What You'll Own
- Manage the general ledger, ensuring accurate and timely preparation of monthly and quarterly financial statements.
- Oversee core accounting functions including accounts payable, accounts receivable, vendor payments, and payroll (employees and contractors).
- Lead all aspects of tax compliance (corporate filings, GST/HST, IDMTC, SR&ED) and support external audits and government reporting.
- Track and manage cash flow, foreign exchange activity, and treasury operations to ensure liquidity and risk control.
- Maintain structured templates and systems (e.g., GL entries, vendor tracking, payroll, invoicing) to standardize finance workflows.
- Oversee revenue recognition and milestone billing for co-development and partnership contracts.
- Manage relationships with external auditors, tax advisors, and financial institutions to support ongoing compliance and reporting requirements.
- Continuously improve financial processes, ensuring scalability, accuracy, and control as the company grows.
Required Experience
CPA designation (or equivalent) strongly preferred.
5+ years of progressive finance or accounting experience, ideally in a project-based or creative production environment, external audit experience would also be beneficial.
Demonstrated experience in managing compliance programs, tax filings, and financial audits.
Advanced proficiency in accounting software and financial systems (e.g., ERP tools, QuickBooks, or NetSuite).
Strong analytical skills with a hands-on approach to data integrity and financial process improvement.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills—especially when working cross-functionally with producers, operations, and leadership teams.
Nice to Have
Background in gaming, media, entertainment, or creative production
Experience improving systems and workflows in scaling organizations
Experience supporting executive or board-level reporting
Familiarity with milestone-based revenue models and co-development structures
Ideal Candidate Profile
Financially fluent but operationally-minded
Systems-driven and detail-oriented
A relationship builder
Comfortable driving accountability without authority
Calm in complexity and ambiguity
Skilled at navigating personalities and maintaining trust
Motivated to build scalable processes rather than operate reactively
Skills Required
- CPA designation (or equivalent)
- 5+ years of progressive finance or accounting experience
- Experience managing compliance programs, tax filings, and financial audits
- Advanced proficiency in accounting software and financial systems (ERP tools, QuickBooks, NetSuite)
- Strong analytical skills and experience improving financial processes and data integrity
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Legally eligible to work in Canada and reside within Canada
- Experience in project-based or creative production environments or external audit experience
- Familiarity with milestone-based revenue models and co-development revenue recognition
- Experience supporting executive or board-level reporting
What We Do
Blackbird Interactive (BBI) is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent studio - behind such games as Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak, Hardspace: Shipbreaker, and the upcoming Homeworld 3, Minecraft Legends, and Crossfire: Legion. Founded by Rob Cunningham, Yossarian King, and Aaron Kambeitz in 2010, the award-winning Vancouver studio boast its own internal CG cinematics department, led by the founder of Pixar Canada, and has also been involved in various game-adjacent projects over the years - such as Project Eagle with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and other initiatives with the eatART Foundation and Sanctuary AI.
