Senior Accountant Technical Accounting and Reporting
Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.
Funding history
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About Shield AI
Founded in 2015, Shield AI builds Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft for operations in contested, GPS- and communications-denied environments. Its current site also presents Aechelon synthetic-reality simulation and Vision Systems detection and tracking products.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will research complex accounting matters and document conclusions under U.S. GAAP. You will prepare financial statements, disclosures, and supporting schedules; support audits and financial-reporting controls; improve accounting policies and processes; and partner with finance, legal, tax, and other functions on transactions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- Active CPA license
- 3+ years of progressive public accounting, technical accounting, financial reporting, or high-growth operating-environment experience
- Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP
- Experience researching accounting guidance and documenting technical conclusions
- Experience preparing or auditing financial statements, footnote disclosures, and supporting schedules
- Excel proficiency
- Experience with ERP and financial-reporting systems
- Communication, ownership, judgment, attention to detail, and prioritization skills
Responsibilities
- Research complex transactions and prepare audit-ready technical accounting memos and whitepapers under U.S. GAAP
- Prepare GAAP financial statements, footnotes, supporting schedules, roll forwards, tie-outs, and consistency checks
- Coordinate external-audit requests and maintain supporting documentation
- Execute controls supporting financial reporting, SOX, and IPO readiness
- Monitor accounting guidance and update policies
- Improve reporting templates, workflows, and systems through standardization and automation
- Partner with accounting, legal, corporate development, treasury, tax, FP&A, and program finance on transactions and accounting conclusions
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity