Lead Accountant

MAVI; Mexico; On-site; MXN 2,542,000 - 4,407,000; Full time

Job summary

MAVI seeks an experienced Head Accountant to own the finance function of a high-growth US company, working remotely from LATAM. This senior role combines hands-on accounting with strategic FP&A, the close, the audit, and cash management.

You will build processes, lead multi-entity accounting, partner with founders and the board, and translate finance into actionable insights for non-finance colleagues. LATAM-based with overlap to US hours; SaaS/venture experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Senior finance leader with ownership of close, statutory reporting, and controls.
• Proven ability to partner with founders, CEOs and boards.
• Strong US GAAP knowledge and multi-entity accounting experience.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly, quarterly, and annual close with accuracy and timeliness.
• Lead P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and audits; manage external partners.
• Build finance processes, FP&A models, and fundraising support as needed.

Skills

Finance leadership

Board/CEO interaction

Financial analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Remote collaboration

English proficiency

SaaS/ARR knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Tools

NetSuite

Sage Intacct

QuickBooks Online

Ramp

Brex

Bill.com

Rippling

Gusto

Carta

FloQast

Job description

MAVI places experienced finance and accounting professionals into senior, high-ownership roles at high-growth US companies.

We maintain a deliberately high bar on both sides of the placement. The companies we partner with are venture-backed and private equity-backed businesses building modern finance organizations, and the professionals we represent are operators with a track record of owning the numbers rather than supporting them from a distance.

The roles we place are embedded positions within the finance function itself. Our professionals work alongside founders, CEOs, and senior leadership on the work that determines whether a business can close its books with confidence, satisfy its auditors, raise its next round, and scale.

Our team has built and scaled finance functions at companies including Lyft, Ramp, and SoftBank. We remain closely involved throughout the relationship, from role alignment and interview preparation through onboarding, placement, and long-term career development.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Head Accountant to own the finance function of a high-growth US company, working remotely from LATAM.

This is the senior finance seat in the business, and it remains substantively hands-on. You will be accountable for the accuracy of the financials, the close, the audit, and the controls, and you will carry that ownership through into planning, forecasting, cash management, and the finance infrastructure the company needs in order to keep growing. You will also be the person who builds the close checklist, investigates the variance through to its root cause, and replaces the processes that are no longer serving the business.

You will work directly with the founders, CEO, and leadership team. A significant part of the role is translating financial information into clear recommendations that people outside finance can act on.

Because you will be the most senior finance person in the company and located outside the United States, the role calls for someone who operates well with autonomy, communicates proactively rather than on request, and can hold both the detail and the strategic picture without a layer above them to catch what falls through.

What You'll Own

Accounting and Controls

• The close. Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual close, with full accountability for the calendar, the quality of the output, and the cycle time.
• The financial statements. Own the P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow statement outright, and stand behind the numbers in front of the CEO and the board.
• The accounting team and partners. Lead the accounting team and manage external accounting, tax, and finance partners, holding each to agreed standards and deadlines.
• Policies and controls. Establish and maintain accounting policies, internal controls, approval workflows, and reporting standards appropriate to the company's stage.
• Multi-entity accounting. Own multi-entity accounting and consolidation across the group structure.
• Audit. Lead the annual audit or review, including auditor management, PBC preparation, and resolution of findings through to close-out.
• Tax compliance. Coordinate US federal, state, and local tax compliance with external CPA firms.

Planning and Strategic Finance

• Budgeting and forecasting. Lead the annual budget, rolling forecasts, long-range planning, and headcount planning.
• Financial modelling. Build and maintain the models behind pricing, hiring, compensation, investment, and other strategic decisions.
• Reporting to leadership. Prepare and present monthly and quarterly reporting to the CEO, leadership team, and board.
• Business partnership. Work with department leaders on performance, spend, margins, hiring, and the decisions that move the numbers.
• Fundraising support. Support fundraising and investor diligence, including models, historical financials, data rooms, and investor requests.

Cash and Risk

• Cash and runway. Manage the company's cash position, liquidity, and runway, including a maintained 13-week cash flow forecast.
• Working capital. Monitor burn, working capital, collections, and significant upcoming payments.
• Banking. Manage banking relationships and payment approval processes.
• Risk. Identify financial and operational risks early — runway, customer concentration, collections, covenant exposure — and work with leadership on mitigation.

Systems and Scale

• Finance systems roadmap. Lead ERP selection and implementation, AP and expense automation, and reporting infrastructure.
• Process design. Build finance processes that improve accuracy, visibility, and efficiency as the company grows, rather than processes that break at the next stage.

What We're Looking For

• 7+ years of progressive finance and accounting experience, including 3+ years leading and developing a finance or accounting team
• Genuine depth across both accounting and FP&A, rather than a career specialised exclusively in one
• Strong command of US GAAP, including revenue recognition (ASC 606), leases (ASC 842), and stock-based compensation (ASC 718)
• Experience acting as the senior finance partner to founders, CEOs, or boards, including presenting results and defending recommendations
• Demonstrated ownership of the close and the financial statements on an independent basis, rather than contribution to someone else's
• Hands-on experience with cash forecasting, liquidity management, and runway planning
• Substantial ERP experience with NetSuite, Sage Intacct, QuickBooks Online, or a comparable platform, alongside familiarity with modern finance tooling such as Ramp, Brex, Bill.com, Rippling, Gusto, Carta, or FloQast
• Experience with multi-entity accounting and consolidation
• A track record of building finance processes from the ground up, or of taking on underperforming processes and rebuilding them
• Comfort operating within a lean team, with the seniority to own the function and the willingness to prepare the entry yourself when circumstances require it
• Experience hiring, managing, and developing accountants or finance analysts
• Experience working remotely with US-based leadership, auditors, and CPA firms, with the communication discipline that arrangement requires
• Excellent written and verbal English, with the confidence to hold the room in a board or leadership setting
• Based in LATAM with the ability to maintain meaningful overlap with US business hours
• Experience at a venture-backed or PE-backed US company, particularly from Seed through Series C, preferred
• Big 4 or comparable public accounting experience followed by industry experience preferred
• Direct experience carrying a fundraise, a first audit, or an ERP implementation end to end is highly regarded
• SaaS or recurring-revenue experience, including ARR, NRR, deferred revenue, and unit economics, is a significant advantage
• Exposure to US multi-state tax, international entities, or transfer pricing is welcome
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field

Who This Role Is For

This role is well suited to a finance leader who wants to sit close to the business rather than at a distance from it.

You move comfortably between accounting detail and financial planning, you build the process the company needs at each stage instead of waiting for one to be handed to you, and you are credible in a room with founders, investors, and auditors alike.

Above all, you identify issues early, communicate them clearly to the people who need to know, and arrive with a practical recommendation rather than only a number.

Why Join Through MAVI

• Own an entire finance function, end to end, with direct exposure to founders and senior leadership
• Take ownership across accounting, FP&A, cash management, and strategic finance in a single seat
• Build the finance infrastructure of a growing company rather than maintaining someone else's
• Sit close to the decisions — pricing, hiring, investment, fundraising — with visible impact on the outcome
• Progress toward Fractional CFO and CFO opportunities through MAVI
• Work remotely from LATAM with US-based leadership, in near-full overlap with the US business day
• Receive MAVI's support throughout placement, onboarding, and the engagement that follows

Work Arrangement

This is a remote role based in LATAM, with meaningful overlap with US business hours. You will work directly with US-based founders, leadership teams, auditors, and external partners.