Join bioLytical at an exciting stage of growth as a General 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 oversees core general ledger activities, prepares financial statements, supports audit requests, and ensures the accuracy and completeness of financial reporting across multiple entities and currencies. You bring strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and a desire to further develop your technical accounting knowledge while working alongside a collaborative, high‑performing finance team. 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

• Complete full‑cycle month‑end close activities including preparing and posting journal entries, reviewing general ledger transactions, and ensuring accuracy across key balance sheet and income statement accounts.

• Prepare monthly financial statements and supporting schedules; analyze variances and provide insights to management regarding unusual trends or fluctuations.

• Maintain and reconcile more complex balance sheet accounts such as inventory, fixed assets, deferred revenue, prepaid expenses, accrued liabilities, goods received not invoiced, and intercompany accounts across multiple currencies.

• Support global payroll accounting by reviewing payroll journal entries, reconciling related GL accounts, validating statutory deductions, and ensuring payroll impacts are accurately reflected in the financials.

• Contribute and prepare working papers for quarterly reviews and annual audits; respond to auditor inquiries and ensure all schedules and reconciliations align with audit standards.

• Assist with indirect tax filings (GST/PST/HST, VAT, US State Sales Tax) and ensure timely submission of statutory remittances.

• Prepare and review sales reporting, including monthly sales reconciliations, commissions calculations, and related adjustments.

• Monitor inventory transactions and collaborate with Operations to ensure the accuracy of costing, COGS entries, freight allocations, and goods‑in‑transit accounts.

• Support system improvements, process documentation, and internal control enhancements to strengthen data integrity and operational efficiency.

• Review reconciliations prepared by junior team members and provide guidance where needed.

• Working proficiency of AR, AP modules and procedures.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Post‑secondary education in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA designation or CFE passer, graduate degree in Accounting, Finance program is considered an asset.

• 4–6 years of progressive accounting experience, including demonstrated ownership of full‑cycle accounting responsibilities.

• Solid understanding of multi-entity , multi‑currency environments, and financial statement preparation.

• Advanced proficiency in Excel (SQL, Macro, data analysis tools such as Power BI).

• Experience with ERP systems; experience with Syspro or similar ERP platforms is an asset.

• Experience in a manufacturing, distribution, or multi‑entity environment is an asset.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments.

• Proactive, detail‑oriented mindset with the ability to prioritize, take initiative, and drive tasks to completion with minimal supervision.

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:

$75,000-84,000

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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