Shieldai
Senior Accountant (R6506)
San Diego, California. Posted 8 days ago
The role
This Senior Accountant role owns close for assigned balance sheet and P&L areas, including journals, reconciliations and flux analysis. The job also covers key GL cycles, cutoffs, controls and process improvements to help scale the accounting function.
What you will do
- Own close for assigned areas: prepare journals, account reconciliations and flux analysis.
- Ensure GL-to-subledger integrity.
- Manage GL cycles for AR/revenue, accruals, fixed assets, deferred revenue and equity with clean rollforwards.
- Coordinate with AP, AR, Payroll, Procurement and FP&A on accruals and budget-to-actuals.
- Propose adjustments based on data.
- Identify risks, control gaps and inefficiencies and drive solutions.
- Standardize templates, automate reconciliations and streamline the close calendar.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or 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 and ability to collaborate to deadlines.
- Strong attention to detail and problem-solving mindset.
Nice to have
- Public company experience.
Benefits
- Bonus.
- Benefits.
- Equity (full-time regular employees).
- Temporary benefits package applicable after 60 days (temporary employees).
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, including Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation technologies. It has offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.