// Open Role at Devoted Studios
Devoted Studios is a globally remote game development company specializing in Co-development, Porting, and End-to-End Art Production for the global gaming industry.
We collaborate across time zones to support projects on all major platforms, engines and styles - from AAA titles to emerging technologies. Our team includes world-class talents who bring deep expertise in external development, pipeline optimization, and creative problem-solving. Whether it’s porting games to new systems, enhancing gameplay features, or crafting stunning visuals, Devoted Studios operates as a trusted, flexible extension of our partners’ internal teams. We are proud to be the development partner of choice for industry leaders such as:
We are hiring a Financial Controller, Head of Accounting to own the company’s core controllership function.
This is a narrow, high-accountability controllership role. We want a strong finance operator with deep competence in controllership, financial close, financial and management accounting, reporting, and finance systems.
For matters outside the Controller’s core body of knowledge - such as country-specific tax, local statutory accounting, specialist compliance matters, ERP implementation support, or niche technical issues - the expectation is not that the Controller performs all of that work personally. The expectation is that the Controller remains accountable for the result by selecting, coordinating, and project-managing external specialists effectively, while leading the work to the results.
The right candidate is both a strong subject-matter professional in core finance and an effective manager of complex workstreams involving internal stakeholders and outsourced advisors.
You are a senior finance professional with strong controllership judgment, high ownership, and the maturity to manage complex outcomes through a mix of direct expertise and structured delegation. You are comfortable acting as the expert where the subject falls within your core remit, and acting as the accountable project manager where specialized external expertise is required.
You are practical, organized, and calm under pressure. You know how to turn ambiguous finance and compliance problems into managed workstreams with clear owners, deadlines, and outputs.
Requirements
10+ years of progressive experience in accounting, audit, and controllership.
Proven experience in a controllership or finance leadership role.
Prior management experience leading accounting staff and coordinating external service providers or advisors.
Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is strongly preferred; implementation or post-go-live optimization experience is strongly preferred.
Strong technical accounting knowledge under IFRS and/or US GAAP.
Experience with monthly close, reconciliations, controls, management reporting, and multi-entity accounting.
Experience in a project-based or services-based business environment is strongly preferred.
Strong Excel capability and comfort working with structured reporting models.
Excellent spoken and written English, with the ability to lead meetings, explain technical issues clearly, draft documentation, and communicate effectively with North American stakeholders.
Current residence in Canada and legal authorization to work in Canada.
Reliable ability to attend a GTA office / co-working location up to two times per week when requested.
Preferred qualifications
CPA, ACCA, or equivalent professional qualification (preferred, but not a requirement).
A Big 4 or comparable audit background is strongly preferred.
Experience supporting international operations across multiple jurisdictions.
Experience with intercompany accounting, payroll accounting, and consolidation.
Experience partnering with FP&A on management reporting and BI outputs.
What success looks like
In this role, success means:
a disciplined, predictable monthly close with high-quality, GAAP-compliant financial reporting;
strong control over project accounting and revenue recognition;
effective use of MS Excel and Dynamics 365 Business Central as core finance platforms;
high-quality coordination of external specialists where needed with timely tax compliance;
and an accounting department that is well organized, well documented, and is scalable.
Benefits
Why Join Us?
We offer:
This is a remote, full-time contractor position
We are an equal opportunity company and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for a contract without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.