Staff Accountant, FISPAN
CA$75-88.1k
+ Semi annual bonus program
Office located in Downtown Vancouver, BC
ERP banking platform
Open for applications
ERP banking platform
101-200 employees
Open for applications
CA$75-88.1k
+ Semi annual bonus program
Office located in Downtown Vancouver, BC
101-200 employees
Company mission
FISPAN's mission is to help banks easily connect with their corporate clients.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for dynamic and passionate individuals to join our high performance team and contribute to our rapid growth and exciting journey
- Accounting/business diploma/certificate or equivalent work experience
- Thorough knowledge of full cycle accounting
- Role requires the candidate to manage a fast-paced and deadline driven environment
- Possess a continuous improvement mindset and work to deliver solutions that meet the changing needs of a fast-paced high-growth company
- Willing to jump into any task to ensure the Finance team operates smoothly, especially at month end and during vacation coverage
- Intermediate level Google Sheets and/or Microsoft Excel skills to reconcile and analyze variances and discrepancies and provide detailed reporting
- Ability to adapt and learn new systems quickly, familiarity with Xero is not a must, but is a bonus
- Must be meticulous and detail oriented
- Must be familiar with foreign currency transactions
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Intermediate knowledge of accounting
- Works well independently as well as within a team
- Excellent customer service skills with ability to deal effectively with all levels of staff
What the job involves
- Not your typical accounting office- we are hybrid, paperless, tech savvy!
- We are still a startup, and as such the successful candidate will have to help with other activities outside of this role. This is something we all do at FISPAN
- Autonomy: You will be accountable for proactively identifying opportunities for improvement, researching, recommending, and implementing new or enhanced policies, procedures, and processes to improve operational effectiveness and support evolving business needs
- Growth & Development: This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious accounting professional to expand their responsibilities, hone analytical skills, and gain exposure to strategic financial planning, working closely with the Finance Manager and Head of Finance
- Accountability: Research, recommend and implement new or enhanced policies, procedures and processes to improve operational effectiveness that support business needs
- End-to-End Management: Oversee the complete accounts cycle, ensuring all transactions are reviewed for completeness, accuracy, and proper authorization
- Cash Flow Optimization: Prepare detailed cash requirement reports and proactively manage vendor payments to ensure timeliness (AP runs 2x monthly, or as needed for rush payments) across multiple currencies (CAD, USD, GBP, and EUR)
- Budget Adherence: Develop a strong understanding of the company budget to ensure accurate coding and adherence to departmental spending limits
- Corporate Credit Card System (Airbase) Administration: Maintain and optimize the corporate credit card system, including approving/issuing virtual and physical cards, monitoring spend limits, ensuring receipt compliance, and maintaining auto-sync rules
- Ensure correct GL coding, departmental tracking, and accurate sales tax claims for all transactions
- Advanced Reconciliation & Analysis: Independently maintain, monitor, and reconcile complex GL accounts, including but not limited to: Cash & Credit Cards, Bank Reconciliations, Prepaid Expenses, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Accrued Liabilities, Intercompany, and Unearned Revenue/Accrued Receivable. This includes investigating and resolving discrepancies
- Journal Entry Preparation & Posting: Produce and reconcile a variety of complex journal entries, including but not limited to: commissions, unearned revenue, accrued receivable, prepaid expenses, and other accruals
- Reconcile and post journal entries for both Canadian and international payroll, ensuring accuracy and compliance
- Adjusting Entries: Proactively identify and record ad hoc adjusting entries on a regular basis to ensure financial accuracy
- Sales tax Compliance: Prepare and file GST returns, prepare and file various provincial and states sales tax returns
- Take initiative in the identification of issues and errors, conduct thorough investigations of discrepancies, and propose solutions for discussion with the Finance Manager and Head of Finance
- Lead and execute key aspects of the month-end close process in a timely and efficient manner
- Financial Statement Preparation: Assist the Finance Manager in the preparation of the three primary financial statements (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows), including supporting schedules and reconciliations
- Consolidation Support: Contribute to the 3-statement consolidation process for internal reporting
- Budget Process Support: Play a pivotal role in supporting the annual bottoms-up budgeting process and quarterly reforecasting cycles
- Stakeholder Liaison: Act as a key liaison between department heads/budget owners and the finance team, facilitating effective communication and data gathering for budgeting purposes
- Rolling Budget Management: Independently maintain and update the rolling budget, tracking trades, new budget requests, and actual-to-budget variances
- Process Improvement & Documentation: Take ownership of developing, improving, and thoroughly documenting accounting policies and procedures for all assigned tasks and duties
- Template Development: Drive the development of standardized templates and improvements to existing procedures and templates to enhance efficiency and accuracy
- Ad-Hoc Projects: Support the Finance Manager and Head of Finance on various ad-hoc financial projects and analyses as required in a fast-growing environment
- Our CEO is Lisa Shields, a renowned tech entrepreneur whose previous venture, Hyperwallet, was purchased by Paypal and ranks as one of the largest Canadian technology company acquisitions.
- Lisa is backed by a seasoned leadership team with vast experience scaling technology companies from start-up through growth phases to acquisition. In joining our team you will benefit from that experience and associated mentorship opportunities, and further build your network and knowledge base
Our take
Small/medium sized businesses (SMBs) have come under heightened operational pressure over recent years. It’s no help that this group has historically been radically underserved by legacy banks, but now the tide is turning: many banking institutions are doubling down on improving the quality and efficiency of their commercial banking solutions, and software company FISPAN is helping them get there.
FISPAN helps companies embed their commercial banking services into the existing ERP or accounting software their customers use to run their business. It’s a great way for banks to outsource the level of innovation required to keep up with commercial client demand - and, therefore, a great way of competing with the more agile neobanks, who are siphoning off legacy banking clients in substantial numbers.
FISPAN’s astute positioning has made its platform increasingly attractive for banks under pressure to keep up with the break-neck pace of change in fintech. It’s taking advantage of it too, with plans to expand to the lucrative European and Asian Pacific banking markets.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-31% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jun 2025
$30m
SERIES B
Sep 2023
$2m
SERIES A
Total funding: $70m
Company benefits
- 4-Week Vacation
- Health & Wellness Coverage
- 100% Parental Leave Top-Up
- Downtown Vancouver Offices & Amenities including fitness centre
- Daily Coffee Runs & Weekly Team Lunches
- MacBook / Apple equipment
Company HQ
Coal Harbour, Vancouver, BC
Leadership
Andrea Zand
(Operations Lead)A Simon Fraser University Graduate, with previous experience as an Operations Manager at Aisco Industrial Supply.
Clayton Weir
(CEO)Previously worked as a Senior Analyst and then Head of Growth at BC Tech. Underwent a Teaching Team entrepreneurship with the University of British Columbia, and spent over 5 years on the board of car-sharing co-operative Modo.
Lisa Shields
(Executive Chair)Held senior software engineering roles at MacDonald Dettwiler and Environmental Criminology Research Inc., before moving on to found and serve as CEO/Director of gig economy global payments company Hyperwallet. They are a committee member for FinPay Canada, and on the Board of Directors for Thinkific.
Valery Novikov
(CTO)Held a number of senior software roles at Netcracker Technology, before moving on to found NV Trading. Alongside work at FISPAN, they work as an Instructor at UBC Sauder School of Business.
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