Controller (QuickBooks Expert)

Job Title: Controller (QuickBooks Expert)
Location: Remote – Latin America (Strong overlap with U.S. Eastern business hours required)
Type of Contract: Full-Time | Remote
Salary Range: Approximately $4,000 USD/month (commensurate with experience)
Language Requirements: Professional English (written and spoken)

Our client is seeking a skilled Controller with strong experience managing month-end close, accounts payable, and e-commerce accounting operations to join their growing team. You will play a key role in owning the full accounting cycle, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting while maintaining a reliable accounts payable process. Your work will directly impact leadership's ability to make informed financial decisions based on accurate, trusted financial statements.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the complete month-end close process, delivering accurate financial statements within 10–12 business days.
• Manage bank, credit card, marketplace, and payment processor reconciliations using QuickBooks Online, ensuring proper account classification and accuracy.
• Maintain recurring journal entries, accruals, depreciation schedules, deferred revenue, customer deposits, clearing accounts, and other balance sheet reconciliations.
• Own the accounts payable process from vendor onboarding through invoice processing, PO matching, statement reconciliations, and ACH/wire payment execution.
• Prepare and distribute monthly financial reporting packages, including the P&L, Balance Sheet, Trial Balance, Cash Flow Statement, General Ledger, and key performance metrics.
• Coordinate payroll reconciliations, sales tax reconciliations, annual 1099 preparation, and support year-end reporting alongside external CPA partners.
• Collaborate with finance leadership by providing accurate accounting data, maintaining accounting controls, and continuously improving accounting processes.

Must-Have Qualifications

• 3+ years of progressive accounting experience with direct ownership of month-end close and accounts payable, preferably as a Controller, Assistant Controller, Senior Accountant, or Accounting Manager.
• Advanced proficiency in QuickBooks Online, including reconciliations, journal entries, adjustments, and financial close activities.
• Hands-on experience managing multiple bank accounts, credit cards, accruals, prepaid expenses, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Strong accounts payable expertise, including vendor onboarding, purchase order matching, statement reconciliations, and executing ACH and wire payments.
• Experience working with financial data generated from reporting systems or data warehouses to support accounting operations.
• Excellent attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to independently manage sensitive financial information.
• Professional English communication skills with reliable availability during U.S. Eastern business hours.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in e-commerce or multi-channel retail accounting, including Amazon settlements, payment processors, deferred revenue, and marketplace clearing accounts.
• Familiarity with tools such as BigQuery, Synder, Fathom, Duoplane, Deel, TaxJar, Resolve, Stripe, PayPal, and Mercury.
• Experience transitioning accounting operations from outsourced bookkeeping or fractional CFO services to an internal finance function.
• Comfortable leveraging automation and AI tools to improve accounting workflows and operational efficiency.
• Experience supporting fast-growing businesses with high transaction volumes and modern cloud-based accounting systems.