[Hiring] Financial Controller @Lazer

Role Description

Lazer is seeking a hands-on Controller to own the day-to-day accounting function and strengthen the financial systems that support our growth. Reporting to the CFO and partnering closely with our Finance Manager, you will own and execute the close, financial reporting, cash management, audit, tax, and compliance work. This is a working Controller role in a lean team, not an oversight-only position.

You will also improve how finance operates:

• Simplify processes
• Introduce practical automation and AI
• Strengthen project and margin reporting
• Provide leaders with clear information they can use

The right person combines strong accounting judgment with the initiative to challenge assumptions, fix gaps, and build systems that scale without adding unnecessary bureaucracy.

Qualifications

• CPA designation with at least seven years of progressive accounting and finance experience.
• Experience owning the close and financial reporting as a Controller, Assistant Controller, Senior Accounting Manager, or equivalent role.
• A track record of working hands-on in a lean finance team, ideally within a startup, scale-up, technology, consulting, or professional services business.
• Strong technical accounting judgment and experience with audit, tax, controls, and multi-entity reporting.

Requirements

• Experience with project or contract-based revenue, including time-and-materials, fixed-fee, or retainer engagements.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to move from transaction detail to clear business recommendations.
• Comfort operating in an environment where processes are still evolving and the answer is not always documented.
• Sound judgment, high ownership, and the confidence to challenge senior stakeholders constructively.
• Demonstrated experience improving finance systems, close processes, reporting, or data quality.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain accounting issues to non-finance colleagues.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a remote-first organization.

What You'll Do

• Accounting and Close:
  • Own the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close across Lazer entities.
  • Prepare accurate and timely financial statements, management reporting, and variance analysis.
  • Maintain clear accounting policies and working papers that support consistent treatment and a clean audit trail.
  • Stay close to the details and complete or review the work directly when needed.
• Revenue and Business Performance:
  • Own the accounting for time-and-materials, fixed-fee, and retainer engagements.
  • Run regular project reviews with delivery leaders to improve reporting on revenue, cost, margin, utilization, and labour economics.
  • Support forecasting, scenario analysis, pricing decisions, and other work that connects financial results to business performance.
  • Review client contracts and statements of work with commercial and delivery teams for revenue recognition, billing terms, and collectability.
• Finance Operations and Compliance:
  • Oversee cash management, banking, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll.
  • Lead the annual audit and act as the primary contact for auditors, tax advisors, banks, and other finance partners.
  • Coordinate Canadian tax and compliance requirements, including GST and HST.
  • Maintain appropriate controls for a growing, remote company while keeping processes practical and efficient.
• Systems and Automation:
  • Assess the current finance stack and prioritize the improvements with the greatest operational impact.
  • Automate reconciliations, close tasks, reporting, and recurring workflows.
  • Use AI responsibly to reduce manual work and improve analysis, documentation, and decision support.
  • Build reliable data flows between finance, delivery, sales, and people systems.
• Partnership and Leadership:
  • Work directly with the CFO and Finance Manager as a senior member of a small, collaborative team.
  • Translate financial results into clear recommendations for leaders across the business.
  • Ask hard questions, challenge weak assumptions, and follow issues through to resolution.
  • Help define the finance team, systems, and operating model Lazer will need at its next stage of growth.

Benefits

• Work From Anywhere: Choose your workspace — all you need is strong wifi and a passion for building!
• Work / Life Balance: We believe in our team’s ability to have it all; a great career, and time to unplug and live…you know...life.
• Employee Care: We provide full benefits (healthcare, dental, vision) for our employees (401k for our US employees).
• Unlimited PTO: Everyone needs a break. Take at least 15 days off a year, and more if you need—just be cool about it and keep the team in mind.
• Regular Team Retreat: Join us for a week of team bonding at amazing destinations. Recent trips include the Dominican Republic, Cancun, and Hawaii — plus ones welcome.