Senior Accountant

Responsibilities

• Lead the month-end close process to ensure complete, accurate, and timely reporting and accelerating the month-end close timeline
• Prepare journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations across fixed assets, inventory, and revenue & receivables processes and ensure retention of supporting documentation
• Serve as an accounting resource for operational and technical matters, clearly communicating requirements to non-finance partners
• Work cross-functionally across departments on enhancing internal controls throughout business processes and ensure adherence to Company policies, including identifying improvements to existing Company policies
• Enhance and maintain Accounting’s chart of accounts and ensure proper coding and classification of transactions amongst customer programs, R&D projects, and G&A
• Execute and maintain highly-quality work to ensure accuracy and completeness of the Company’s financial statements
• Participate in ERP implementations and UAT as necessary across various accounting and manufacturing systems
• Support various ad-hoc finance and other accounting activities as needed
• Liaise with external auditors and tax preparers as part of annual financial statement audit and other tax compliance filings, respectively

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business
• 3+ years of progressive accounting/finance experience
• Experience with accounting software (e.g., NetSuite, Microsoft D365, Ramp, Bill.com, MaintainX) and Microsoft Excel
• Strong understanding of GAAP, financial reporting, and internal controls
• Hands-on and detail-oriented, with willingness to handle transactional tasks as well as strategic projects
• Able to multi-task and prioritize across projects and learn quickly
• Excellent written and oral skills for effective communication with internal teams and external contacts

Nice to Have

• Prior experience in the aerospace, satellite, manufacturing, telecommunications, or defense industries or high velocity start-up environments
• Prior background in public accounting
• Active CPA license
• Experience utilizing AI tools as part of month-end close and day-to-day accounting activities