Controller

At Treewalk, you’ll be the finance engine behind growing private companies: tight month-end closes, management reporting that actually gets read, forecasts leaders can steer by, and systems and controls built to scale. You’ll own the internal finance function for a portfolio of clients from a broad range of industries. Many engagements will tap you as a hands-on fractional controller and trusted advisor to owners and leadership teams; others will lean on you to build finance processes from the ground up. Either way, every file is yours to run.

Deadlines are real; overtime isn’t a lifestyle. We staff sensibly, treat extra hours as the rare exception, and back that up with true schedule autonomy and remote flexibility-so your evenings stay yours.

If you’ve built your foundation in public accounting or run the close as a controller in industry, and you’re ready to trade 70-hour busy-season marathons for high-impact work, tangible ownership, and genuine balance, then we would love to hear from you.

How You’ll Create Impact Day-to-Day

• Own the close - Run full-cycle accounting and month-end close for your client files, review the team’s work, and deliver clean, reconciled books on a timeline leaders can count on.

• Keep leadership laser-focused - Prepare monthly internal management packages and variance reports against budgets and forecasts, translating the findings into clear, action-ready recommendations.

• Shape the roadmap - Build annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and cash-flow models, aligning owners around targets that push the business-without breaking it.

• Turn data into insight - Create and maintain dashboards and KPI reporting that spotlight trends, margins, and red flags before anyone else sees them.

• Build the foundation - Design and implement accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls across key cycles so the finance function scales with the business.

• Make systems work harder - Lead ERP implementations, clean-ups, and process improvements, finding automation opportunities that cut manual effort.

• Keep everything compliant - Oversee payroll, sales tax, and other government and regulatory filings so nothing slips through the cracks.

• Make year-end painless - Prepare airtight year-end working papers and support, and quarterback conversations with external accountants, auditors, and tax advisors.

Result: clients see you as the steady, trusted partner who keeps their operations running on accurate numbers-while you build mastery across industries without the grind of traditional public practice.

Who We Are

Treewalk is Vancouver-born, scaling nationwide, and obsessed with turning financial complexity into clarity. From owner-managed private companies to TSX-V, CSE, NASDAQ, and OTC issuers, we give clients the finance and accounting expertise to run their businesses with confidence-so they can focus on growth.

But labels like “accounting firm” don’t capture our DNA. Picture a tech startup powered by CPAs:

• Holacracy over hierarchy - Ideas outrank titles, and ownership lives on every desk.

• Industry-agnostic curiosity - From construction and manufacturing to biotech and next-gen retail, if it’s innovative, we’re already in it-or will be tomorrow.

• Growth at warp speed - One of Canada’s fastest-rising advisory practices, we set audacious goals, then sprint past them.

• Training ground for tomorrow’s CFOs - Whether you’re two years post-designation or a seasoned controller, Treewalk is where accountants level-up for industry roles and strategic finance leadership.

The Values That Power Us

Mastery: We hunt knowledge relentlessly and build expertise into every engagement.

Support: No one goes it alone-collaboration is our default setting.

Ownership: We celebrate wins and own slip-ups with equal conviction.

Kaizen: Continuous improvement isn’t a buzzword; it’s our daily operating system.

Requirements

Our ideal candidate...

• CPA designation required.
• Significant controllership and/or public accounting experience - ideally supporting private, owner-managed, or growth-stage companies.
• Assurance experience at a public accounting firm is an asset.
• After the base experience requirements are met, we hire first and foremost, strong analytical and problem solvers.
• Relationship builder - You maintain professional relationships with clients and team members alike with open and effective communication.
• You take pride in making sure everything is correct; account balances that do not reconcile make you crazy. You find joy in solving that unsolvable problem.

Please mention these bonus skills if you have them

• ERP systems experience (NetSuite, QuickBooks Online, Xero, Sage)
• Construction industry experience
• FP&A or financial modelling experience

Benefits

Why Treewalk Feels Different

It’s Treewalk for a reason: we invest in your growth, trust your judgment, and protect your life outside the ledger.

• No-Strings Learning Fund - We pay 100% of your CPA modules, annual dues, and any pro-dev courses you choose-and we’ll never claw it back if you move on.

• Freedom Over Face-Time - Own your deadlines, shape your schedule. Hit a midday workout, do the school run-just bring the results.

• Day-One Peace of Mind - Extended health, dental, vision, and parental-leave benefits start the moment you join.

Annual Salary - $105,000