Accounting Controller (US Clients)

Pampa Talents; Argentina; Remote; ARS 90,873,000 - 136,310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work

20 days paid time off

5 sick days

US firm holidays off

Job summary

Pampa Talents is seeking a detail-oriented accountant for a fully remote role serving multiple US clients. You will own month-end close, prepare reports, and communicate results to owners and boards. The job also involves coaching staff and supporting payroll activities using Gusto.

With 3+ years of accounting experience and strong Excel/Sheets skills, you’ll have opportunities to grow into FP&A, budgeting, and financial modeling, collaborating with US controllers and CFOs.

Qualifications

• An accounting degree (Contador Público or equivalent) with 3+ years of hands-on accounting experience, including month-end close.
• Professional English, spoken and written, for direct work with US owners and board members.
• Strong attention to detail and a habit of ensuring numbers make sense before release.
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills.
• Service mindset with proactive communication and follow-through.
• Willingness to work until 2:00 PM Pacific (6:00 PM Argentina) with occasional later client meetings.
• Experience at an accounting firm serving multiple US clients and US payroll experience with Gusto.
• FP&A, budgeting or financial modeling; Power BI or AI-based analysis skills.
• Experience with cloud accounting systems, e.g., QuickBooks Online; willingness to get certified.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly close for a portfolio of clients, review accounting team work, and deliver accurate, on-time financial statements.
• Be the main financial contact for clients; send monthly reports, answer questions, and explain results to owners and board members.
• Direct and coach accounting associates; delegate, review work, and help them improve.
• Investigate anomalies, fix what you can, and escalate when senior input is required.
• Run US payroll for clients using us for payroll (Gusto); training provided.
• Over time, take on analysis, FP&A and project work to support CFOs on larger clients.

Job description

• Own the monthly close for a portfolio of clients: review our accounting team's work, make final entries, and deliver accurate, on-time financial statements.
• Be the main financial contact for those clients. Send monthly reports, answer questions, and walk owners and board members through their results.
• Direct and coach our accounting associates: delegate clearly, review their work and help them improve.
• Investigate anything unusual, fix what you can, and bring a recommendation when you need senior input.
• Run US payroll for clients who use us for payroll, mostly in Gusto. This is about a quarter of the role, and we'll train you.
• Over time, take on analysis, FP&A and project work supporting our CFOs on larger clients.

What you bring

• An accounting degree (Contador Público or equivalent) and 3+ years of hands-on accounting experience, including month-end close.
• Experience with QuickBooks Online or another cloud accounting system. If you haven't used QuickBooks Online, you'll get certified in your first month.
• Professional English, spoken and written. You'll work directly with US business owners and board members.
• An eye for detail and the habit of checking that the numbers make sense before anything goes out.
• Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills.
• A service mindset: you like helping people, communicate proactively and follow through.
• Availability to work until at least 2:00 PM Pacific time (6:00 PM in Argentina for most of the year, 7:00 PM from November to March), with occasional later client meetings.
• Experience at an accounting firm serving multiple US clients
• US payroll experience, especially with Gusto
• BILL, Ramp or similar tools
• FP&A, budgeting or financial modeling
• Power BI, or using AI tools for analysis

Why you’ll like working here

• Real ownership. These are your clients, and you'll work directly with the people who run them.
• A clear path to grow into FP&A, larger-client work and senior controller roles, working alongside experienced US controllers and CFOs.
• Balance. Fully remote, with 20 days of paid time off, 5 sick days, and US firm holidays off.
• A small team where your work is visible. Good ideas about processes and tools get put into practice.
• Teammates in Argentina who already do client-facing work with our US clients.

Detalles

We are a fully remote Client Accounting and Advisory Services (CAS) firm headquartered in Santa Barbara, California.

We help growing nonprofits and service-based businesses, typically with revenues between $2M and $25M, stay financially sharp, organized, and strategic. We also work with a diverse group of other businesses that rely on us to keep their financial operations strong while they focus on running and growing their organizations.

We are a close-knit team of 11 who see our work as more than numbers. We are problem solvers, financial partners, and trusted members of our clients’ teams. We care deeply about quality, communication, trust, and doing right by each other and our clients.