Controller, Client Accounting

Fostr Talent is a boutique remote staffing company that connects exceptional professionals with high-growth North American SMBs. We specialize in placing expert contractors in operations, customer support, marketing, technical, and finance roles—enabling our clients to scale without the overhead.

Our client is a boutique CFO Advisory firm supporting high-growth, entrepreneurial companies. They're hiring a Controller to run month-end close and manage their offshore accounting team across a portfolio of growing businesses.

This isn't a data-entry role. You'll make judgment calls on revenue recognition, accruals, and multi-entity accounting in real time. You'll own the close calendar, audit the offshore team's work, and handle the financial anomalies that pop up when clients scale fast.

Your job is to free up the Managing Director from accounting firefighting so they can focus on advisory work and growth.

Hours:

9AM-5PM EST

Compensation Range: USD $19-20/hour (40 hours per week)

• Own month-end close end-to-end across all client entities
• Review and approve journal entries, reconciliations, and coding before posting
• Make final calls on accruals, revenue recognition, and intercompany transactions
• Maintain consistent accounting standards across a multi-entity, multi-client portfolio
• Directly manage offshore AP/AR and bookkeeping staff
• Build clear workflows that reduce ambiguity and operational friction
• Identify work beyond offshore capabilities and either reassign or execute it yourself
• Partner with the Managing Director on client accounts
• Jump on client calls when needed to translate business context into accounting workflows
• Flag financial risks and process gaps before they become problems
• Maintain weekly cash flow forecasts and reconciliation models
• Keep vendor and customer master files clean and standardized
• Use AI tools and automation to streamline close workflows

• 5+ years of accounting experience, with at least 1-2 years managing staff or reviewing work product
• Full-cycle general ledger ownership through financial statement delivery
• Remote or advisory experience supporting North American clients
• Multi-entity or multi-client background (professional services, rollups, holding companies, agency models)
• Advanced Quick Books Online + expert Excel (XLOOKUP, pivot tables, reconciliation modeling)
• Experience with Ramp or similar spend management systems
• Hands-on experience automating workflows with AI tools
• Nice to have: CPA, experience with digital marketing data stacks (Ringba, Call Grid, Everflow)

• Managing Director redirected from close review and troubleshooting to FP&A, M&A diligence, and growth
• Clients experience seamless closes with zero reporting disruption—even through rapid operational changes

This is a direct hire role with our client. Fostr Talent manages the placement and onboarding process—we're here to make sure both sides are set up for success.