Accounting and Finance Principal
About The Position
This role sits at the intersection of finance, engineering, and operations, driving data-informed decision-making across a fast-growing manufacturing environment. As an Accounting and Finance Principal, you will partner closely with cross-functional teams to develop financial insights, optimize resource allocation, and establish scalable processes that support production and inventory management. The position plays a key role in tracking performance, improving operational efficiency, and ensuring financial accuracy as the business expands. This is a great opportunity for a strategic and hands-on leader. This position is based in El Segundo, CA (Los Angeles area), and requires being onsite full-time
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- 10+ years of experience in finance or operations
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in business administration
- Experience working in finance organizations of fast-moving manufacturing or technology companies
- Experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP) databases and structured query language (SQL) programming
- Advanced Excel financial modelling skills
- Experience with presenting analytical results in both verbal and written form across a multi-disciplinary organization
- Willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed
Responsibilities
- Align with Engineering to implement processes for accurate labor cost allocation in manufactured parts.
- Identify resource requirements for business entities, including headcount, capital, vehicle refurbishment/build costs, and operating expenses.
- Collaborate with production and engineering teams to define production and operational KPIs, analyzing performance against productivity targets.
- Partner with business leaders to prepare financial analyses that inform optimal operational decision-making.
- Work closely with supply chain to ensure financial obligations are tracked and committed as we scale for rapid growth.
- Support financial close analysis and group-level reporting; identify process improvements and automation opportunities, implementing changes to streamline processes.
- Provide insights on spending variances and department-level reporting to business partners.
- Coordinate capital expenditure tracking and related cash forecasts for the business.
- Deliver financial analysis and support to propel business initiatives forward.
- Develop scalability plans for inventory management processes to align with business growth, including infrastructure, staffing, and technology upgrades.
- Monitor KPIs for inventory management, such as inventory turnover rate, accuracy rate, and carrying costs, to measure performance and identify areas for improvement.
- Utilize software solutions that offer real-time tracking, automated reordering, and comprehensive analytics to enhance inventory accuracy and visibility.
Benefits
- Exciting team of professionals at the top of their field working by your side
- Equity in a fully funded space startup with potential for significant growth (interns excluded)
- 401(k) matching (interns excluded)
- Unlimited PTO (interns excluded)
- Health insurance, including Vision and Dental
- Lunch and snacks provided on site every day. Dinners provided twice a week.
- Maternity / Paternity leave (interns excluded)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
