Accounting Manager

About Us

We are a commercial stage, biopharmaceutical company focused on developing treatments for patients suffering from neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s Disease. The company has operations primarily in the United States, with a Finance & Accounting team based in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

We are seeking an experienced and hands-on Accounting Manager to join our growing Finance team. This role is ideal for a CPA with strong technical accounting expertise, public company reporting experience, and a passion for improving processes in a fast-paced environment.

The Accounting Manager will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day accounting operations, managing the month-end and year-end close processes, maintaining strong internal controls, and supporting financial reporting and audit activities. This role will work closely with the Director of Accounting, VP of Finance, external auditors, and cross-functional departments across the organization.

The successful candidate will be comfortable in a lean public-company environment where accuracy, accountability, and follow-through matter. This is not a purely tactical role and not a policy-only role. The position requires someone who can manage the work, review the work, improve the work, and step in directly when deadlines require it.

This position requires you to be available from Monday to Friday with standard hours from 8:30am to 5:30pm PST.

• Provide oversight of accounts payable, expense reporting, and vendor payment processes.
• Review journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules prepared by staff.
• Oversee general ledger accounting activities and review for its accuracy and completeness.
• Lead and coordinate monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes.
• Review revenue, expense, and balance sheet transactions for accuracy and completeness.
• Prepare or directly complete complex or sensitive accounting areas when needed, particularly during quarter-end, year-end, audit, or staffing constraints.

• Serve as the day-to-day manager and first-level reviewer for accounting staff, helping reduce tactical workload handled by the Director of Accounting.
• Assign work, monitor deadlines, resolve bottlenecks, and ensure staff understand expectations, documentation standards, and review comments.
• Coach and mentor team members through recurring close tasks, reconciliations, audit support, and process improvement opportunities.
• Build scalable checklists, reconciliations, and review routines so the team relies less on informal knowledge and last-minute intervention.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and ad hoc financial analyses.

• Support quarterly reviews and annual audits by coordinating requests, preparing and reviewing audit schedules, and ensuring support is complete and audit-ready.
• Assist with public-company financial reporting support, including tie-outs, supporting schedules, flux analyses, and documentation requested by external auditors or internal reviewers.
• Maintain compliance with internal accounting policies and procedures, including documentation and execution of key controls over financial reporting.
• Support tax filings, statutory reporting, and subsidiary financial statement processes in coordination with external tax and professional service providers.
• Maintain and strengthen internal controls over financial reporting.
• Participate in the development, maintenance, and improvement of accounting policies, close procedures, and internal control documentation.

• Identify opportunities to improve close efficiency, reduce rework, strengthen controls, and improve the quality of reporting packages.
• Support system enhancements and process automation initiatives.
• Support Net Suite, AP automation, and other finance system enhancements, including process design, testing, documentation, and user adoption.
• Use Excel and other data tools to prepare clear, reviewable analyses that support accounting conclusions and management review.

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