About Float

Float is on a mission to simplify finance for Canadian businesses, empowering them to eliminate complexity and unlock new opportunities. Through our innovative platform, Float enables businesses to streamline financial operations and optimize cash flow, so they can focus on what matters most: growth.

As one of Canada’s fastest growing companies and top-rated startups in 2024 and 2023, Float is customer-obsessed, passionate and entrepreneurial, with a team that includes leaders from Uber, Shopify, Top Hat, TouchBistro, and Ada.

At Float, everyone is an owner, bringing their unique perspective to our team and product. Your voice is important, and we take having a culture based on feedback seriously. We openly share our thoughts and differing opinions so we can continue to improve. We do our best to keep our decision-making decentralized so that all team members feel ownership in our success.

Our Product

Float is Canada's complete business finance platform, combining modern financial services and software to help businesses spend, save, and grow. Trusted by 4,000 Canadian companies, Float provides high-limit corporate cards, automated expense management, next-day bill payments, high-yield accounts and fast, friendly support—all built in Canada, for Canada. Float is backed by world-class venture and fintech investors, including Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives and OMERS Ventures, partners behind our $70 million Series B raise.

Our team is a collection of ambitious, collaborative and mission-driven people from all walks of life but with one goal: helping Canadian companies not just survive but thrive. And we’re looking for bold innovators to help shape the future of business finance in Canada.

Note: This is a 12 month contract.

About The Controller Role

We’re looking for a hands-on, growth-oriented controller to join our team on a 12 month contract. Reporting to the Head of Finance, this will be a high impact, high trust role at the heart of our company’s mission. We are looking for someone who can lead and scale our financial operations, financial reporting, while partnering with cross-functional leaders to help the business navigate our next phase of growth.

The ideal candidate combines strong business acumen with a sharp eye for detail and strategic insights. They will ensure seamless delivery of our critical financial operations while delivering accurate and timely financial information and insights into the business.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for…

• Financial Reporting
• Ensure accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial reporting processes.
• Drive automation and optimization of accounting workflows to improve efficiency.
• Prepare and analyze financial statements in accordance with GAAP while leading us through our annual audit to a clean and unqualified opinion.
• Partner with Strategic Finance and the rest of the business to support budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning efforts.
• Financial Operations, Treasury, & Tax
• Oversee all financial operations including accounts payable/receivable, payroll, and financial systems.
• Overseeing and monitoring daily cash balances, cash flow forecasting, while ensuring adequate liquidity for operational needs.
• Ensure compliance with all local, provincial, and federal tax filing obligations
• Systems & Controls
• Design, implement, and maintain scalable systems and processes for a fast-growing environment.
• Design, implement, monitor, and maintain efficient but effective financial controls for a fast growing financial technology organization
• People Management
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing accounting team of 2 while constantly raising the bar for excellence.
  

You will be a fit for this role if you have…

• The Experience: You have 3-5 years of experience leading financial reporting and operations at a fast growing technology company. A CPA designation with experience at a big four accounting firm is ideal for this role.
• Strong Business Acumen: You have sharp commercial judgement and demonstrate strategic insight into our business. You show an ability to understand broader organizational dynamics beyond traditional finance functions.
• Business Owner Mentality: You believe your responsibility is to enable Float to achieve our collective business objectives and will prioritize this above all else.
• Willingness to Embrace Change: You constantly strive to improve and raise the bar for yourself, your team, and the organization. You are resilient in the face of challenges and seek out opportunities to improve.
• Attention to Detail: You understand that accuracy of the information and insights we communicate are critical and that fostering trust through accuracy and delivery is important to enabling the business to move faster.
• Systems-Oriented Thinking: You approach challenges through a systems lens, focusing on structures, processes, and interdependencies rather than through manual or unscalable processes.
  
  

This role won’t be a fit if…

• You are not a self-starter and require close oversight to make progress
• You aren’t deeply invested in building and refining your craft
• You require existing structure and are uncomfortable working through ambiguity
• You seek stability over growth and change
• You aren’t comfortable prioritizing work in a fast-moving environment
• You lack a strong sense of ownership and work ethic
• You struggle to lead through influence and cross-functional partnership
• You avoid hard conversations, accept decisions without question, and shy away from holding leadership accountable when it matters most
  
  

Benefits & Perks Of Working At Float

• Competitive compensation & total rewards
• Flexible time off‍ when you need to recharge
• Catered lunches on Tuesdays & Wednesdays
• A personal Float card with a quarterly stipend to spend on what matters most to you as well as a Home Office stipend
• Lots of autonomy to make an impact
• Opportunity to work with and learn from a world-class team
• A dog-friendly office
• Being able to say you helped build Canada's best modern financial institution
  
  

We’re committed to building a workplace that’s welcoming and accessible for everyone. If you need any accommodations during the hiring process or once you join Float, just let us know! You can reach out to Vic (victoria@floatcard.com), and we’ll work with you to make sure you have what you need to succeed.