Senior Accountant

Remote from LATAM | International Independent Contractor | $3,000–$4,000 USD/month About the Company

Our client is a fast-growing connected fitness equipment company specializing in innovative stair climbers and expanding its product line to include treadmills, performance equipment, and fitness accessories.

The company sells through multiple channels, including direct-to-consumer e-commerce, national retail partners, and commercial fitness accounts. With manufacturing overseas and products imported into the United States, the finance function involves inventory accounting, landed costs, customs duties, tariffs, multi-channel revenue, and lender reporting.

They are looking for a highly capable accounting professional who can take genuine ownership of the accounting function and grow with the business.

We are seeking a Senior Accountant with the level and title determined by experience.

Reporting directly to the VP of Finance, you will play a critical role in managing the company's day-to-day accounting operations, monthly close, AP, AR, inventory accounting, treasury support, and financial reporting.

This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys ownership and variety. You won’t simply review work completed by others—you’ll be responsible for doing the work, improving processes, identifying issues, and building documentation as the company scales.

For the right person, this role has the potential to grow into a finance leadership position with a team reporting into it over time
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• Minimum 6 hours of daily overlap with U.S. Central Time
• Core hours: 9:00 AM–3:00 PM CT
• Professional English proficiency required

• Own the full AP cycle in Net Suite, including bill entry, coding, purchase order matching, approvals, and payment preparation.
• Investigate and resolve vendor discrepancies.
• Maintain a clean and accurate AP aging.
• Follow up on missing invoices, credits, and overdue balances.
• Execute payment runs and maintain accurate remittance records.

• Own invoicing and cash application across direct-to-consumer, retail, and commercial channels.
• Manage collections and proactively follow up on past-due balances.
• Communicate directly with U.S. customer AP departments.
• Investigate and resolve unapplied payments and credits.
• Reconcile customer accounts and prepare statements as needed.
• Provide regular commentary on AR aging and collection activity.

• Manage the monthly close according to an established close calendar.
• Prepare accruals, prepaid amortization, fixed asset and depreciation entries, and recurring journal entries.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts, including bank, credit cards, AP, AR, inventory, and intercompany accounts.
• Ensure subledgers reconcile accurately to the general ledger.
• Prepare reconciliation packages with complete supporting documentation.
• Analyze and explain material month-over-month fluctuations.
• Continuously improve and streamline the close process.

• Record inventory receipts and match them against purchase orders and supplier invoices.
• Investigate receiving delays and discrepancies.
• Accurately calculate and allocate landed costs, including freight, customs duties, tariffs, and brokerage.
• Accrue and reconcile U.S. customs and tariff obligations.
• Maintain schedules of expected duty and tariff outflows.
• Reconcile inventory subledgers to the general ledger.
• Investigate inventory variances and support cycle counts and reserve analysis.

• Prepare recurring borrowing base certificates, including AR eligibility testing and supporting schedules.
• Assist with reporting required under the company's credit facility.
• Track covenant compliance dates and reporting requirements.
• Support the rolling 13-week cash forecast.
• Maintain AP and AR inputs and reconcile forecasts against actual results.
• Prepare daily and weekly cash position reporting across bank accounts.

As part of the seniority of this position, you'll also help remove administrative work from senior finance leadership by managing:

• Expense reports and receipt collection.
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