Internal Controls Accountant

Location: Remote (Ecuador)

About MAVI

MAVI places experienced finance and accounting professionals into senior, high-ownership roles at high-growth US companies. Founded in 2023 and backed by a $4 million seed round led by Harlem Capital, MAVI was recently featured in TechCrunch.

Our professionals join in-house finance teams in full-time, long-term roles, not short-term projects. The companies we work with range from venture- and PE-backed businesses to public companies and CFO advisory firms, including Athena Club, MotherDuck, and Within.

The work centers on judgment. As AI takes over more transactional accounting, the people who review the output, question it, and own the result matter more than ever. MAVI professionals work alongside US finance leaders, using AI tools to do more and applying the judgment to catch what those tools get wrong. At one client, an AR dashboard now used across the organization was built almost entirely by MAVI talent.

We stay involved throughout, from role alignment and interview preparation to onboarding and long-term career development.

The Role

We are seeking an Internal Controls Accountant to design and document internal controls for a growing company at a high-growth US company, working remotely from Ecuador.

You will own your workstream end to end with light review, working directly with the Controller or Accounting Manager. Where the process relies on manual workarounds, you will be expected to fix it rather than repeat it.

What You'll Own

• Process narratives. Document process narratives and flowcharts for key cycles.
• Control design. Design controls for revenue, procure-to-pay, payroll, and the close.
• Segregation of duties. Review system access and segregation of duties.
• Audit readiness. Close control gaps raised by auditors.
• Audit support. Prepare the PBC schedules for your areas and answer auditor questions directly.

What We're Looking For

• 4+ years of accounting experience
• Experience owning a workstream through the close without day-to-day supervision
• Experience designing or documenting internal controls
• US GAAP experience, or strong IFRS (NIIF) experience with exposure to US clients or entities
• Experience with NetSuite, Sage Intacct, and Excel or Visio
• Strong written and spoken English for daily work with US teams
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or an equivalent professional qualification

Preferred

• Contador Público Autorizado (CPA), US CPA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent (completed or in progress)
• Experience at a company preparing for its first audit
• Experience using AI tools in accounting workflows, with the judgment to review and correct AI-generated output

Who This Role Is For

An accountant ready to own a workstream outright, who cares about why a number moved and raises issues before anyone else finds them.

Why Join Through MAVI

• Own design and document internal controls for a growing company for a high-growth US company, working directly with US finance leadership
• Full-time, long-term placement, with MAVI handling cross-border contracts, compliance, and payroll
• USD-denominated compensation aligned with experience and scope
• Progress toward Lead Accountant and Accounting Manager opportunities through MAVI

Work Arrangement

This is a fully remote role with a single client company for the duration of the engagement. Full-time roles require a minimum of 4 hours of daily overlap with US Eastern Time (ET); part-time roles require a minimum of 2 hours.