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Portless
Portless
11 – 50 Employees
eCommerceFintechLogistics
Portless provides logistics and fulfillment for direct-to-consumer e-commerce businesses, shipping orders from China to customers’ doorsteps. Its platform connects with popular e-commerce services and streamlines international delivery, helping merchants manage shipping costs, margins, and cash flow while fulfilling orders in response to customer demand.
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Senior Controller

Lead accounting across Portless’s cross-border fulfillment business, overseeing the close, audit, billing, and cash management. Build scalable finance controls and develop a distributed accounting team.

CACanadaUSUnited StatesRemoteFull-timeSeniorLeadEnglish RequiredController
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Description

  • Manage the month-end close calendar across entities, including consolidation, intercompany accounting, and foreign exchange.
  • Streamline the monthly close.
  • Ensure merchants receive accurate, timely bills.
  • Oversee rate-card updates, credit notes, and waivers with clear approval controls.
  • Ensure duties, VAT, and tariffs are billed back accurately.
  • Apply cash received through Stripe and other payment channels.
  • Reconcile accounts receivable with bank and payment processor records.
  • Set the bad-debt reserve policy.
  • Oversee collections with the billing team.
  • Manage daily cash positions and a bank-linked 13-week forecast.
  • Oversee payment runs and approvals.
  • Choose and lead the company’s first external audit.
  • Prepare financial records for investor and lender diligence.
  • Manage monthly lender reporting.
  • Coordinate external advisors on Canadian, US, and Chinese filings, sales tax, VAT, and transfer pricing.
  • Improve the finance systems stack, including QuickBooks Online, Stripe, Bill.com, and Ramp.
  • Document processes and assess when an ERP is needed.
  • Lead and develop the accounting team.
  • Establish clear ownership of processes.
  • Work with data and engineering teams on billing data.

Requirements

  • Hold a CPA, CA, or equivalent designation.
  • Bring 8+ years of accounting experience, including at least 3 years as a controller or assistant controller with ownership of the close.
  • Have started your career in audit at a Big Four or mid-tier public accounting firm.
  • Have owned a multi-entity, multi-currency close, including consolidation and intercompany accounting.
  • Have managed billing and collections in a high-volume business that charges per order, transaction, or usage.
  • Have led a company through its first audit or an audit-readiness cleanup, working directly with auditors.
  • Have led a team that includes employees in another country.
  • Be comfortable working with a lean systems stack and AI tools.
  • Keep work auditable.
  • Communicate clearly and directly in written English.
  • Manage across time zones and cultures with patience and clear writing.

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary
  • Performance bonus
  • Equity
  • Remote work with a global team
  • Flexible hours arranged around shared working-hour overlap
  • Occasional travel to meet the team in person

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