Controller (International, Remote)

About the role

The company. A fractional finance and accounting firm that acts as the finance department for fast-growing US healthcare and technology companies. Clients run several entities and sites, so accuracy, speed and clear communication matter as much as technical skill.

The role. You are the senior accounting owner across the client portfolio. You run each month-end close, review the accounting team's work, and sign off on financial statements before they reach client leadership. You also build the controls and checklists that take the founders out of day-to-day review.

Location and hours. Fully remote. You must overlap with US Pacific Time at least 4 hours every working day (about 7:00–11:00 am PT), with more overlap during the first week of each month.

Reporting line. Reports to a company founder and works closely with the reporting and forecasting lead.

What you will do
Own the month-end close

• Run the close on a 7-business-day target with a 5-day expense cutoff, using a close calendar and checklist you maintain.
• Review bank, credit card and balance sheet reconciliations. Sign off on accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, and payroll and benefits liabilities.
• Review recurring and manual journal entries before posting, including payroll, benefits, PEO, accrued payroll and PTO, lease and revenue entries.
• Reconcile intercompany balances so each entity's receivable matches the related entity's payable.
• Prepare or review the close workbook: consolidated P&L and balance sheet, trended balance sheet commentary, and month-over-month and vendor variance analysis.
  

Technical accounting

• Apply US GAAP, including ASC 842 leases (schedules, straight-line expense, CAM) and ASC 606 revenue recognition for contract and per-member-per-month revenue.
• Resolve questions from clients, auditors and tax preparers, and document the positions taken.
• Clean up legacy balances: stale accrued revenue, credit memos, duplicate or uncleared bill payments, and negative liabilities.
  

Review and coach the team

• Review the daily output of staff accountants and bookkeepers in other time zones, with written feedback that is specific and kind.
• Keep review workbooks current so every open item has an owner and a status.
• Set coding standards by department, location and class, and keep the chart of accounts consistent across entities.
  

Reporting and controls

• Deliver monthly financial packages to client leadership on schedule and join client finance reviews when needed.
• Support the weekly cash flow forecast and forecast-to-actual variance commentary.
• Document and improve controls: expense and card policy, receipts, approval workflows, vendor payments (Bill.com, Brex) and segregation of duties.
• Find where AI and automation can remove manual close steps, and run the pilots.
  

What we are looking for
Required

• 7+ years of accounting experience, including 3+ years as a Controller, Assistant Controller or Senior Accounting Manager.
• Strong US GAAP knowledge. CPA or an equivalent (ACCA, CA) preferred.
• Hands-on multi-entity closes in QuickBooks Online, and comfort with Bill.com, Brex or a similar spend platform and a payroll system such as Rippling.
• Experience reviewing payroll journal entries, benefits and PEO accounting, and accrued payroll and PTO.
• Advanced Google Sheets or Excel: pivots, lookups, reconciliations and variance analysis.
• Excellent written English and the ability to explain a variance to a non-accountant.
• Reliable internet, a quiet workspace, and a schedule that meets the Pacific Time overlap.

Strongly preferred

• Experience with healthcare or technology companies.
• Experience in an outsourced, fractional or agency accounting firm serving several clients.
• Familiarity with Fathom, Coefficient or similar reporting tools, and with AI tools in accounting workflows.
• Experience with multi-location (site-level) profitability reporting.
  

How we will measure success

• Each client's close finishes on the published calendar, with a 7-business-day target.
• Fewer than 5 transaction errors per review cycle across the team.
• Reconciliations and review workbooks have no unexplained items at sign-off.
• The founders are no longer the first line of review.