Manager, Fixed Asset Accounting

Relativity Space • Long Beach, CA

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About The Position

At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known.
Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. Here, you're not just executing tasks; you're solving problems that haven’t been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you’re in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you’ll collaborate across teams, shape decisions, and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together. Now is a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.
About the Team:
The Accounting team at Relativity spans tax and compliance, financial operations, general ledger, and business data strategy. While each group brings unique insights, they are united by a shared goal of protecting the financial integrity of Relativity, while also enabling smarter, faster decisions to help the company scale. You’ll collaborate deeply with teams across the business, ask the right questions, and become a trusted partner, not just a processor. With a focus on enabling growth, you’ll bring both structure and creativity to a highly dynamic environment.
About the Role:
Review and approve fixed asset transactions and journal entries in a manufacturing environment (including but not limited to: capitalization, depreciation, transfers, disposals) for month-end close
Collaborate with internal cross-functional teams to build out fixed asset tagging process across 3 sites
Review monthly/quarterly/annual fixed asset roll forwards
Prepare and review explanations for monthly flux analyses
Manage internal fixed asset roadmap and work cross functionally to enhance full cycle fixed asset management process
Act as the primary point of contact for external auditors regarding fixed asset-related inquiries and documentation

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• 5+ years of professional accounting experience, with exposure to high volume fixed asset transactions
• Technical understanding of fixed asset accounting under GAAP
• Proven leader with strong communication, financial data analysis skills, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced setting
• Focused on continuous improvement and process enhancement
• Advanced Excel skills (V-Lookups, Pivot Tables, etc.)

Nice To Haves

• Big 4/regional firm audit/assurance experience (strongly preferred)
• Certified Public Accounting (CPA), active or inactive
• Fast-growing start-ups and/or manufacturing industry experience – space manufacturing even better!
• Infor LN ERP specific experience

Responsibilities

• Review and approve fixed asset transactions and journal entries in a manufacturing environment (including but not limited to: capitalization, depreciation, transfers, disposals) for month-end close
• Collaborate with internal cross-functional teams to build out fixed asset tagging process across 3 sites
• Review monthly/quarterly/annual fixed asset roll forwards
• Prepare and review explanations for monthly flux analyses
• Manage internal fixed asset roadmap and work cross functionally to enhance full cycle fixed asset management process
• Act as the primary point of contact for external auditors regarding fixed asset-related inquiries and documentation

Benefits

• Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager