Sr. E-commerce 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.
The Role
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.
Schedule & Languages
Minimum 6 hours of daily overlap with U.S. Central Time
Core hours: 9:00 AM–3:00 PM CT
Professional English proficiency required
What You'll Own
Accounts Payable & Vendor Management
Own the full AP cycle in NetSuite, including bill entry, coding, purchase order matching, approvals, and payment preparation.
Reconcile vendor statements, including high-volume international manufacturing partners.
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.
Accounts Receivable & Collections
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.
Month-End Close & Reconciliations
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.
Inventory, Landed Cost & Import Accounting
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.
Treasury & Financial Reporting Support
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.
Operational Finance Support
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.
Corporate card coding.
Vendor onboarding documentation, including W-9/W-8 forms and banking information.
Finance document and file management.
Vendor and customer master data in NetSuite.
SOP creation and maintenance for processes you own.
Systems You'll Use
NetSuite and Intuit — Current & future primary accounting ERP
Mercury — banking
Shopify — direct-to-consumer sales
Justworks — payroll
Asana — task and project management
Google Workspace
Excel & Google Sheets — advanced proficiency expected
What We're Looking For
Required Qualifications
5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including at least 2 years at a senior or supervisory level.
Proven full-cycle accounting experience. You have personally managed or owned a month-end close.
Experience with inventory accounting in a physical-product business, such as manufacturing, distribution, wholesale, or e-commerce.
Hands-on experience with NetSuite. Strong candidates with experience in another mid-market ERP such as Sage Intacct, Dynamics 365 Business Central, or SAP Business One may also be considered.
Professional written and spoken English fluency.
Comfortable communicating directly with U.S. vendors and customers.
Advanced Excel and Google Sheets skills, including lookups, pivot tables, large-file reconciliations, and complex workbooks.
Strong attention to detail and ability to independently investigate and resolve discrepancies.
Strongly Preferred
Experience with international imports, customs duties, tariffs, landed costs, and brokerage.
Exposure to asset-based lending, borrowing base certificates, eligibility testing, or covenant reporting.
Multi-entity or multi-currency accounting and consolidation experience.
Shopify or other e-commerce accounting experience.
Contador Público or equivalent local accounting qualification.
Experience working in a small or rapidly scaling company where you were responsible for executing the work, not simply reviewing it.
This Role May Not Be For You If...
You need every process to be fully documented before you can get started.
You prefer a narrowly defined accounting function.
You're uncomfortable working across AP, AR, close, inventory, and treasury.
You don't enjoy communicating directly with U.S. vendors and customers.
You prefer reviewing work rather than taking ownership of the underlying processes.
Much of the company's current processes are still being built and documented. The person joining this role will be expected to help create the structure as they take ownership.
What Success Looks Like in Your First 90 Days
First 30 Days
Learn the company's systems, processes, and general ledger.
Take ownership of AP entry and payment run preparation.
Produce a clean, accurate AP aging with written commentary.
Build relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
Days 31–60
Take full ownership of AR and collections.
Communicate directly with customers regarding outstanding balances.
Complete a supervised first pass of the month-end close.
Resolve outstanding unapplied cash and credits.
Days 61–90
Own the month-end close end to end.
Take ownership of the reconciliation package and borrowing base preparation.
Document AP and AR processes through clear SOPs.
Identify and present the first three process improvements you would prioritize.
Why Join?
This is an opportunity to join a lean, growing company where your work will have a direct impact on the business.
You'll work closely with finance leadership, gain exposure to areas of accounting that are often reserved for much larger organizations, and have the opportunity to build processes rather than simply inherit them.
The environment is collaborative, direct, and low on bureaucracy. The expectation is simple: take ownership, communicate proactively, and bring solutions—not just problems.
If you're a hands-on senior accounting professional who wants meaningful responsibility and room to grow into leadership, we'd love to hear from you.
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