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Transaction truth
Stripe, Snap, BlueSnap, cash, ledger, lender reporting
Reconciles payment processors, settlements, cash movement, and reporting outputs until the accounting system matches the operating reality.
CPA FINANCE LEADER SYSTEMS BUILDER
Adam Jurgens
I make the numbers, systems, and weird edge cases agree.
Controller at Elective · former Clearco, Brookfield, Deloitte + BlackBerry · Vancouver, BC
Operating data → decisions
The finance function, built as a production line.
Six source systems feed eight controlled stations. The factory standardizes, posts, reconciles, adjusts, reviews, and consolidates the books—then splits one trusted ledger into Financial Reporting, FP&A, and Tax output lines.
12,842 transactions6 source systems8 production stations3 output lines
The operating system
A finance brain with a builder's tolerance for messy inputs.
I build finance infrastructure that turns chaotic operating data into numbers people can trust, decisions they can defend, and workflows the team can actually sustain.
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Reporting intelligence
AI-assisted analysis, explanations, and review
Builds reporting workflows that connect source data, reconciliations, statements, and narrative—then adds AI where it makes the team faster and the output easier to trust.
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Automation layer
Power Query, SQL review, Python, AI tooling
Uses technical leverage where finance teams usually accept manual work: explanations, checks, reconciliations, imports, and recurring review workflows.
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Builder mode
AI products, games, drone maps, ventures
Ships outside finance too, which keeps the work practical: build the thing, get it into the world, learn from the real constraints.
Experience
Built in finance environments where the margin for hand-waving is zero.
The career arc runs from controls and audit foundations into fintech operating finance, with a bias toward making the reporting machine faster and clearer.
2025 - PresentVancouver, BC
Controller
Elective
Building the finance function and operating cadence for a Learn Now, Pay Later fintech.
Signal
First finance leader
- Built an integrated reporting workflow across source data, Power Query, reconciliations, financial statements, and AI-assisted analysis.
- Owns transaction-level Stripe, Snap, and BlueSnap reconciliation through settlement, ledger, cash, and lender reporting.
- Initiates weekly ACH/EFT flows up to $1M+ and builds internal AI tools for spreadsheet explanation and reconciliation work.
2021 - 2025Vancouver, BC
Finance Manager
Clearco
Led finance work through a larger Series C fintech environment with complex revenue products and IPO-readiness expectations.
Signal
Scaled fintech finance
- Improved reconciliation workflows, audit documentation, recurring reporting quality, and finance systems discipline.
- Worked across merchant cash advances, revenue-share collections, credit facility drawdowns, IFRS reporting, and FP&A.
- Worked in Sage Intacct and FloQast across close, reporting, and audit-readiness workflows.
2018 - 2021Toronto, ON
Senior Financial Analyst
Brookfield Asset Management
Worked on a global infrastructure fund in a lean reporting environment where accuracy, controls, and deadlines mattered.
Signal
$9B fund
- Prepared consolidated US GAAP financial statements for 10 consecutive quarters with 100% on-time submission.
- Co-managed fund reporting, liquidity, budgeting, variance analysis, and KPI packages across 10+ portfolio entities.
2015 - 2018Toronto / Waterloo
Audit, SOX, ERP foundations
Deloitte + BlackBerry
Built the technical accounting and controls base before moving into operating finance leadership.
Signal
Controls base
- Audited private companies under IFRS, US GAAP, and ASPE at Deloitte.
- Evaluated SOX controls and supported ERP transition testing from SAP to NetSuite at BlackBerry.
Artifacts
Proof that the builder part is not theoretical.
Products, teams, games, travel ventures, and web experiments. The connecting tissue is range plus follow-through.
Drone and 3D
Maps, scans, and the habit of turning place into data.
Drone work and photogrammetry sit in the same family as finance systems: collect messy inputs, structure them, and make the result explorable.
Credentials and toolkit
Accounting depth, technical leverage, and enough weird projects to be useful.
Formal finance training matters. So does the willingness to build the workflow when the existing process is too slow.
CPA Ontario
Master of Accounting, University of Waterloo
Bachelor of Accounting and Financial Management, University of Waterloo
Governor General's Academic Award
Finance systems
Sage IntacctFloQastSAPNetSuiteStripeSnapBlueSnap
Automation
Power QuerySQLPythonTypeScriptReactNext.jsAI tooling
Accounting depth
US GAAPIFRSASPESOXAuditControlsFP&A
Contact
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