analysis
• Spreadsheet skills
• Financial systems skills

Preferred

• Experience at a VC-backed company
• Inventory and hardware accounting
• Robotics-as-a-service models
• ERP implementation
• Modern finance tools
• Equity fundraising
• Debt facilities
• Equipment financing

Benefits

• Toronto
• CA$250K – CA$300K • Offers Equity