Remote International Credit Controller Jobs in Reston, VA

Job Description: Position Title Controller Department Finance & Accounting Reports To CEO Direct Reports 2 FLSA Status Exempt (Salaried) Work Model Remote Compensation Range $120,000 – $150,000 base, plus benefits Date Posted 7/28/2026 Position Summary We are seeking a hands-on Controller to own the accounting function for a growing B2B SaaS company. This is a builder’s role, not a maintainer’s role. You will own the monthly close, ensure our subscription revenue is recognized correctly, own the technical accounting and tax positions behind the financial statements, deliver the ARR reporting leadership relies on to make decisions, and mature our accounting infrastructure from functional to audit ready. The right person is comfortable operating at both altitudes — reconciling a bank account in the morning and walking the leadership team through the ARR waterfall in the afternoon. You will be the company’s authority on the numbers, and you will be trusted to say what the numbers actually mean. Key Responsibilities Accounting Operations & Financial Close • Own the full-cycle monthly, quarterly, and annual close, delivering accurate financial statements within 5–10 business days of month-end • Build scalable back-end processes and systems across billing, invoicing, reconciliation, collections, and month-end close that hold up as transaction volume grows, designed to scale without proportional headcount • Maintain the general ledger, chart of accounts, and supporting schedules in accordance with U.S. GAAP • Own bill pay and expense management process, using automated coding, receipt matching, policy enforcement, and exception-based review rather than manual approval queues • Manage accounts payable, accounts receivable, collections, expense reimbursement, and corporate card administration • Own the allowance for credit losses under ASC 326, including the expected-credit-loss estimate, pooling and historical loss-rate methodology, forward-looking adjustments, and the documentation supporting the reserve • Maintain the fixed asset subledger, including capitalization policy and thresholds, depreciation schedules, disposals and retirements, and periodic verification of existence and condition • Drive close automation through reconciliation and close-management tooling, replacing spreadsheet-based checklists with systematized, auditable workflows • Perform and review all balance sheet reconciliations, including bank, credit card, prepaid, accrual, and revenue-related accounts • Establish and document repeatable close checklists, cutoff procedures, and reconciliation standards Revenue Recognition & Billing • Establish and maintain a robust ASC 606 framework, including documented policy and application of the full five-step model to each identified and proposed revenue stream: identify the contract, identify the distinct performance obligations, determine the transaction price, allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations, and recognize revenue as each obligation is satisfied • Where arrangements bundle a subscription with professional services, implementation, or other distinct performance obligations, allocate the transaction price on the basis of relative standalone selling price (SSP), and maintain the SSP analysis, method, and supporting evidence • Own revenue recognition for subscription, multi-year, and professional services contracts, including contract modifications, renewals, and mid-term upgrades • Maintain contract asset and contract liability schedules with full auditability from contract to GL • Apply the ASC 340-40 practical expedient to expense incremental costs of obtaining a contract as incurred, supported by a documented commensurate-renewal-commission analysis, and revisit that conclusion whenever commission plan design changes • Own the billing and subscription management system end to end quote-to-cash configuration, plan and price book architecture, proration logic, dunning, and the integration into the GL across annual, multi-year, and usage-based arrangements • Coordinate with Sales and Customer Experience on contract terms and non-standard structures that affect recognition, and enforce the guardrails that keep the revenue system clean • Advise leadership on the accounting and cash-flow implications of proposed pricing models, contract structures, and discounting practices ARR Reporting & SaaS Metrics • Own the monthly ARR waterfall as the company’s single source of truth, reconciled to both the billing system and the general ledger: ▪ ARR BOP (beginning of period) ▪ New ARR ▪ Expansion ARR ▪ Downgrade ARR ▪ Churned ARR ▪ Net New ARR ▪ ARR EOP (end of period) • Calculate and report the corresponding rate metrics: Churn Rate, Downgrade Rate, Expansion Rate, Net ARR Churn, Growth Rate (MoM), and gross and net revenue retention • Report unit economics and efficiency metrics, including CAC, LTV, magic number, and gross margin by revenue stream • Maintain