Senior Manager Accounting and Controls
Formic provides full-service, robotics-as-a-service automation for U.S. manufacturers, including deployment, operation, monitoring, and maintenance of industrial robotic systems without upfront capital investment.
About Formic
Formic Technologies, Inc. is a Bolingbrook, Illinois-based industrial automation company founded in 2020. Its Full Service Automation offering deploys and operates robotic systems for manufacturing tasks such as palletizing, case packing, machine tending, pallet wrapping, and material movement. Its current platform combines Formic Core, an on-robot physical-AI execution layer, with Cortex, a fleet-level intelligence and operations layer.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will lead key accounting and controls initiatives, support the financial audit, manage close-process components, and prepare technical accounting work and financial statements. You will strengthen internal controls, improve documentation and workflows, and support ERP improvements and accounting automation.
Requirements
- Active CPA license in good standing
- 7–10+ years of progressive accounting experience
- Significant experience at a Top 10 public accounting firm
- Senior Manager or equivalent Audit or Assurance experience
- Experience leading audit engagements and managing teams
- Knowledge of US GAAP, revenue recognition, and lease accounting
- Analytical, organizational, and project management skills
Responsibilities
- Support the financial audit by preparing audit schedules, account support, reconciliations, and documentation
- Manage components of month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes
- Prepare technical accounting transactions for revenue recognition, lease accounting, and equity-based compensation
- Prepare financial statements and review supporting schedules and reconciliations
- Design, implement, and maintain internal controls
- Identify audit-readiness gaps and improve documentation and workflows
- Establish accounting workflows and documentation standards
- Improve the close timeline
- Support ERP improvements, system initiatives, and accounting automations
- Automate manual processes and improve data accuracy
- Maintain scalable accounting procedures and documentation
Benefits
- Stock option program
- Uncapped commission structure
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- FSA and DCFSA
- Employer-paid life insurance
- Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- 401(k) plan
- Home office stipend for fully remote and hybrid employees
- Monthly cell phone and internet reimbursement
- Flexible paid time off