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Otto Aerospace · 1 week ago

Accounting Manager

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

7+ years exp

Otto Aerospace is developing innovative aircraft technology aimed at sustainability. The Accounting Manager will lead full-cycle accounting activities, manage the monthly close process, and ensure compliance with public company standards in preparation for a future IPO.

AerospaceAir Transportation

No H1B

Responsibilities

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, accurately

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 of 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)

Drive continuous improvement in financial processes and systems

Passionate about technology, you 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

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

Support IPO readiness efforts

Collaborate with external auditors and tax consultants

Respond to ad hoc requests for information from internal/external stakeholders

Qualification

US GAAPCPASAPConcurQuickBooksAccounting OperationsProcess ImprovementsLeadershipCollaborationCritical ThinkingProblem SolvingSelf-Motivation

Required

Bachelor's degree in accounting

7-10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including a mix of public accounting and industry

Solid knowledge of US GAAP, including leases, stock-based compensation, and R&D/project accounting

Experience with technical memos and audit interaction

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

We are a service organization, you are customer service-centric, meeting customer needs, and eventually anticipating them

Comfortable with ambiguity, as we continue in a rapid growth mode, no two days are typically alike

Curious, not shy about asking why, or why not, 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, elevate as appropriate, and seek solutions

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 in addressing specific challenges

Teamwork and Team Building: Establish a collaborative culture where people with unique personalities and skills happily work together and accountable to shared goal

Strong Business Communication: Use the right language, tone and storytelling techniques when communicating, describing, or explaining issues over email, chat, reports, presentations and other forms and channels of communication; adapt communication based on audience

Self-Motivation: Exude the highest level of commitment and motivation to see it through from start to finish