Overview
Controller Jobs in Canada at Tandem Consulting
Title: Controller
Company: Tandem Consulting
Location: Canada
This is a full-time, exclusive role. We are only considering candidates based in Canada who are not maintaining freelance or other employment commitments.
About Tandem Consulting
Tandem Consulting (tandemconsulting.ca) is a 100% cloud-based firm helping small-to-medium businesses and not-for-profits manage their financial operations and scale. We're a tight-knit, growing team — and that means we hire people who can hustle, pivot quickly, and wear multiple hats. Our controllers and bookkeepers want a challenge, bring well-rounded experience across bookkeeping, accounting, analysis, and tax, and are comfortable figuring things out on their own.
About This Role
You'll be the backbone of our financial operations across a portfolio of client accounts. This is a Controller role — we expect experience, proactivity, sound judgement, and a high standard of accuracy. You'll manage client files independently, hit deadlines, and deliver reliable work without being closely managed. High expectations, met with trust and autonomy — and a team behind you when you need it.
Unlike more siloed roles, our Controllers own the full process for their client portfolio: bookkeeping through to year-end, client communications, A/P, A/R, sales tax, ad-hoc analysis, and building better processes along the way. The role reports to the Senior Controller.
Some of the Responsibilities of the Role
- Manage multiple client files simultaneously in a deadline-driven environment
- Complete weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly bookkeeping with accuracy and proactive communication to clients and team members
- Full-cycle bookkeeping and monthly financial preparation: deferred and prepaid schedules, bank reconciliations, inventory adjustments, and related entries
- Prepare and maintain cash flow forecasts, inventory forecasts, and other strategic models; communicate observations and results to stakeholders
- Conduct monthly variance analysis and ad-hoc reporting; develop a working understanding of each client's operations to provide meaningful insights
- Process payables (with tools like Plooto, Float) and payroll
- Build and maintain annual client budgets; identify and report on monthly variances
- Field and respond to technical questions from clients and senior management
- Prepare and file HST, PST, EHT, and WSIB returns
- Prepare year-end packages and/or support clients' external auditors
- Identify and implement AI-driven workflow improvements
- Document workflows and SOPs; maintain and organize internal files
- Other administrative and ad-hoc assignments as needed
- Tech we use daily: Xero, QuickBooks Online, Hubdoc, Dext, Plooto, Float, Wagepoint, Slack, Google Workspace — plus client-side integrations like Shopify, Clio, and Amazon.
Your Skills and Qualifications
Experience:
- 8+ years of full-cycle bookkeeping experience with complex clients
- Prior experience in a cloud-based accounting practice or managing a portfolio of clients
- Canadian payroll and sales tax compliance
- Experience with e-commerce clients
- Cloud accounting software, specifically Xero and its integrations
- Experience working with a small team and able to self-learn
Software skills:
- Xero (we are a Xero-first firm)
- Wagepoint, Plooto, Shopify, Dext, Hubdoc, Float and others
Qualities:
- Impeccable attention to detail and strong organizational habits
- Disciplined, self-motivated, and a strong manager of your own time
- Proactive communicator — especially in a remote setting
- Solid grasp of Canadian accounting and compliance
- Independent and resourceful; comfortable investigating issues with minimal direction
- Dedicated — this role requires your full professional focus with an eagerness to help the firm grow
Qualifications:
- Diploma or degree in accounting or business, or equivalent hands-on experience
- Must reside and be eligible to work in Canada
- Preference given to candidates located in Toronto, ON
Compensation: $52,500 – $75,000 CAD per year
Application Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
We appreciate the interest of all applicants, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Tandem is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from individuals with culturally diverse backgrounds and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community.
