Controller, BioRender
Scientific diagram creator
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Scientific diagram creator
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
201-500 employees
Company mission
To accelerate the world’s ability to learn, discover and communicate science.
Role
Who you are
- CPA Designation is required
- SaaS Experience: Proven expertise in subscription-based revenue models, including a deep understanding of SaaS financial practices
- Systems Automation & Process Improvement: Strong focus on driving automation and continuously improving financial processes to enhance efficiency and scalability
- Communication Skills: Exceptional ability to convey complex financial concepts clearly to various stakeholders, including non-financial team members
- Advanced Excel Proficiency: Strong skills in Excel, including expertise with functions like VLOOKUP, pivot tables, and data analysis
- Technical Tools Experience: Familiarity with systems such as NetSuite, Stripe, and Salesforce is a strong plus
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Controller to lead our accounting function, driving the continuous improvement of financial processes and systems to support long-term scalability and growth
- In this role, you will ensure strict compliance with all statutory requirements across Canada, the U.S., and international markets, while building a robust foundation for our global operations
- You will lead a talented accounting team, oversee daily operations, and drive strategic initiatives that align with our growth objectives
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing accounting team of 8, including 5 direct reports, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement
- Oversee all accounting operations, including journal entries, payroll, commissions, accounts payable, accounts receivable, revenue recognition, statutory reporting, banking, and daily operations in accordance with Canadian ASPE
- Ensure adherence to internal controls and company policies, updating financial accounting policies as needed
- Maintain and enforce a monthly close calendar, meeting all deadlines for reconciliations, reporting, and financial analysis
- Prepare consolidated financial statements and lead initiatives to identify operational cost efficiencies
- Lead the automation of accounting system integrations with the CRM, acting as project manager to ensure successful implementation
Our take
One of the best ways for science students and experts to communicate ideas is through diagrams, but not everyone has the illustration skills to pull this off. Whilst computer graphics can be used instead of manually drawing scientific imagery, the lack of a dedicated resource for such images prevents diagrams from being consistent and professional.
Biorender hosts thousands of pre-made icons and templates to be used in the creation of diagrams across over 30 different life science fields. The resources follow consistent quality standards and can be dragged and dropped within the platform to create scientific diagrams, to be used by students, teachers, labs, and educational institutions.
Other visual libraries that include scientific icons and templates exist for the creation of diagrams, but Biorender has presented a novel idea with its exhaustive library, offering to produce missing icons on demand within 48 hours. The entire library is free to use alongside basic design features by individuals for educational purposes, with more advanced features and paid licenses being available for labs and institutions. Its success at visualising complex diagrams and information has helped Biorender achieve several rounds of substantial funding.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2023
$17.1m
SERIES A
Jan 2018
$0.1m
SEED
Total funding: $17.3m
Company benefits
- Health Benefits: Comprehensive health and dental benefits for you and your family from your first day, including an EAP, HSA, and extended mental health benefits.
- Recharge Long Weekends: In addition to vacation days, our 3 annual BioRender Recharge long weekends offer you a chance to unplug and reset!
- Stock Options: Our employees are also part-owners of BioRender and reap the benefits of their shared hard work.
- Parental Leave Benefits: To help your growing family while you're away from work, we offer a salary top up and even a new baby bonus!
- PAW Perks: Keep your furry family members healthy with our Pet & Animal Wellness veterinary bill reimbursement program.
- Learn and Grow: We'll support your professional growth through regular goal-setting, mentorship, and an annual professional development budget for courses and conferences.
- Team Events: Virtual lunch and learns, show & tells, games, and happy hours help us to stay connected in a remote-first environment.
- In-person Hackathons: Twice per year, we bring our whole team together in Toronto for a week of innovative team work, and cap it off with a company social!
- Work from Anywhere: Our team members have the flexibility to work from another country for up to 3 months per year.
- Flexible Time Off: Our "Flexible Vacation" policy gives you the flexibility to take time off when you need it, so you can unplug, recharge, and come back refreshed.
Company values
- First Principles: We seek to understand the root causes of a problem before moving to action. We do this by repeatedly asking why, until we’ve understood the core of what we’re solving and how to tailor our solutions for our unique context.
- User Obsessed: We believe in understanding our users so deeply that we’re able to create experiences for them that they didn’t know to ask for.
- Debate for Excellence: We push ourselves and each other to reach the best answer together using open debate.
- Drivers, Not Passengers: We take initiative and make progress instead of waiting for others to do it for us. And we create the conditions for others to do the same.
- Simple and Clear: We use simple, clear language especially when we’re communicating complex or technical concepts.
Company HQ
Wellington Place, Toronto, ON
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Leadership
Shiz Aoki
(Co-Founder & CEO)Experience as Lead Science Illustrator for National Geographic. Also Founder and Medical Illustrator for Anatomize Studios Inc.
Katya Shteyn
(Co-Founder & CTO)Experience as Software Engineer for Dropbox and as a Software Engineering Intern for Google.
Ryan Marien
(Co-Founder)Co-Founder of SnapSaves. Also Founded Buytopia.ca.
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