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CAD 120000–140000/yr

Controller

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About Lillio (formerly HiMama) and Our Mission: At Lillio (formerly HiMama), we are a mission driven business with the goal of empowering early childhood educators through innovative,

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About Lillio (formerly HiMama) and Our Mission:

At Lillio (formerly HiMama), we are a mission driven business with the goal of empowering early childhood educators through innovative, affordable tools that enable them to improve child outcomes, engage family members, and support continued professional growth for their staff. We are committed to serving the field as an authentic voice of the early childhood education (ECE) workforce, providing programs with all of the building blocks for high-quality early care and education and helping early educators focus on what matters most for children’s successful development and learning: relationships, play, creativity, and loving, nurturing caregiving. If you are excited about being part of an impact-driven business, focused on making a difference in the early childhood education industry, Lillio is the place for you.

Lillio is a Series B, private-equity backed company and we're proud to be part of the Bain Double Impact portfolio. Lillio is recognized as an industry leader, most recently selected in 2025 by Time Magazine as one of the world's top EdTech companies.

We’re looking for…

We are looking for a CPA-designated Corporate Controller to serve as the lead of Lillio’s Finance Operations machine during a pivotal phase of growth. You will be the owner of financial reporting, overseeing accounting operations for both our Canadian parent and US subsidiary. The ideal candidate will thrive in a growing SaaS company, helping to drive scalable, efficient financial infrastructure to manage our multi-entity, cross border operations and keep pace with the company’s growth.

The right candidate will be someone who sets a high bar, finding “flow” in perfectly reconciled accounts and finding ways to streamline processes, making our Finance organization work more efficiently. We’re looking for someone with a vision to automate the bottlenecks out of a 5 day close. If you are someone who thrives in the “building phase”, turning manual workflows into automated systems and data into actionable insights - we want to talk to you.

The Finance Team you’ll be joining…

The Accounting and Finance team at Lillio is a high-performing, agile team committed to the financial stewardship of Lillio’s business. They are focused on using financial information to drive strategic decision making. As a committed team, they are excited about driving process improvement, automation and the latest financial and accounting technology to ensure efficient and accurate reporting.

Own Close Process for Parent & Subsidiary

Prepare accurate monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements in accordance with ASPE for parent, subsidiary and consolidated entities.

Establish an efficient and timely close process to meet all reporting deadlines. Identify bottlenecks and implement automation or workflow adjustments without compromising quality.

Manage consolidation process, reconciling and eliminating all intercompany transactions across entities.

Responsible for Management of Annual Audit

Act as key contact for the annual audit team during field work.

Implement and maintain appropriate internal controls to ensure ASPE, tax and legal compliance and streamline cost and time of annual audit.

Oversee Accurate Revenue Recognition

Ensure accurate revenue recognition, overseeing calculation and posting of all revenue for three revenue streams.

Responsible for Cash Flow & Working Capital Management

Manage AR, AP and Inventory ensuring sufficient liquidity and cash flow to support operational needs.

Responsible for Treasury Operations across all Parent and Subsidiary accounts including ensuring appropriate internal controls in place. Identify financial risks, including currency fluctuations and operational risks, and develop and implement appropriate mitigation strategies.

Own Tax & Compliance Activities across Parent & Subsidiary

Oversee corporate tax filings across Canada and the US, including commodity, payroll and income tax ensuring all filings are timely and accurate.

Build Culture of Partnership to Support Cross Functional Teams

Collaborate with technology teams to identify, implement and optimize appropriate accounting software to improve quality and timeliness of financial reporting.

Act as Finance partner to key stakeholders People Operations (supporting payroll, as needed), RevOps (supporting Billing) and IT (supporting cost management). Partner with FP&A to conduct BvA and MoM variance analysis.

Support Growth Stage Scaling including Process Development & Improvement

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or a related field.

CPA designation required.

7-10+ years of experience in progressive Accounting/Finance roles, with at least 3 years in a Controller, Assistant Controller or Finance Manager role within a multi-entity, Canada / US environment.

Experience in growth-stage / scaling environments, specifically managing transition from manual processes to streamlined workflows and automated accounting systems.

Has worked with VC or PE backed businesses and familiar with requisite expectations and reporting standards.

Strong experience with applying GAAP (ASPE with IFRS a “nice to have”), including deep experience in revenue recognition in SaaS subscription / usage based business models including familiarity with key SaaS KPI’s (i.e. MRR, ARR, GDR, NDR and LTV).

Experience with Canadian commodity tax, as well as US Sales & Use Tax.

Possess a high standard for accuracy ensuring a high level of accuracy in reporting.

Proficiency in online accounting software (i.e. QBO and Xero), as well as with transition to ERP (i.e. Netsuite, Sage Intacct) and transition.

Strong Excel and Google Suite skills (advanced formulas and pivot tables).

Demonstrated ability to manage finance staff at growth stage companies and create a high performance culture by setting clear goals and expectations, mentorship and coaching to the team.

Experience building and implementing processes, internal controls and accounting software to streamline finance operations and reporting.

Experience with payroll and expense software in a SaaS environment, e.g. Float, Rippling.

Experience with companies in the manufacturing sector.

Experience with companies that have gone through an M&A process.

Familiarity with financial automation tools for streamlining accounting processes.

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Posted: February 20, 2026
First seen: March 26, 2026
Last seen: April 22, 2026

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Lillio (formerly HiMama) is a childcare technology platform designed to inform and engage parents about their children's well-being, learning, and development, while also streamlining administrative tasks for educators.

Employees

125

Founded

2013

Domain

lillio.com

Jobs

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Salary

CAD 120000–140000

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