Shieldai
Senior Accountant (R5541)
San Mateo, California. Posted 3 months ago
The role
You will own close work for assigned accounting areas, including journals, reconciliations and flux analysis. You will manage key GL cycles and help improve controls, processes and tools as the company grows.
What you will do
- Own close for assigned areas: prepare journals, account reconciliations and flux analysis; ensure GL-to-subledger integrity.
- Manage key GL cycles: AR/revenue, accruals, fixed assets, deferred revenue and equity with clean rollforwards and documentation.
- Coordinate cutoffs and analytics with AP, AR, Payroll, Procurement and FP&A on accruals and budget-to-actuals; propose data-based adjustments.
- Identify risks, control gaps or inefficiencies and drive solutions with minimal direction.
- Standardize templates, automate reconciliations and streamline the close calendar.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
- CPA or CPA eligible.
- 4+ years of progressive accounting experience in public accounting (Big 4 or national firm) and/or a high-growth operating environment.
- Proficiency with GLs, subledgers and reconciliation tools (e.g., FloQast).
- Strong Excel/Sheets skills.
- Solid working knowledge of US GAAP and internal controls.
- Clear communicator with an ownership mindset who collaborates to deadlines.
- Strong attention to detail and a problem-solving mindset.
Nice to have
- Public company experience.
Benefits
- Bonus
- Equity
- Benefits (not available to part-time employees or military fellows)
- Temporary benefits package for temporary employees, applicable after 60 days of employment
Before you apply
- All offers are contingent on a cleared background check and possible reference check.
- Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits.
About the company
Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company that builds intelligent systems to protect service members and civilians. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation technologies.