Lead Accountant / AR Manager

🕒 August 31

🌐 United States, Canada – Remote

🇺🇸 United States – Remote 🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

💰 Accounts Receivable

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Passport

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2017

📦 Logistics

🛍️ eCommerce

📋 Compliance

Logistics • eCommerce • Compliance

Passport is a global cross-border commerce enablement company that helps direct-to-consumer and ecommerce brands scale internationally. It provides end-to-end internationalization services including cross-border and DDP shipping to 180+ countries, in-country enablement (importer of record, local fulfillment), marketplace management, seller-of-record tax compliance, duty drawback recovery, and integrations with 3PLs and ecommerce platforms. Passport combines shipping, compliance, and localized storefront/fulfillment solutions to simplify and accelerate global expansion for B2B customers.

📋 Description

• Lead the day-to-day accounts payable function, including freight carrier invoices, vendor invoices, and corporate card compliance. • Own invoice intake, coding, approval routing, and payment batch preparation. • Ensure freight carrier and vendor invoices are accurately coded and recorded, resolving discrepancies across AP systems. • Review payment batches for policy compliance and approvals before Accounting Manager approval and release. • Maintain AP controls preventing duplicate, inaccurate, or unauthorized payments. • Manage vendor onboarding, tax documentation, and vendor master data; escalate banking or payment-detail changes for verification. • Monitor cash requirements and payment timing, flagging funding needs to the Accounting Manager. • Supervise and review the AP Coordinator and quality-check the external data-entry resource. • Manage corporate card compliance in Ramp. • Support annual 1099 filings and vendor tax compliance. • Lead process and automation improvements across QuickBooks Online, Tipalti, Bill.com, and Ramp. • Partner with other departments to resolve invoice discrepancies and improve cost visibility. • Own assigned general ledger accounts and month-end close tasks in compliance with U.S. GAAP and SOX-aligned controls. • Prepare journal entries, accruals, supporting schedules, and account reconciliations. • Investigate variances and clear reconciling items. • Prepare recurring cost and shipping-spend reporting and explain variances and trends with Operations. • Maintain current accounting process documentation. • Report directly to the Accounting Manager.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. • 4–6 years of accounts payable experience, including 1–2 years directly supervising AP staff or an outsourced resource, at a U.S.-based company. • Hands-on general accounting experience, including journal entries, reconciliations, and month-end close. • Solid working knowledge of U.S. GAAP. • Experience operating in a SOX-aligned or otherwise controls-conscious environment is a plus. • Hands-on experience with QuickBooks Online, Tipalti, Bill.com, and Ramp. • Advanced Excel skills. • CPA or active progress toward CPA is a plus, not required. • Strong analytical and organizational skills with a high attention to detail. • Ability to communicate effectively across departments and time zones. • Ability to manage multiple priorities independently in a remote environment. • Experience in shipping, logistics, or e-commerce is a plus.

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work arrangement • Opportunity to work at Passport, a shipping and logistics platform for e-commerce brands