Our client in the defense and aerospace robotics industry is seeking an experienced Corporate Controller and CPA for a full-time position.
This role will work remotely with travel, as needed, to the various US-based plant locations.
Overview
This company acquires and partners with founder-led defense and aerospace technology companies and scales them into production-grade suppliers. These companies are strong on engineering and light on finance, and will have Controllers embedded at each location. The Corporate Controller will oversee each and report into the CFO.
Responsibilities- Build the reporting, controls, and budgeting the business needs as they grow through acquisition.
- Manage accurate record-keeping, compliance, and daily financial controls.
- Prepare accurate income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow reports that follow strict rules in a regulated industry.
- Enhance internal controls and monitor operations risk.
- Prepare precise Regulatory Reporting to government agencies, external regulators, and others on strict deadlines.
- Partner on internal and external audits, serving as the main point of contact for government inspectors and compliance reviewers.
- Oversee system implementation (NetSuite) across the corporate and plant-level, in conjunction with embedded Controllers.
Qualifications- Strong corporate controller-level or senior finance experience, ideally in government contracting, aerospace, defense, or a related regulated environment.
- Experience building finance structure from a low baseline: budgets, control accounts, cost tracking, and reporting where little existed before.
- Ideal candidate will have 35 years of public accounting experience, combined with strong corporate accounting experience as a Controller within organizations ranging from $100M to $300M+ in revenue.
- Familiarity with contract- and resource-level cost tracking and the reporting standards expected in government-facing businesses.
- Comfort coordinating with external auditors and advisors and supporting audit readiness.
- Systems fluency, with experience implementing or converting ERP and financial systems (NetSuite experience is preferred, QuickBooks and Sage experience is a plus).
- A hands-on, proactive operator comfortable in a fast-moving, under-structured environment, willing to do the detailed work and build the function up.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the judgment to work effectively with founders and small teams that are new to formal finance.
- Willingness to travel (approx. 10%-25%) to portfolio companies as needed, particularly in the early stand-up period.
Salary Range: $200-240k/yr plus 20% bonus plan. Compensation will depend on overall qualifications, education, experience, etc.