Financial Operations Manager

• →Orchestrate the Close: Lead and support the month-end close process to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting that meets the rigorous standards of our Board and stakeholders.
• →Reporting Excellence: Ensure the accuracy of all financial statements, providing the leadership team with the clear, data-backed insights needed to make high-stakes decisions.
• →Operational Gatekeeping: Manage day-to-day expense approvals, ensuring all spend—from travel and flight bookings to vendor payments—aligns with our internal policies and reflects "best judgment" for company dollars.
• →Data Integrity: Maintain an accurate general ledger of transactions and reconciliations, identifying and resolving discrepancies with surgical precision.
• →AR/AP processing: Develop a scalable process and ensure prompt execution for processing receivables and payable for the company.
• →Systems Architecture: Play a key role in the design and implementation of our next-generation ERP system, helping us move away from early-stage tools into a modern scalable financial ecosystem.
• →Audit & Compliance: Support for company’s first accounting audit, subsequently maintaining a "permanent-readiness" posture and ensuring full compliance with GAAP and industry-specific standards.

• Education: A Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of professional experience or an associate's degree with 10+ years of experience, preferably in accounting/finance. professional experience in high growth technology or government contracting is a plus
• Discipline & Detail: An uncompromising eye for detail when it comes to data integrity and financial documentation as well as prompt, punctual execution to ensure financial processes are never the gate to business progress
• Adaptive Mindset: The ability to maintain rigorous financial standards while remaining flexible and proactive in a fast-paced, mission-driven startup environment
• Growth Mindset:  The judgment to provide the right balance of structure to enable a stable platform for growth without stifling the team with unnecessary process.

We offer the opportunity to join a team where the finance function is viewed as a strategic enabler of national security. You will work in an environment that values transparency, rigorous self-scrutiny, and technical excellence. We provide competitive equity, comprehensive benefits, and a culture that trusts you to be a responsible steward of our capital as we build the future of defense-tech.