Financial Controller, Independent Contractor

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Philippines.

📋 Description

• Oversee the monthly closing calendar, quality benchmarks, query queue, settlement reconciliation, consolidated group P&L, inventory audits, and year-end documentation.

• Manage indirect tax compliance across US sales tax, German VAT, UK VAT under Making Tax Digital, Canadian GST, and Australian BAS.

• Maintain a filing schedule, prepare data for external firms, reconcile filings with the books, and document any discrepancies.

• Generate daily channel P&L, weekly sales reports, and monthly P&L analysis, including an executive summary, KPI scorecard, and product/range performance reports.

• Conduct pricing assessments, margin validation, aged stock markdown analysis, channel contribution evaluations, and assessments of third-party logistics costs.

• Update and validate landed costs on a monthly basis and resolve known cost discrepancies.

• Create standard operating procedures for recurring tasks, an access map, and a file for audit readiness.

• Assume responsibility for daily and weekly reports, document the closing process, execute landed-cost updates, and generate the consolidated group P&L without CEO involvement.

• Develop FX conventions, SKU mappings, recommendations for US state tax registrations, and discount structures with margin floors.

• Report directly to the CEO and collaborate with the external bookkeeping firm as well as Australian tax advisors.

⛳️ Requirements

• CPA or CA qualified, with experience at the manager or assistant manager level in a Big 4 audit or advisory firm, or equivalent industry depth.

• Experience in multi-entity, multi-currency reporting, including consolidating entities with varying start dates and establishing a defensible approach to FX management.

• Strong close discipline involving calendars, working papers, reconciliations, variance tolerance, and maintaining standards for external bookkeepers.

• Knowledge of indirect tax regulations across multiple jurisdictions, including coordination with external firms and understanding of controls over outsourced filings.

• Comfortable with hands-on responsibilities before delegating; will build and manage the function in the first year.

• Exceptional writing skills for creating executive summaries that are engaging and actionable.

• Located in the Philippines.

• Must be able to work as an independent contractor.

• Daily availability that overlaps with the Australian morning hours.

• Experience in e-commerce or consumer goods, familiarity with Power BI or similar modeling tools, exposure to inventory-heavy businesses and landed-cost analysis, and knowledge of Australian tax are beneficial but not mandatory.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation based on experience, billed monthly in US dollars.

• An annual bonus structure aligned with the rest of our remote team.

• Fully remote position, offering flexibility in daily availability rather than fixed office hours.

• A formal performance review at six months to discuss performance, potential transition to a permanent role, and possible expansion of responsibilities.

• A clear progression path beyond the first year — the opportunity to advance to Head of Finance with a supporting team or focus on transaction readiness; your input will be valued in this decision.

• Direct reporting line to the CEO.

• Work checked by an external bookkeeping firm at each closing and audited annually by Australian tax advisors.