04 Sep
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npaworldwide
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Toronto
04 Sep
npaworldwide
Toronto
Job Description This is not a maintenance role. The organization behind this posting has grown from $20M to $40M in gross revenue in two years, manages over $400M in charitable assets, and has a clear line of sight to $2B. The infrastructure needs to keep pace and the person hired into this role will be the one building it. You will own the accounting function across two related entities: a for-profit administrative company and a donor‑advised charitable foundation. That means full-cycle books, a NetSuite migration, a meaningful automation mandate, and a direct line to senior leadership who actually want to hear what you think. The CFO path is real. The business is growing into it. THE ORGANIZATION Our client is one of Canada's leading donor‑advised fund platforms; a vehicle that allows high-net-worth families and their advisors to manage philanthropy with the same rigor they apply to investment portfolios. Assets under administration are growing rapidly. The platform currently serves over 400 accounts across 76 advisory relationships and is expanding. The parent organization is a 115-person financial services consulting firm growing at 25% per year, with active M&A and plans to expand the model internationally. The culture is described internally as Purposeful, Authentic, Tenacious and Humble, and from what employees say, it holds up. What You'll Be Doing Day to day, you are running the full accounting function across both entities—general ledger, reconciliations, month-end close, vendor payments, cash flow, HST rebate filings, and banking.
You are the person the auditors deal with at year-end and the person leadership calls when they need to understand a number. Specific Responsibilities Include Full-cycle general ledger and month-end close across both entities DAF specific accounting: investment activity, fund fees, grant disbursements, NAV calculations, donation receipts Financial reporting, cash flow forecasting, and annual budget management Vendor payments and banking across both entities HST rebate filings and ongoing CRA compliance Year-end working paper preparation and external audit liaison Lead the QuickBooks Desktop NFP to NetSuite migration Design and implement process automation across manual workflows Internal controls documentation and maintenance Oversight of Collingwood-based finance support staff The Split The primary office is in Toronto (St. Clair East), with Wednesday and Thursday as anchor days in the office. The Collingwood office is a meaningful part of this role—plan for roughly two to three days per month on site, particularly during onboarding. Travel and accommodation are covered. One member of the Toronto leadership team already runs this rhythm and can walk you through how it works in practice. Remote flexibility is available once you're integrated. GTA-based candidates are strongly preferred.
Qualifications You are a CPA. That is the one non-negotiable. Beyond that, you are technically strong across full-cycle accounting, comfortable owning a function without a lot of overhead, and you are the kind of person who sees a broken process and fixes it before anyone asks. Systems do not intimidate you. If anything, you find a migration compelling. Non-profit or DAF experience is helpful but not required. If you have not worked in a charitable foundation before, you should be honest with yourself about whether you are comfortable learning a recent accounting model on the job—because there is a learning curve and you will be expected to manage it without a lot of hand-holding. Why Is This a Great Opportunity Compensation is 100k-120k base with a 15-20% discretionary bonus, 6% RRSP matching, comprehensive benefits, three weeks vacation, and a 50/month gym subsidy. Continuing education is supported. There is also an employee share ownership program launching this year that is merit-based and tax-advantaged. The growth trajectory is the real story. The business is targeting 2B in AUM within three years. International expansion is underway; the model is being taken to the United States and the United Kingdom. There is active M&A. The accounting function today is one entity. The accounting function in three to five years looks materially different and the person who builds it now is the obvious candidate to lead it then. Salary: Up to 120k per annum base + bonus. Currency: CAD. #J-18808-Ljbffr
📌 Controller – Non-Profit - C$100,000 - C$120,000 A Year (Toronto)
🏢 npaworldwide
📍 Toronto