Controller, RateHub
$110-150k
Financial services comparison platform
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Financial services comparison platform
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$110-150k
101-200 employees
Company mission
To help Canadians make better financial decisions.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment, is comfortable moving between the detail and the big picture, and is excited by the prospect of building finance infrastructure that can support a company with lending, insurance, marketplace, membership, and media revenue streams — and the ambition to expand well beyond them
- CPA designation
- 7–10+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including a Controller, Assistant Controller, or Finance Manager role
- Strong command of financial reporting, internal controls, and accounting principles
- Experience managing external audits and stakeholder relationships
- Advanced Excel/Google Sheets and financial-systems proficiency. Quickbooks knowledge is an asset
- Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills, with the judgment to know when to dig into the detail and when to step back
- Experience in fintech, financial services, technology, marketplace, or other high-growth environments
- Familiarity with revenue recognition in digital, commission-based, lending, insurance, or advertising business models
- Experience with multi-entity consolidations and regulated entities (lending and/or insurance a strong plus)
- Experience supporting private-equity-backed, venture-backed, or rapidly scaling organizations
- Experience with ERP implementations and finance systems optimization
- Previous people-leadership experience
What the job involves
- We’re seeking an experienced, hands-on Controller to own our accounting and financial reporting across a multi-entity, multi-business-line group. You’ll ensure the integrity of our financial information, strengthen internal controls, scale our financial processes, and act as a true partner to the business as we grow. Reporting initially to the CEO, you’ll eventually report into the VP of Finance & Operations
- Own the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close across all entities, including our regulated mortgage lender, the mortgage brokerage, , the insurance brokerages, and the marketplace, membership, and content businesses
- Prepare accurate, timely consolidated financial statements in accordance with IFRS
- Maintain the general ledger and oversee all core accounting cycles: accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, revenue recognition, fixed assets, and intercompany transactions across the group
- Own revenue recognition across our diverse models — commission and referral revenue, lending net interest and servicing income, insurance commissions, subscription/membership revenue, and advertising/content revenue
- Coordinate annual audits and manage relationships with external auditors
- Develop, implement, and maintain strong internal controls and accounting policies suited to a regulated, multi-entity fintech
- Ensure compliance with regulatory, tax, and statutory reporting requirements, including obligations specific to a federally regulated lender and licensed insurance brokerages
- Oversee corporate tax filings, payroll taxes, HST/GST compliance, and other statutory obligations across jurisdictions
- Monitor financial and operational risk, and recommend and implement mitigation strategies
- Partner with business-line leaders — lending, insurance, cards & loans, membership, and content — to provide the financial insight that drives better decisions
- Support our FP& A leader in budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning, ensuring financial data is accurately reported on by appropriate segments. .
- Prepare financial materials and reporting packages for senior leadership, investors, lenders, and the Board of Directors
- Drive automation and continuous improvement across finance operations, building processes that scale with a rapidly growing, multi-business group
- Evaluate and optimize financial systems, controls, and reporting infrastructure
- Support ERP and finance technology implementations and integrations as the business grows and adds complexity
- Establish scalable, repeatable processes that hold up as we expand into new products and markets
- Lead, mentor, and develop the accounting and finance team
- Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Support recruitment and onboarding as the finance function scales with the company
- What Success Looks Like in Your First 12 Months:
- The monthly close is faster, cleaner, and more reliable across all entities and business lines
- Financial controls and reporting infrastructure are demonstrably stronger and built to scale
- Leadership receives timely, accurate, decision-ready financial reporting
- The annual audit completes smoothly, with minimal adjustments
- Process improvements have measurably reduced manual work and increased scalability
- You’ve built and developed a high-performing accounting team ready to support our continued growth
Our take
Consumer activity has continued to shift from in-person to online in all categories, and RateHub recognised a need to make financial products accessible online, too.
RateHub allows users to compare prices and rates on financial products like mortgages, credit cards and insurance. With more than 2M monthly users, RateHub has launched its own in-house brokerage to aid with its mission to help Canadians make better financial decisions.
Despite FinTech being a busy space, RateHub reached a milestone of closing $10B in funded mortgages in October 2021. Since then, it has received significant investment that will allow it to continue building its momentum and accelerate growth both organically and through acquisitions.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-22% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jan 2018
$12m
SERIES A
Mar 2017
$9.2m
SERIES A
Total funding: $21.7m
Company HQ
Downtown Yonge, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Naga Parvatharajan
(CEO & Board Member)Naga joined Ratehub in 2024 of CEO. They are also the Group GM at SoFi. Previously they were a Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group, Co-Head of Product at Goldman Sachs, and a Business Manager at Capital One.
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