Financial Controller

Financial Controller — Multi-Brand Consumer Operator

About the Role

We are a multi-brand consumer operator with retail (Target), DTC, TikTok Shop, Amazon, and wholesale channels. We are hiring a full-time, remote Financial Controller based in the Philippines to own the financial operating system across our brands. This role reports directly to the founder and is the financial backbone of the business.

You will not be negotiating with vendors, retailers, or lenders. You will be the source of truth for what we spent, what we made, what we owe, and what we have, and you will build the reports that let us make decisions fast.

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What You Will Own

Financial Model and Reporting
- Maintain a rolling financial model covering DTC, TikTok Shop, Amazon, wholesale, and any new channels we launch
- Daily true profit report from the prior day, by channel and SKU
- Weekly KPI snapshot for the founder: cash, MER, channel contribution margin, inventory weeks on hand
- Monthly P&L with variance commentary against the model
- Gross-to-net revenue reporting after discounts, returns, chargebacks, and platform fees

Cash and Working Capital
- 13-week rolling cash flow forecast
- AP and AR aging with active collections from wholesale buyers
- Vendor payment scheduling against cash availability
- Management of loans, lines of credit, and factor financing facilities

Inventory and COGS
- SKU-level landed COGS (product, freight, duties, inbound 3PL)
- Inventory forecasting against demand by channel
- Per-channel and per-SKU contribution margin
- Standard vs actual cost variance
- Gifting and sample inventory reconciliation so units leaving for marketing do not look like shrinkage

Marketplace and Channel Reconciliation
- Amazon Seller Central settlement reconciliation (fees, FBA, returns, reserves)
- TikTok Shop payout reconciliation
- Shopify payout to GL matching
- Refund and return reserves by channel
- Retail deductions and chargebacks: track, categorize, and queue disputes for the ops team to file

Marketing Spend Reporting
- Daily ad spend pulled fro ---------- ta, TikTok, Google, and Amazon Ads into the model
- Reconcile platform-reported spend against credit card statements
- Track agency fees separately from working media so we see real working vs non-working spend
- Affiliate and creator commission tracking (LTK, ShareASale, TikTok Shop affiliate, custom codes)
- SaaS spend categorization and a renewal calendar so nothing auto-renews unnoticed

Influencer and Gifting
- Track contracted deliverables against payments to creators
- 1099 tracking for US creators paid over $600 per year
- Usage rights renewal calendar so we do not run ads with expired licenses
- Gifting cost tracking: product COGS, shipping, and a gifting CAC against attributable revenue or earned content value
- 1099 implications for high-value product gifts to a single creator

Close, Books, and Compliance
- 10-day month-end close
- Bank and credit card reconciliations
- Inventory accounting and COGS journal entries
- Multi-state sales tax compliance (TikTok Shop and DTC create nexus exposure quickly)
- Year-end 1099 preparation
- Clean books hand-off to our US CPA at year end

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Requirements

- 5+ years of accounting or finance experience
- 2+ years working with a US-based company
- QuickBooks Online proficiency (NetSuite is a plus)
- Experience with A2X, Settle, or a similar marketplace reconciliation tool
- Strong Google Sheets or Excel modeling skills
- Working knowledge of US GAAP
- Clear written English, comfortable on async Slack and weekly Zoom calls
- Able to walk us through how you would reconcile an Amazon settlement or dispute a Target deduction

Bonus Points

- Prior CPG, beauty, or food and beverage clients
- Familiarity with Shopify, TikTok Shop Seller Center, and Amazon Seller Central
- Experience with Triple Whale, Northbeam, or a similar analytics platform
- Multi-entity accounting experience

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Out of Scope

- Negotiating with vendors, retailers, or lenders
- Tax filing (handled by our US CPA)
- HR and payroll administration

Logistics

- Full-time, remote, Philippines-based
- Overlap of at least 3 hours with US Pacific Time
- Direct reporting to the founders

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How to Apply

Send a short note covering:

1. A brand or company whose books you currently or recently owned, with one paragraph on their financial complexity
2. Your experience with marketplace reconciliation (Amazon, TikTok Shop, or Shopify)
3. The largest financial model you have built and what it covered
4. Your available start date and target monthly rate in USD