Accounting Manager

About the Role

We're looking for a hands-on Accounting Manager to own the day-to-day accounting engine at Walden Robotics as we scale, complete our first audit, and leverage accounting to inform our business decisions. This is a build-it-yourself role — you'll stand up scalable processes now and grow into managing a small accounting team as we add headcount.

Responsibilities

• Oversee revenue recognition and deferred revenue accounting.
• Own equity, inventory, and allocation journal entries; including developing the cross-functional systems needed to adequately track the inputs for these accounting areas.
• Manage an outsourced accounting team, and develop your direct reports as we add internal headcount.
• Own the order-to-cash cycle, including customer billing and collections.
• Work with internal teams to ensure proper expense coding and classification is completed.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for external audit and tax preparation.
• Lead monthly flux analysis and KPI/metrics reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5-10 years of progressive accounting experience, preferably with some combination of public and private accounting experience.
• Demonstrated ability to own complex, cross-functional accounting projects end-to-end.
• Track record of mentoring others and raising the quality bar.
• Working knowledge of GAAP, including revenue recognition, inventory, and equity accounting.
• Experience managing external audit and tax relationships.
• Proficiency with QuickBooks Online or a comparable accounting system.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA license.
• Experience in an early-stage or venture-backed startup environment.
• Experience with modern finance tooling such as Ramp, Digits, Carta.
• Experience building AI/agent-assisted processes.
• Robotics, hardware, or manufacturing industry experience.

Benefits

• Competitive total compensation program, including salary, annual cash bonus, and company equity.
• Company-subsidized insurance programs.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Flexible PTO.
• Daily lunch.