Finance & Accounting Manager

What You'll Do

• Code transactions accurately in Ramp and QuickBooks, including expense categorization, vendor coding, project or department allocation, and supporting documentation review.
• Maintain clean and organized transaction records to support month-end close, management reporting, audit readiness, and internal financial controls.
• Review expense activity for accuracy, completeness, policy compliance, and proper approval routing.
• Identify and resolve inconsistencies in transaction data by coordinating with cardholders, vendors, procurement, or internal stakeholders.
• Support month-end close by ensuring transactions are coded, reconciliations are completed, documentation is organized, and open accounting items are resolved in a timely manner.
• Reconcile accounts payable activity, vendor balances, invoices, purchase orders, and payment records across finance and procurement systems.
• Review payment requests, route approvals, approve items within delegated authority, and schedule payments in accordance with internal policies, approval workflows, and cash planning requirements.
• Coverage of invoice status, confirm approvals, and maintain organized payment records.
• Generate recurring financial reports for leadership, including spend summaries, budget-to-actual reporting, cash-related reporting, and other operating finance views.
• Support pro forma financial plans, financial models, and scenario analysis used for planning, forecasting, hiring, procurement, and strategic decision-making.
• Respond to ad hoc financial analysis requests by gathering data, validating inputs, and presenting clear findings.
• Aid in financial data cleanup, reconciliation, and process improvement to increase reporting accuracy, reliability, and speed.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and controlling activities, including tracking spend against plan and flagging variances or emerging risks.
• Establish and configure budgets, cost categories, approval rules, dashboards, and reporting views within finance, accounting, procurement, and expense management applications.
• Build and maintain budget trackers and system-based reports that provide visibility into actual spend, committed spend, variances, and forecasted financial needs.
• Support internal controls related to expense management, approvals, documentation, vendor payments, and financial reporting processes.
• Help maintain practical finance procedures and improve repeatable workflows as the organization scales.
• Partner with business and technical teams to understand spending needs, clarify financial requirements, and provide responsive finance support.

What You Bring

• Working familiarity with accounting and finance applications such as QuickBooks, Ramp, bill pay/procurement systems, expense management platforms, and related financial operations tools.
• Strong spreadsheet skills, including the ability to organize financial data, maintain trackers, build simple analyses, and support budget-to-actual reporting.
• Understanding of core accounting workflows, including transaction coding, accounts payable, reconciliations, expense categorization, payment approvals, and month-end close support.
• A high attention to detail with the ability to identify discrepancies, follow up on missing information, and maintain accurate financial records across multiple systems.
• A strong problem-solving mindset with the ability to investigate issues, improve workflows, and create structure as processes evolve.
• The ability to prioritize effectively and follow through on multiple deadlines, including reporting cycles, payment schedules, reconciliations, and ad hoc requests.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to coordinate with vendors, internal requesters, managers, and finance leadership.

Skills

• Working familiarity with accounting and finance applications such as QuickBooks, Ramp, bill pay/procurement systems, expense management platforms, and related financial operations tools.
• Strong spreadsheet skills, including the ability to organize financial data, maintain trackers, build simple analyses, and support budget-to-actual reporting.
• Understanding of core accounting workflows, including transaction coding, accounts payable, reconciliations, expense categorization, payment approvals, and month-end close support.
• A high attention to detail with the ability to identify discrepancies, follow up on missing information, and maintain accurate financial records across multiple systems.
• A strong problem-solving mindset with the ability to investigate issues, improve workflows, and create structure as processes evolve.
• The ability to prioritize effectively and follow through on multiple deadlines, including reporting cycles, payment schedules, reconciliations, and ad hoc requests.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to coordinate with vendors, internal requesters, managers, and finance leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in accounting, finance operations, accounts payable, FP&A, business operations, or a similar finance-related role.
• Familiarity with DCAA compliance requirements, government-contract accounting practices, or cost accounting principles is preferred.
• Hands-on experience using accounting, expense management, procurement, or bill pay systems such as QuickBooks, Ramp, Bill.com, NetSuite, Brex, Airbase, Coupa, or similar platforms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree concentration or coursework in accounting, financial reporting, corporate finance, managerial accounting, or financial planning and analysis.
• MBA preferred, but not required.
• Experience in an R&D, engineering, manufacturing, government contracting, aerospace, defense, or technical startup environment is a plus, but not required.
• CPA, CMA, or progress toward a relevant accounting or finance certification is a plus, but not required.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Mantis Space is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We are committed to providing a workplace that is respectful, inclusive, and focused on professional excellence. Employment decisions are made based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We value a wide range of experiences and perspectives and believe they contribute to strong teams and effective problem-solving. We encourage qualified individuals to apply regardless of background.