Accounting Manager
The Role
The Accounting Manager will be a key member of the accounting team primarily responsible for SOX compliance, internal control design and execution, SEC reporting support and audit coordination, partnering closely with Accounting, Finance, Legal, IT, and other cross-functional SOX control owners, as well as both Internal Audit and external auditors.
Our Mission
Evolv's mission is to help make places safer for people to live, work, learn, and play. We aim to help organizations detect potential threats, mitigate risk, and enhance safety using AI-powered security solutions with robust insights.
Success in the Role
Understand the organizational structure and your responsibilities within Evolv.
Build relationships within the Accounting team and key internal partners.
Gain an understanding of Evolv's accounting policies and procedures, processes, systems (NetSuite, Salesforce, Workiva, Blackline, Zip, Expensify), and internal controls.
Assume a leadership role in guiding, training and assisting all control owners, helping to ensure timely, sufficient completion of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls, and work towards remediating existing material weaknesses and significant deficiencies.
Assume a leadership role in development, maintenance and update of control documentation and process narratives and other SOX-related documentation.
Proactively identify control design and execution gaps, inefficiencies, and failure risks and drive timely remediation, including improvements to control design as needed.
Partner with Internal Audit on the development and coordination of testing plans, remediation tracking, and documentary evidence management.
Partner with Internal Audit and external auditors to support process walkthroughs, testing, and issue resolution.
Play a key role in the company's ongoing ERP improvements initiatives, working with the accounting and IT teams to help maximize system controls.
Perform all of the above with high proficiency and effectiveness, driving material weakness and significant deficiency remediation to completion, and ensuring continuous and ongoing SOX compliance.
The Work
Financial Acumen: The candidate should hold a degree in accounting, with 4 to 8 years experience in a Big 4 accounting firm and/or public company with significant knowledge, experience and expertise in SOX, internal controls, US GAAP, and SEC reporting. Experience with controls over accounting for complex revenue transactions and inventory strongly preferred.
Team Engagement: Collaborate extensively with the team to ensure reports are generated promptly. Since most tasks interact with other functions, open and consistent communication with other team members is vital to achieve collective goals, such as improving our closing times. Attention to detail and strong communication skills are essential.
Innovation: The individual is encouraged to identify and propose improvements actively. With ample scope for innovation within our processes, the team member will always have a voice within the accounting team.
Reporting: The role demands a sharp focus on reconciliations and reporting. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring reconciliations are accurate and completed punctually.
Location
This role is based out of our HQ in Waltham, Massachusetts. Our team values in-person collaboration 3 days per week, with flexibility in being remote 2 days per week.
Leadership
This role reports to the Assistant Controller. The team is a group of professionals committed to compliance and best practices, trust, collaboration, and on-going development through kindness, authenticity, courage, drive, and fun!
Compensation
The base salary range for this full-time position is $102,000-$166,000. In addition to base salary, this role offers a competitive target bonus, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package.
Benefits
Equity as part of your total compensation package
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Health Savings Account (HSA)
A 401(k) plan (and 2% company match)
Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)- take the time you need to recharge, with manager approval and business needs in mind
Quarterly stipend for perks and benefits that matter most to you
Tuition reimbursement to support your ongoing learning and development
Subscription to Calm
Equal Opportunity Employer
Evolv is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace, and all employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected by law in the locations where we operate.