Manager, Financial Reporting

Purpose Unlimited • Toronto, ON

11d • Hybrid

About The Position

Purpose Unlimited is an independent financial services company focused on customer-centric innovation through technology-driven solutions. The company is building a diversified product platform to serve historically underserved market segments. Its businesses include Purpose Investments, Advisor Solutions by Purpose, and Driven. Purpose Investments is an asset management company with over $20 billion in assets under management, offering innovative, simple, intuitive, and affordable investment products.

This role is for a current opening and involves leading the production of financial statements and regulatory filings for the full Purpose fund lineup, leveraging AI-augmented workflows, and ensuring compliance with Canadian financial reporting standards.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of investment fund accounting or financial reporting experience within the Canadian market.
• Deep working knowledge of NI 81-106, IFRS as applied to Canadian investment funds, and SEDAR+ filing requirements.
• CPA designation (or actively enrolled in the CPA program with a clear timeline to completion).
• Demonstrated experience owning a regulatory filing cycle end-to-end – not supporting it.
• Applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AI-assisted financial reporting tools or workflow automation (Copilot, custom Python scripts, RPA) – you don’t need to have built them, but you need to have used and questioned them.
• CFA designation or progress toward it, demonstrating investment product fluency beyond accounting.
• Experience supporting fund launches, prospectus filings, or cross-border fund structures.
• Track record of proactively improving a reporting process, not just executing it.
• Familiarity with agentic AI tools or workflow automation in a finance or compliance context.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Annual and Semi-Annual Financial Statements and MRFPs across the full Purpose fund lineup, on time and defect-free, every cycle.
• Lead production of Fund Facts, ETF Facts, and Quarterly Portfolio Disclosures – from AI-assisted first draft to final regulatory filing.
• Drive SEDAR+ submissions and investor disclosure dissemination with zero missed deadlines.
• Oversee and improve the AI-augmented reporting workflows your team relies on, escalating systemic issues and identifying automation opportunities.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation of AI-assisted processes, ensuring human review and sign-off is embedded at every critical control point.
• Serve as the fund operations team’s subject matter expert on financial reporting standards under NI 81-106 and IFRS.
• Partner with product, legal, and compliance teams on prospectus renewals, fund launches, and ad hoc regulatory requirements – delivering expert input that accelerates timelines, not slows them.
• Support board reporting and corporate fund management reporting, including board meeting participation where required.
• Build and maintain the external partner relationships (administrators, auditors, legal counsel) that are essential to the company’s regulatory standing.
• Own the integrity of Purpose’s fund financial statements and regulatory filings.
• Exercise professional judgment where accounting standards meet real-world ambiguity in Canadian investment fund structures.
• Lead and develop the relationships with external auditors, fund administrators, and legal counsel that determine how smoothly our filing cycles run.
• Translate regulatory complexity into clear guidance for product, compliance, and leadership teams who depend on your expertise.
• Govern AI outputs – reviewing, validating, and improving the automated processes that support your team’s work.
• Drive continuous improvement in reporting infrastructure, identifying where AI can go further and where human judgment must remain central.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation including equity program.
• Comprehensive group health and dental benefits and life insurance at little to no cost to you.
• Lifestyle Spending Account for all your wellness needs.
• Flexible paid time-off policy with flexible vacation days, and flexible sick and mental health days.
• Paid parental leave for eligible employees with a top-up.
• Generous Group RRSP matching and an optional TFSA program.
• Training opportunities and tuition support year-round.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager