Financial Controller

About Portrait

Portrait is a healthcare technology company with marketplace, software and services revenue across multiple entities.

The role

You will own the company's books end to end: a close that lands on time, accurate numbers, and processes documented clearly enough for anyone on the team to follow.

• Title: Financial Controller
• Reports to: Finance Director
• Team: Leads a small remote accounting team and works with external accountants
• Works closely with: Leadership, Operations, Data and Engineering
• Location: Remote, Karachi, Pakistan (working hours: US Pacific time only)
• Type: Full-time

What you'll do

Close and reporting

• Own the month-end close across multiple entities and business lines, on a set timeline.
• Prepare monthly financial statements with clear variance commentary.
• Own balance sheet reconciliations, including bank, payment processor, card and intercompany accounts.

Revenue, costs and liabilities

• Record revenue and cost of goods sold in the correct period.
• Calculate monthly accruals, including vendor rebates, and true them up on settlement.
• Account for inventory, including goods in transit.
• Maintain customer credit, deposit and payout balances.

Controls

• Design and run internal controls over credits, discounts, approvals and adjustments.
• Oversee accounts payable, vendor terms and approval workflows.
• Support tax filings, valuations, lender reporting and audits.

Team and process

• Lead and develop the accounting team, with clear ownership, a written close checklist and documented procedures.
• Manage external accounting partners.
• Automate manual work using accounting systems, spreadsheets, data tools and AI.
• Partner with the data team so management reporting and the general ledger agree.

Your first 90 days

By day 90, you own the monthly close.

Days 1–30: learn the books

• Run a full close and map every step, owner and data source.
• Reconcile all balance sheet accounts.
• Assign a clear owner to every close task.

Days 31–60: build the foundations

• Document the close checklist and key procedures.
• Align reporting definitions with the data team.
• Strengthen controls over approvals and adjustments.

Days 61–90: own the close

• Close the books within an agreed timeline.
• Deliver a monthly reporting pack with variance commentary.
• Automate recurring manual work.

What you bring

• 7+ years in accounting, including 3+ as a controller, assistant controller or accounting manager.
• 2+ years leading a team, ideally a remote one.
• Ownership of a month-end close under US GAAP accrual accounting, preferably for more than one entity.
• Hands-on accounting for inventory, cost of goods sold and complex accruals.
• Advanced skills in cloud accounting software and spreadsheets.
• A track record of building or rebuilding a close process and documenting it.
• Daily use of automation and AI tools, with the discipline to check every output.
• Clear written English: you can explain a number in one short paragraph.

Nice to have

• Experience in a marketplace, e-commerce or distribution business.
• Experience with payment processors and spend management platforms.
• SQL, or experience pulling data from a data warehouse.
• A CPA, ACCA, CA or CMA qualification.
• Startup experience, including lender reporting and working with external accountants.