[Hiring] Financial Controller @StoreForce

Role Description

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), the Controller plays a critical role in managing StoreForce’s SaaS financial operations, ensuring accurate financial reporting, scalable billing and revenue recognition processes, treasury functions, and compliance. This role is hands-on and execution focused, supporting a multi-entity, multi-currency contract-based SaaS business serving retail customers globally.

The Controller partners closely with Sales, Client Delivery, Development, Product, and Operations, and serves as a key contributor to audit readiness, process automation, and monthly operating cadence.

What You'll Do

• Team Leadership
  • Be a catalyst for change and contribute as a leader to the overall operation and culture of accountability, fostering core values and standards.
  • Manage, coach, and develop the accounting team: drive accountability, deadlines, and continuous improvement across the finance function.
  • Support the preparation of updates for company board meetings, as required.
• Operations
  • Lead the monthly close process within Sage Intacct, including journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, and variance analysis.
  • Ensure financial results are accurate, complete, and delivered on a timely basis.
  • Lead audit activities, including preparation of audit schedules and coordination with external auditors.
  • Manage the accounting and corporate taxation with the CFO for all global entities, including transfer pricing and sales tax remittances.
  • Own SaaS revenue recognition including reviewing billing operations, including monthly, annual, and multi-year subscription invoicing.
  • Ensure accurate revenue recognition in accordance with Company policy including contract review, performance obligations, and deferred revenue tracking.
  • Partner with Sales, Client Success, and Legal on contract terms impacting billings, revenue, renewals, and amendments.
  • Support ongoing automation and improvement of customer billing and order-to-cash processes.
• Treasury, Cash & Forecasting
  • Oversee the preparation of cash activities, including bank reconciliations, receipts, and disbursements.
  • Oversee the preparation of short and medium-term cash flow forecasts within a multi-currency environment to support liquidity planning.
  • Monitor working capital, including collections, deferred revenue, and vendor payment timing.
  • Lead banking relationships and treasury controls.
• Payroll & People Related Accounting
  • Oversee payroll processing in coordination with HR and external payroll providers across regions.
  • Ensure accurate accounting for payroll, commissions, bonuses, benefits, and related accruals.
  • Support payroll automation initiatives and ensure compliance with statutory requirements.
• Systems, Controls & Process Improvement
  • Maintain and enhance accounting policies, internal controls, and documentation.
  • Support optimization and scaling of Sage Intacct, billing tools, and reporting processes.
  • Apply AI in finance workflows (close, reconciliations, flux/variance analysis, FP&A, billing/revenue ops) to reduce manual effort and improve accuracy.
  • Demonstrate strong command of data modeling and reporting, KPI design, and building “single source of truth” datasets for finance, including trend analysis and drivers of MRR/ARR, churn, cash, and margin.
• Business Partnering & Stakeholder Management
  • Act as a finance partner to department leaders, providing insight into spend, variances, and trends.
  • Support leadership with financial analysis related to bookings, revenue, margins, and operating performance.
  • Interface with external stakeholders including auditors, banks, brokers, and professional advisors.
  • Support ad hoc analysis, special projects, and cross-functional initiatives as required.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) and Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) customer cubes
• Cash burn, runway, and liquidity — monthly cash forecast variance
• Departmental spend and operating leverage — monthly budget vs actual, forecast updates, and variance commentary quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA or equivalent designation preferred but not required
• 7+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience, preferably within a SaaS or subscription-based business
• Prior experience as a Controller of a high growth private equity backed business, ideally in the enterprise software or SaaS space
• Strong working knowledge of ASPE and US GAAP
• Hands-on experience with Sage Intacct or similar mid-market ERP systems
• Experience supporting SaaS billing, deferred revenue, and contract accounting
• Strong Excel skills and comfort working with detailed data and reconciliations
• Clear communicator with the ability to partner across Finance, Sales, Operations, and Product.

Attributes for Success at StoreForce

• Integrity, leadership, and communication skills to be seen as a role model; motivational, supportive to foster cooperation and collaboration with others
• Detail-oriented, highly organized, and execution focused
• Comfortable operating in a fast growing, evolving SaaS environment
• Proactive mindset with a continuous improvement orientation
• Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and integrity
• Strong problem-solving capabilities to be able to identify and solve root issues and generate alternative solutions

Benefits

• Remote work with flexible scheduling
• Employer-paid health benefits including dental, prescription drug coverage, and a Health Spending Account
• RRSP Matching with First Time Home Buyer support
• Company paid training and professional development
• Extended Long Weekends and Religious Observance Days
• Employee Referral Program
• Spotlight Recognition Bonus Program
• Dedicated Employee Assistance Program (EAP)