Invest X Looking for Intermediate Accountant at Vancouver, BC Full Time

The Company

Launched in 2014, InvestX’s goal is to bring transparency and trust to an opaque marketplace. InvestX is a leading cross border, tech-enabled asset manager and pioneer in the pre-IPO equity market. InvestX provides the $30 trillion dollar wealth management industry with the ability to access, invest and trade in late-stage private companies. InvestX empowers broker deals and advisors to provide their clients access to the highest quality private investments and simplify the complexities of transacting in the private markets. On behalf of its clients and for its own managed funds, InvestX has invested over US$500 million in portfolio companies that include Palantir, Airbnb, SoFi, Spotify, DocuSign, SpaceX and many others.

InvestX is backed by leading financial institutions Jefferies, Virtu Financial and Canaccord Genuity. The company has been featured in CNBC, Forbes, Bloomberg, U.S. News, Business Insider, Reuters, The Globe and Mail, and many other publications. InvestX has been a finalist for Wealthmanagement.com Awards, Benzinga Global fintech Awards, TradingTech Insight Awards USA, and Technical Analyst Awards 2021.

About the Role

InvestX is currently looking for an Intermediate Accountant to join our dynamic Finance Team in Vancouver. Reporting to the Director of Finance, this role will be primarily involved in the day-to-day accounting functions such as posting journal entries, reconciling accounts, managing accounts payable. This role will also be assisting the team on preparing monthly reporting packages, quarterly/annual financial statements and consolidations.

Location: Vancouver, BC

Responsibilities:

• Perform reconciliations of bank accounts, credit cards, journal entries
• Maintain and process Accounts Payables and Accounts Receivables
• Preparation of regular external filings, such as GST/HST/PST, WorkSafeBC
• Perform reporting and remittances and maintain bookkeeping
• Process payroll, sales commissions, and employee expense reports
• Preparation of working papers and perform required steps for each month-end financial statement closing cycle
• Assist with quarterly/annual financial statement preparation and consolidation
• Maintain Inventory and Marketable Securities schedule, perform monthly mark to market
• Assist with audit and preparation of fiscal year-end audit working papers
• Communicate regularly with other members of our company, our advisors and clients, government agencies and other third parties
• Other responsibilities and ad hoc requests as directed by the team

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in the related field is required
• 2 years of hands-on experience in an Accounting related role
• Working towards CPA designation would be an asset
• Excellent Excel skills and experience with using Quickbooks and other operating/accounting software
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and able to prioritize tasks
• Demonstrate ability to work collaboratively within a team and have excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to foster effective working relationships internally across the organization and externally
• Highly organized, with the ability to prioritize and multi-tasking, resilient under pressure
• Self-motivated, flexible and adaptable in a high performance and deadline oriented working culture
• Positive work ethic, ability to work independently whilst in a collaborative team environment

If this opportunity sounds like it is a good match with your skills, background and career direction, please apply through our Careers Page (https://www.investx.com/careers/) with your cover letter and resume.

InvestX welcomes applications from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples, indigenous peoples, visible minorities, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.

As a part of our commitment to health and safety, we have implemented various COVID-related health and safety requirements for our teams. These requirements may include sharing information in the firm’s vaccine record tool, vaccination or regular testing, mask wearing, social distancing and daily health checks. Requirements may change in the future with the evolving public health landscape. InvestX will consider accommodation requests.