written, documented definitions for every metric so figures are consistent across Finance, Sales, and leadership reporting, a number should not change depending on who pulled it • Segment ARR reporting by customer/contract term to support pricing, retention, and go-to-market decisions • Investigate and explain month-over-month movement in the waterfall down to the customer level, identifying the specific drivers behind expansion, downgrades, and churn • Partner with Sales and Customer Experience to ensure CRM and billing data are accurate enough to produce ARR reporting without manual reconstruction Technical Accounting & Policy • Own lease accounting under ASC 842: identify leases and embedded leases, determine classification, recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities, maintain the discount rate policy and remeasurement triggers, and prepare required disclosures including any related-party lease arrangements • Own stock-based compensation accounting under ASC 718, including grant-date fair value, expense attribution over the vesting period, forfeiture treatment, and modification accounting • Research technical accounting questions as they arise, document conclusions in written position memos, and maintain the company’s accounting policy manual • Monitor new and pending accounting standards for applicability, and plan adoption in advance rather than at the deadline Income Tax & Multi-State Compliance • Own the income tax provision under ASC 740, including current and deferred tax computation, the deferred tax asset and liability roll-forward, effective tax rate reconciliation, uncertain tax positions, and required disclosures • Perform and document the valuation-allowance assessment on deferred tax assets, including net operating loss carry forwards, weighing positive and negative evidence and the sufficiency of projected future taxable income • Own the treatment of Section 174 specified research and experimental expenditures, including capitalization and amortization schedules and the resulting book-tax differences • Identify, substantiate, and capture federal and state research and development credits, including qualifying-activity documentation, contemporaneous recordkeeping, and coordination of any external credit study • Monitor and manage multi-state income tax economic nexus and apportionment, including revenue sourcing for SaaS by jurisdiction, resulting filing obligations, and the impact of remote employees on the filing footprint • Maintain entity good standing in every operating state: foreign qualification, Secretary of State registration, annual reports, franchise tax filings, and registered agent upkeep • Administer sales and use tax determination and filing through automated tax compliance tooling, including nexus monitoring, exemption certificate management, and SaaS taxability by jurisdiction • Manage remaining federal, state, and local filings in partnership with external tax advisors, including income and franchise returns, multi-state payroll registration, and 1099 reporting Financial Reporting, Planning & Analysis • Produce a monthly reporting package for leadership and the Board/investors: balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows, ARR waterfall, KPI dashboard, budget-to-actual variance analysis, and written commentary • Lead the annual budget process and maintain a rolling 12–18 month forecast in partnership with department leaders • Own cash management, including 13-week cash flow forecasting, working capital monitoring, and treasury/banking relationships • Build departmental cost visibility so budget owners can manage their numbers without going through Finance for every question • Deliver ad hoc analysis supporting pricing decisions, headcount planning, vendor negotiations, and margin improvement initiatives Payroll, Benefits & Commissions • Oversee semi-monthly payroll processing and the accounting treatment of wages, taxes, and benefits, etc.. • Administer and reconcile sales commission and bonus calculations, ensuring plans are applied accurately, recorded in the correct period, and paid on schedule • Partner with Operations/HR on benefits invoicing, 401(k) contributions and reconciliation, and annual 401(k) audit / Form 5500 filings • Serve as the finance-side owner of payroll accuracy, this is a trust function, and errors are treated as such Audit & Internal Controls • Design, document, and enforce internal controls appropriate to company scale, including segregation of duties, approval thresholds, and expenditure authority • Build the combination of people, process, and tooling required to produce GAAP financial statements that can be audited under U.S. GAAS without fire drills. • Serve as primary liaison for external accountants, tax preparers, auditors, and lenders • Support customer, partner, and lender due diligence requests requiring financial validation or documentation Systems, Process & Team Leadership • Own the entire finance technology stack, ERP/general ledger, billing