Lead Accounting Specialist

Location
100% Remote in LATAM (must be able to travel to Miami for short onsite periods)

Employment type
Full time (direct hire / permanent contractor placement)

Language
Must have strong English

Role overview

Were hiring a driven, highly organized Lead Accounting Specialist to own accounting for two private businesses (a bookkeeping business and a real-estate portfolio). This person will be an in-house accounting lead: responsible for day-to-day bookkeeping, producing monthly financials, organizing disparate records, and scaling an accounting function by hiring and supervising support staff. The right candidate is career-focused, professional, presentable in client meetings, and willing to be hands-on.

Key responsibilities

• Handle full-cycle bookkeeping: accounts payable, accounts receivable, and bank reconciliations.
• Prepare monthly financial statements: income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow visibility.
• Track cash contributions, property-level cash needs, and debt for real-estate projects; map projects in QuickBooks.
• Implement and organize accounting systems, processes, and clean-ups.
• Serve as point of contact with vendors, suppliers, partners and attend client meetings when required.
• Lead and grow the accounting function: hire, train, and manage support staff.
• Work closely with external advisors when needed and own execution to closure.

Must-have qualifications

• 4–7+ years relevant accounting experience (private company / operational accounting experience preferred).
• Accounting degree or equivalent professional background.
• Strong QuickBooks experience; comfortable structuring real-estate projects inside accounting software.
• Excellent English verbal and written communication (able to call vendors/clients).
• Exceptional organization and executive-functioning skills; highly detail-oriented.
• Proven ability to work full-time, commit to one employer, and reliably respond during agreed business hours.
• Willingness and ability to travel to Miami for short visits.

Nice-to-have

• Experience working with real-estate portfolios or real-estate accounting.
• Big Four or public accounting background.
• Familiarity with ERP systems (Odoo or similar).
• Prior people-management or leadership experience.
• Experience creating accounting policies and workflows from scratch.

Culture / fit

• Career-focused, diligent, low-entitlement, and willing to roll up sleeves.
• Presentable and professional for client-facing meetings.
• Stability in prior roles preferred (2+ year average tenure).