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Role Description

The Accounting Manager will lead full-cycle accounting activities, own the monthly close, and help mature the company’s processes, to public-company standards in support of a future IPO. The role is hands-on, reporting to the Controller, and partnering with FP&A, engineering, and PMO to bridge from an R&D environment to scalable, SOX-ready financial operations.

What You’ll Do

• General Ledger, Close, Reconciliations
  • Lead and manage the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close process ensuring timely and accurate US GAAP financial statements.
  • Leverage technical accounting expertise to evaluate and interpret complex financial transactions, ensuring proper classification and compliance with GAAP.
  • Ensure account reconciliations are prepared timely and accurately.
• Accounting Operations
  • Lead the AP (including expense report and p-card program), AR, and Cash Management functions, own the weekly payment run process.
  • Review fixed assets, assets under construction, lease accounting entries.
  • Own project accounting set up and maintenance.
  • Review payroll and benefits entries, responsible for bonus and stock-based compensation entries.
  • Ramp system administrator until the company fully transitions to Concur, monitors integration with QuickBooks.
  • Ensure Concur and SAP remain in sync and reconciled (expense reimbursements and p-card transactions).
• Process Improvements, Systems Administration
  • Drive continuous improvement in financial processes and systems.
  • Own the UAT process for SAP and Concur implementations, and will be the system administrator for SAP post implementation.
  • Create user guides, update policies and procedures under new ERP system environment.
• Leadership and Collaboration
  • Lead, mentor, and develop the accounting team; set clear expectations, review work and build a culture of ownership, accuracy and continuous improvement.
  • Foster strong collaboration with internal and cross-functional teams.
• Other
  • Support IPO readiness efforts.
  • Collaborate with external auditors and tax consultants.
  • Respond to ad hoc requests for information from internal/external stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting; CPA strongly preferred.
• 7-10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including a mix of public accounting and industry; experience in aerospace, manufacturing, or complex R&D environments is highly desirable.
• Solid knowledge of US GAAP, including leases, stock-based compensation, and R&D/project accounting; experience with technical memos and audit interaction.
• Prior experience in a high-growth or pre-IPO company and/or with public company SOX readiness, IPO transactions is a strong plus.
• Hands-on experience leading the close, managing a team, implementing process improvements.
• Comfortable working in a fast-changing environment with incomplete processes, and able to design pragmatic, scalable solutions.
• Strong systems orientation, experience with implementing or optimizing ERP and related financial tools.
• SAP, Concur, QuickBooks, Ramp experience a plus.

Interpersonal Skills

• Customer service-centric, meeting customer needs, and eventually anticipating them.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, as we continue in a rapid growth mode.
• Curious, willing to learn new tools, adaptable.
• Organized and disciplined, prioritize work assignments, and meet deadlines.
• Self-Starter: ability to independently identify work that needs to be completed or issues that need to be addressed.
• Active Listening: gain insight and truly understand all project stakeholders.
• Critical Thinking: make prompt, informed and value-based decisions for the project.
• Organization: Focus on agenda, schedules, frameworks, consistent methodologies, and documentation to deliver an exceptional work product.
• Problem Solving: Assess issues from different vantage points and formulate the best solution.
• Teamwork and Team Building: Establish a collaborative culture where people work together and are accountable to shared goals.
• Strong Business Communication: Use the right language, tone and storytelling techniques when communicating.
• Self-Motivation: Exude the highest level of commitment and motivation.

Where You’ll Be

This role is remote with occasional travel to company headquarters.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries.
• Subsidized medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) opportunities.
• Paid short-term disability.
• Voluntary long-term disability and additional term life.
• 15 paid days off.
• 13-14 paid holidays.
• Paid sick leave.
• Potential bonuses and stock options depending on seniority and role.

Company Description

Otto Aerospace is developing the world’s first fifth-generation business jet, designed for sustainability through the innovative use of advanced super-laminar aerodynamics and high-precision, net-shaped composites. Flight tests of our technology demonstrator validate a dramatic reduction in fuel burn and allow a sizeable improvement in cabin comfort.