Accounting Manager
Impulse Space
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USD 100k-140k / year + Equity
Posted 6+ months ago
As an Accounting Manager at Impulse, you’ll be a key player in building a strong financial foundation, ensuring accurate reporting, and implementing efficient processes. This is a hands-on role with high visibility and the opportunity to shape the accounting function from the ground up. You’ll take ownership of the accounting function today—and grow into a leadership role as we scale. This is a rare opportunity to build processes from the ground up while preparing to manage a team in the future.
- Department
- Finance
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Location
- Redondo Beach
- Workplace type
- Onsite
- Compensation
- $100,000 - $140,000 / year
- Reporting To
Responsibilities
- Own all aspects of day-to-day accounting operations, including:
- Journal Entries and Reconciliation
- General ledger management
- Monthly/quarterly/annual close processes
- Bank and account reconciliations
- Expense reporting and payroll oversight
- Lead and manage the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes
- Prepare and timely review financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) in compliance with GAAP
- Establish and improve accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls.
- Manage external relationships with auditors, tax advisors, and regulatory bodies.
- Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis in partnership with leadership.
- Implement new accounting systems, tools and processes to support scale.
- Provide guidance and mentorship to junior accounting staff
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams on financial insights and reporting needs.
- Collaborate with the Controller, who currently oversees AP/AR and Payroll. In the future it may lead to those functions transitioning under your management as the company grows and your leadership responsibilities expand
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience.
- Strong technical knowledge of US GAAP and full-cycle accounting
- Hands-on experience with monthly close and financial reporting
- Proficiency with accounting software (QuickBooks Online, NetSuite, or similar) and Excel
- Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
Preferred Skills and Experience
- CPA, or working towards CPA
- 5+ years' background in public accounting (Big 4 or regional) combined with industry experience, preferred
- Prior startup or high-growth company experience, preferred
- Familiarity with implementing systems and scaling accounting operations, preferred
Additional Information:
Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
About Impulse Space
Impulse Space, the in-space transportation company founded by Tom Mueller, is opening access beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with its fleet of in-space transportation vehicles. The high-energy Helios vehicle unlocks orbits beyond LEO with its powerful Deneb engine, dropping off payloads in MEO, GEO, heliocentric, lunar, and other planetary orbits. The flight-proven Mira vehicle uses a nontoxic, high-impulse chemical propulsion system to offer orbital transport, constellation deployment, and precision reentry services to customers throughout LEO. Led by a team that delivered the most reliable rockets in history, Impulse provides economical and efficient in-space transportation by reliably and rapidly getting customers where they want to go.
Our Hiring Process
Stage 1:
Application Received
Stage 2:
Resume Review
Stage 3:
Intro Phone Interview
Stage 4:
Technical Phone Interview(s)
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