Financial Controller

You have a taste for finance and enjoy the music world, you're looking to make a big impact at a fast-growing SAAS company, look no further! We are looking for a Controller who will be responsible for overseeing the accounting and financial operations of the organization, as well as the administration of expenses and payroll.

Managing a team of 2 employees, the Controller also provides the financial information upon which corporate strategies are based.

The controller also manages day-to-day operations of the organization’s finances as well as financial reporting.

The Team

We work for musicians. Everything we do has a common goal - to create experiences that delight and engage our audience of over 5M music creators.

Our approach to building is empathetic, holistic, and data-driven. We test everything. We get feedback from our community and build real, useful things with what we learn.

We love best practices but we aren’t afraid to break them.

Your Core Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day accounting operations including denoting billing / revenue recognition, manage accounts payable, depreciating fixed assets, executing payroll
• Conduct the full cycle month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing process by preparing timely and accurate financial statements, their supporting documents, including journal entries, account reconciliations, bank reconciliations, balance sheet reconciliations, income statement and variance analysis
• Manage the day-to-day cash flow and borrowing needs while maintaining cash flow forecast
• Manage and comply with government reporting requirements and tax filings, including preparation of Canadian, United States and VAT, sales tax returns, annual payroll, and coordinate with external tax accountants to complete annual review of financial statements and prepare income tax returns
• Evaluate all insurance needs, prepare annual renewals, and coordinate with broker
• Maintain the chart of accounts, a system of controls over accounting transactions
• Monitor debt levels and compliance with debt covenants and calculate financial operating metrics and issue timely and complete financial statements
• Maintain a documented system of accounting policies and procedures and ensure compliance to applicable laws and regulations;

manage financial and compliance risks

• Contribute to the production of the annual budget and forecasts and calculate variances from budget including reporting significant issues to management
• Lead all aspects related to R&D credit financing and reporting with the support of our VP of Engineering and external R&D consultants
• Manage royalties to artists and all corresponding tax implications

You are a Finance Professional with...

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting required, with a CPA
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in accounting (industry or accounting firm), with 2+ years as controller an asset
• Advanced working knowledge of Quickbooks, Nethris, SAGE, G Suite (Google) and Microsoft Office suite
• Highly motivated and proactive
• Excellent interpersonal, relationship building and communication skills
• Resourceful and able to problem solve in order to deliver results
• Strong organizational skills with excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to plan, prioritize and organize a diverse workload
• Positive, professional attitude with the ability to work collaboratively
• Familiarity with the SaaS industry
• Best practices are second nature, your models are efficient, scalable, and intuitive - you can handle complexity but strive for simplicity
• Sense of urgency : nothing in the universe will get in the way of delivering your goals
• A people person with a strong sense of leadership and ownership
• Bilingual (French, reporting is done in English)

You get bonus points if...

• You’re passionate about music and technology
• You're obsessed with B2C SaaS and have expertise in two-sided markets
• You love to learn new things and optimize existing processes
• You're a builder, learner, straight shooter, geek

LANDR is a fast-growing audio company made up of left-brained creative technologists, right-brained music professionals and everyone in between.

Together, we are revolutionizing the process for music makers to help them create, master, distribute and promote their music.

Our office is in the heart of Downtown Montreal, conveniently located within walking distance of the orange metro line, and boasts an incredible view spanning the downtown skyline and the Saint Lawrence River.

Our brand-new, beautifully designed office is equipped with state of the art meeting rooms and workstations which prioritize collaborative working.

We love music. We love musicians. Our mission is to give music makers the freedom to create and be heard.

Our company culture is central to our success and makes for an incredible workplace! We work for musicians by bringing our love of music to the office every day and we are continuously innovating.

We are all contributing to the culture we all belong to and we come together to move ideas forward.

Here are a few perks that we enjoy at LANDR :

• Competitive compensation, based on your role, experience and expertise
• Flexible hours to balance with your personal life
• Health insurance coverage
• Immediate access to a doctor via Maple
• Employee Assistance Program (Homewood)
• All inclusive Social Committee
• Your birthday is a free day
• Annual Public Transit Allowance for Montreal based employees
• Annual sport activity allowance
• Free access to the LANDR products
• Beautiful downtown office in Class A building
• LANDR Band
• Apple computers (or Windows, to your liking)
• Partnerships with local music events & festivals (MUTEK, Pop Montreal, Igloofest )

At LANDR, we don’t just accept diversity, we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community.

LANDR is striving every day to create a more diverse workplace, and we strongly encourage applications from people of colour, women, LGBTQ people, people of any religion, age, or belonging to any marginalized community.

We accept people as they are and firmly believe diversity is essential to our success! If you’re applying to LANDR, it’s because you want to contribute to our amazing company and culture, and we’re thankful for that!

We work hard to create the best experience for our employees and we’d love for you to be a part of it!