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Accounting
for the Future●

We help your finance and accounting team reach their full potential

Business is being rewritten in real time. AI, automation, and modern enterprise software are collapsing decades-old workflows and most companies are struggling to keep pace.

Finance and accounting sit at the center of that transformation. Close cycles, reporting, controls, and forecasting are being re-architected from the ground up. Companies have a choice: embrace and implement these technologies and become the disruptor, or risk being the disrupted.

01 / Services

Three services.
One partner●

Experienced accountants with a tech-forward approach, working between strategy and operations. We diagnose, design, and implement the work the finance team can't get to. Three focused service lines, built to fit your organization.

01 Finance Transformation 02 Fractional CFO 03 Technology & AI Implementation RF Tap or hover a slice to explore →
01 / Service

Finance Transformation

Diagnose the bottlenecks in your finance and accounting operations, then design and implement the fix, without disrupting month-end.

  • Close acceleration & process redesign
  • Reporting overhauls (board, management, investor)
  • Internal controls & SOX readiness
  • Reconciliation & consolidation automation
  • Operating model & org design
Discreet · Non-disruptive Start a conversation →
02 / Service

Fractional CFO

Senior CFO firepower without the full-time hire. Bridge a transition, lead a transformation, or build the function out before bringing one in-house.

  • Strategic finance & FP&A buildout
  • Board & investor reporting
  • Fundraising & capital markets support
  • KPI framework & performance dashboards
  • Team hiring, scaling, and mentoring
Senior · Embedded Start a conversation →
03 / Service

Technology & AI Implementation

Pick the right platform, get it deployed cleanly, and put automation and AI to work in places that actually move the needle.

  • ERP selection & implementation support
  • CPM & planning tools
  • Close-management software
  • AI agents & workflow automation
  • Custom business applications
  • BI dashboards & data integration
Modern stack · Efficient Start a conversation →
Did you know?

Only 12% of Canadian businesses currently use AI — roughly 39% below the OECD average and 32% below the US average.

Statistics Canada · OECD · U.S. Federal Reserve · 2025

Most businesses run finance on systems built for a different era — the average ERP in use is ~20 years old, and 60%+ still depend on legacy platforms.

ERP industry research · 2025

A full-time CFO in Canada runs $400K+ a year all-in, and most companies can't justify one until they pass ~$25M in revenue. The need for senior finance leadership shows up long before the budget for it does.

Salary.com · Robert Half · 2025

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02 / About

Built from
Experience●

Joel Oakden, Founder of Rare Form
Joel Oakden Founder

Joel Oakden is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) with over 14 years in finance and accounting, the last decade in senior leadership as Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer and Group Controller. His experience spans various industries, where he has overseen multi-billion-dollar AUM platforms, accelerated monthly closes, deployed enterprise systems, and reported directly to boards and audit committees. His career began in public-practice audit.

Joel founded Rare Form to bring that same senior, technology-forward finance leadership to growing companies. He pairs deep technical accounting expertise across IFRS, US GAAP, and ASPE with the practical deployment of ERPs, automation, and AI-enabled technologies that make finance functions faster, more accurate, and ready to scale.

Where we work

Based in Greater Vancouver. Working with organizations across Canada.

Who we work with

Businesses at every stage — from start-ups through established enterprises.

Industries
Real estate Finance Professional services Public practice accounting Manufacturing Retail Not-for-profit

Let's get your finance
function operating in
RARE FORM●

Email info@rareformconsulting.ca