Purpose Unlimited is an independent financial services company with an unrelenting focus on customer-centric innovation, delivered through technology-driven solutions. Led by entrepreneur Som Seif, the company is developing a diversified product platform aimed at addressing historically underserved segments of the market. Purpose Unlimited’s businesses include Purpose Investments, Advisor Solutions by Purpose, and Driven.
Who is Purpose Investments?
Purpose Investments is an innovation- driven asset management company with over $20 billion under management, offering both managed and quantitative investment products. Much of what is available to the average Canadian investor today is outdated and expensive. Purpose Investments’ goal is to constantly innovate, and make investing simple, intuitive and affordable for everyone.
Vacancy Status: This is for a current opening.
Compensation: $120,000 - $135,000
Job Description
Responsibilities: What you will do/ What you will own
Regulatory Reporting Excellence
- 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
Reporting Infrastructure & AI Governance
- 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
Cross-Functional Leadership
- 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
What success looks like in your first year
- Zero regulatory filing misses. Every Fund Facts, ETF Facts, MRFP, and financial statement delivered on schedule across all Purpose funds, with no material restatements
- Reporting cycle time reduced by 20%+. Working with the team and leveraging AI tooling, you have measurably shortened the end-to-end production cycle for at least one major annual filing
- AI governance embedded. You have documented and operationalized human review controls over all automated reporting workflows, satisfying audit requirements and internal standards
- Trusted cross-functional partner. Product, compliance, and legal teams regard you as the go-to voice on fund financial reporting – proactively engaged, not reactive
- Pipeline ready. You’ve identified and begun developing your successor capability within the fund operations team, demonstrating the Owner’s Mindset that Purpose promotes from
What AI does so you don’t have to
Purpose is committed to deploying AI across every workflow where it outperforms manual effort. In this role, that means you will inherit – and continue to build – an AI-augmented reporting stack. Specifically, AI will handle:
- First-pass data aggregation across fund accounting systems, eliminating manual pull-and-paste cycles
- Automated anomaly detection in fund NAVs, flagging exceptions before they become problems
- Draft generation of standard regulatory filings (Fund Facts, ETF Facts, QPDs) from structured data sources
- Regulatory change monitoring, surfacing relevant CSA, OSC, and SEDAR updates requiring human review
- Template management for financial statements, leaving you to review, interpret, and approve – not build from scratch
What only you can do
This is the role’s irreplaceable core – the judgment, relationships, and accountability that AI cannot replicate:
- Own the integrity of Purpose’s fund financial statements and regulatory filings – your name, your accountability
- 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
Qualifications: What you will bring
- 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
What will set you apart
- 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
How this role connects to what we believe
Owner’s Mindset – You treat Purpose’s regulatory standing as if it were your own firm’s. You do not wait to be told something is off – you find it first.
Innovation – You actively push to make the reporting function smarter and faster. Maintaining the status quo is not success in this role.
Client Focus – Accurate, timely disclosure is a direct service to every Canadian investor who holds a Purpose fund. That is your client.
Why should you join us?
- We are one of Canada's Top Small & Medium Employers' 2023 & 2024.
- We believe in innovation and a vibrant culture - work for an innovative, people-first, financial services firm that values entrepreneurialism.
- We believe in a flexible work structure – A flexible hybrid work model that empowers you to do your best work whether at home or the office.
- We care about your rewards - Competitive compensation including equity program.
- We care about your health – comprehensive group health and dental benefits and life insurance at little to no cost to you. We also offer a Lifestyle Spending Account for all your wellness needs.
- We care about your quality of life - a flexible paid time-off policy covering vacation, sick, and mental health days.
- We care about your family - Paid parental leave for eligible employees with a top-up.
- We care about your future – Generous Group RRSP matching and an optional TFSA program.
- We care about your development – We offer training opportunities and tuition support year-round.
Purpose Investments is an equal employer, and we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and barrier-free work environment for all employees and candidates. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply and if accommodation is required during any stage of the recruitment process, please contact any member of the People and Culture team at
[email protected]. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
Our work philosophy is a hybrid model allowing for flexibility and collaboration.
Applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada. Immigration sponsorship is not offered for this role.
We may use artificial intelligence technology to assist in screening, assessing, or selecting applicants for this position. Final hiring decisions are made by qualified human reviewers.