and subscription management, payment processing, spend and expense management, close management, tax compliance, payroll, fixed assets and leases, and cap table and own the integrations between them so data moves without manual re-entry • Evaluate, select, and implement modern and AI-native finance tooling; make the build/buy/replace calls and lead migrations off tools the company has outgrown • Maintain the cap table and equity records, including option grants, exercises, vesting schedules, 409A coordination, and the underlying records supporting ASC 718 expense • Identify and execute automation and process improvements that reduce close time and increase reporting accuracy • Hire, develop, and manage accounting staff as the function scales • Participate in the company’s operating cadence, including weekly leadership meetings, quarterly planning, and ownership of finance scorecard metrics • Translate financial complexity into plain language for non-financial stakeholders across the business Required Qualifications Experience & Credentials • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field • 5 years of progressive accounting experience, including 2–3 years as a Controller, Assistant Controller, or Accounting Manager level • Demonstrated ownership of a full monthly close cycle from start to issued financials • Experience in a subscription/recurring-revenue business, including deferred revenue management and SaaS metric reporting Technical Accounting Capability • Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP with direct, hands-on ASC 606 experience not just applying an existing policy, but building the framework, documentation, and controls behind it, including standalone selling price allocation for bundled arrangements • Hands-on application of the standards relevant to this role: ASC 340-40 (contract costs), ASC 326 (credit losses), ASC 842 (leases), ASC 718 (stock compensation), and ASC 350-40 (internal-use software) where applicable • Experience owning or materially preparing an ASC 740 income tax provision, including deferred tax roll-forward and valuation-allowance assessment • Working familiarity with multi-state income tax nexus, apportionment, and revenue sourcing for software and SaaS • Ability to research a technical accounting question and write a defensible position memo without outside help as the first step Process & Systems Capability • Proven experience building highly scalable back-end processes and systems for billing, invoicing, reconciliation, collections, and month-end close • Demonstrated ability to build and defend an ARR waterfall, you have produced the New / Expansion / Downgrade / Churn build-up and tied it back to both billing data and the general ledger • Demonstrated success building the right combination of people, process, and tooling to support an audit of GAAP financial statements conducted under U.S. GAAS • Systems-implementation experience: you have selected, configured, migrated, or replaced core finance systems, not only operated inside ones someone else built • Advanced proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets (complex modeling, pivot tables, lookup and array functions) Disposition • Genuine enthusiasm for AI-native finance tools and modern ERP systems: you actively track what is emerging in the finance tech landscape and have opinions about where automation belongs and where human judgment is non-negotiable • Bias toward automating recurring manual work rather than absorbing it into headcount • Exceptional attention to detail paired with the judgment to know which details matter • Clear written and verbal communication; able to present financial information credibly to executives and non-financial audiences • Proven discretion handling confidential compensation, payroll, and company financial information Systems & Tools Experience We care more about depth of category experience than any specific brand. No candidate will have used every tool listed, the named products are representative, and adjacent platforms count. Tell us what you have actually operated, implemented, or migrated. Function Representative Tools Requirement ERP / General Ledger Campfire, Rillet, Puzzle, NetSuite, Sage Intacct, QuickBooks Online Required — hands-on administration of at least one cloud GL; experience with a modern or AI-native ERP strongly preferred Billing & Subscription Management Orb, Ordway, Maxio, Chargebee, Zuora, Stripe Billing Required — must have owned a subscription billing system, including plan/price configuration and GL integration Payment Processing Stripe, Adyen, Braintree Required — including settlement reconciliation, fee accounting, and failed-payment/dunning workflows Close Management & Reconciliation FloQast, Numeric, BlackLine Strongly preferred — experience systematizing the close in a dedicated platform rather than spreadsheets Bill Pay, Spend & Expense Management Ramp, Brex, Bill.com, Airbase Required — with demonstrated use of automated coding, receipt matching,