Join bioLytical at an exciting stage of growth as a Senior Accountant, where your expertise will help strengthen the financial foundation of a rapidly expanding, award‑winning medical diagnostics company. Reporting to the Controller, this role offers a unique opportunity to take ownership of complex accounting, consolidated reporting, audit leadership, and regulatory compliance within a fast‑paced manufacturing environment. You are a trusted financial partner to the business—bringing rigor, insight, and sound judgment to month‑end close, cash forecasting, tax, and inventory accounting—while helping scale systems and controls to support continued global expansion. If you excel in environments that value accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement, bioLytical offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact while growing your career.

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE

• Lead the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual consolidated reporting package in accordance with IFRS or US GAAP
• Analyze complex accounting issues, research and summarize financial analysis and provide recommendations of accounting treatment in accordance with IFRS
• Prepare filings for US and Canadian Corporate Income Tax while responding to all external inquiries
• Perform monthly bank reconciliation, monitor bank balance and manage cash forecast
• File monthly, quarterly and annual bank covenant reports and all VAT, GST/HST, US State Sales and US tax returns while maintaining accuracy of customer exemptions
• Support month-end close by reviewing and posting complex journal entries, accruals, allocations and other duties as assigned
• Monitor monthly inventory balances and related Cost of Goods Sold account to ensure accuracy and completeness
• Update monthly actual to budgets and liaise with department partners to ensure coding is accurate and any variances are reasonable
• Coordinate and claim R&D tax incentives and government funding
• Lead quarterly interim reviews and annual audit
• Submit all statutory and regulatory filings as required in Canada and USA

WHAT YOU BRING

• A CPA designation with experience in audit and tax
• Post-secondary education in business administration, accounting, finance or equivalent
• Strong knowledge of accounting standards such as IFRS, application of standards and overall financial statement presentation
• Previous experience using large ERP systems
• Experience working with numerous share capital and stock options
• Proficiency with MS Office with an emphasis on Excel (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams)
• Previous manufacturing experience with exposure to complex Bill of Materials (BOMS) is ideal
• Experience working in a public company is preferred
• Experience with tax software (Avalara), US sales tax and US GAAP is considered an asset

WHAT WE OFFER

• A competitive compensation package
• Extended health benefits including dental - 100% employer contribution
• Flexible working hours
• Paid sick days
• Bonus day off with pay on your birthday every year!
• Full-size in-house fitness gym and shower facilities
• Complimentary reserved parking
• Opportunity to work with industry experts who are motivated and passionate about what they do but know how to have some fun
• A chance to show off your dance moves and singing voice at the company parties and jump in to score a victory or lead the way in our outdoor games at the summer barbeques
• The opportunity to join an ‘off the charts’ foodie culture in our large kitchen and try out your favourite recipes or enjoy the culinary delights as they hit the share table

The annual base salary for this job ranges from:

$85,000-95,000

bioLytical's pay range is based on multiple factors including experience, education, job-related skills, and equity within the team or organization.

About bioLytical

bioLytical Laboratories Inc. is a privately-owned Canadian company focused on the research, development and commercialization of rapid in-vitro medical diagnostics using its proprietary INSTI® technology platform. bioLytical has won several local and industry awards, including BC Exporter of the Year in 2019 and the Globe and Mail’s Fastest Growing Companies list in 2020. We have been named Lifesciences BC’s Growth Stage Med Tech Company of the Year and have been featured on BC’s Fastest Growing Companies six years in a row. bioLytical moved to a significantly larger, state-of-the-art facility in Richmond in 2020 to accommodate the extraordinary growth achieved through our team.

CORE VALUES

INNOVATION in what we do, how we do it and how we think: Contributes new ideas, challenges the status quo, takes the initiative on projects.

NEVER SAY NEVER : Stays engaged until the goal is reached or project is completed. Overcomes barriers. Cares so much about the task at hand that the impossible is made possible.

SENSATIONAL to our clients, to our partners, to each other: Spirited team player, who adapts to new situations quickly and is beyond reliable.

TAKES OWNERSHIP of goals, decisions, actions, and results: Arrives on time and prepared, leads by example, follows through on commitments.

INSPIRED to excel: Demonstrates a passion for INSTI, our people and our projects. Is not complacent, shares knowledge freely, exhibits awareness of self, their surroundings, and the business.

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