We are looking to add a Corporate Controller to our team. In this role you will oversee the accounting function responsible for general ledger accounting, financial close, reconciliations, and accounting compliance. This role establishes functional priorities and operating plans, manages accounting teams through subordinate leaders, and maintains accounting policies and controls that support accurate and timely financial reporting. The Corporate Controller evaluates financial results, complex accounting matters, internal controls, and operational performance to ensure accounting activities comply with applicable standards and organizational requirements. The ideal candidate is a hands-on, technically strong accounting leader with experience in complex multi entity environment and exposure to SEC reporting and SOX controls.
This position requires an experienced accounting leader with deep knowledge of financial reporting, generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), internal controls, and audit requirements. The Corporate Controller partners cross-functionally with finance, operations, program management, and other business functions to address financial matters, improve accounting processes, and provide senior leadership with accurate and meaningful financial information.
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Oversee accounting teams and subordinate leaders responsible for general ledger accounting, journal entries, account reconciliations, financial reporting, and related accounting activities.
- Establish functional priorities, operating plans, resource requirements, and performance expectations that support accurate and timely accounting operations.
- Develop accounting leaders and organizational capability through workforce planning, succession planning, performance management, and employee development.
- Provide SVP of accounting oversight of the organization's books and records, partnering with the senior finance leadership on corporate accounting strategy, technical accounting positions, and the integrity of financial data.
- Develop reporting packages for executive leadership and external stakeholders
- Lead process improvements, automation initiatives, and system enhancements
- Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, adjustments, and financial statement preparation.
- Review financial results, balance sheet accounts, income statement activity, and supporting schedules to identify significant variances, discrepancies, or accounting issues.
- Present financial results, accounting matters, and reporting considerations to senior leadership to support informed business decisions.
- Own consolidated corporate financial reporting, including consolidations, intercompany eliminations, and the preparation of financial statements, disclosures, and management reporting packages.
- Establish and enforce accounting policies, procedures, internal controls, and documentation practices consistent with GAAP or IFRS and organizational requirements.
- Evaluate complex or non-routine accounting matters and determine appropriate accounting treatment, documentation, and financial reporting implications.
- Manage internal and external audit activities, including audit preparation, supporting documentation, issue resolution, and implementation of corrective actions.
- Ensure corporate compliance with applicable statutory, regulatory, and SEC reporting requirements and internal control over financial reporting (e.g., SOX), coordinating with tax, treasury, and external auditors.
JOB REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field with 11-15 years of related experience, Master's degree with 9-12 years of related experience, or PhD with 7-10 years of related experience in accounting, financial reporting, audit, accounts payable, internal controls, or a related discipline.
- 5+ years of leadership or management experience leading finance, accounting, tax, internal controls, or business systems professionals.
- Active CPA License
- Experience serving in a corporate controller capacity or equivalent, including consolidated financial reporting, books-and-records integrity, technical accounting, and internal control over financial reporting.
- Expert knowledge of accounting principles, financial reporting, general ledger accounting, financial close, and account reconciliation practices.
- Expertise in generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), accounting policies, and financial statement preparation.
- Comprehensive knowledge of internal controls, audit requirements, financial documentation, account analysis, and accounting compliance.
- Extensive experience evaluating complex accounting transactions, financial results, balance sheet activity, reporting issues, and appropriate accounting treatment.
- Strategic understanding of accounting operations, financial systems, process automation, control environments, and organizational reporting requirements.
- Exercises sound judgment in evaluating accounting issues, financial reporting implications, internal control risks, audit matters, and competing organizational priorities.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
- Enterprise resource planning (ERP), general ledger, and financial accounting applications, e.g. SAP, Oracle, , or equivalent applications.
- Financial close, account reconciliation, and consolidation applications used to support corporate controller responsibilities, e.g. FloQast, OneStream, or equivalent applications.
- Financial reporting, business intelligence, build Agents for work and processing automation and data analysis applications, e.g. Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent applications.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field with 11–15 years of related experience; alternatively, a master's degree with 9–12 years or PhD with 7–10 years of related experience.
- 5+ years of leadership or management experience leading finance, accounting, tax, internal controls, or business systems professionals.
- Experience serving as a corporate controller or equivalent, including consolidated financial reporting, books-and-records integrity, technical accounting, and internal control over financial reporting.
- Expert knowledge of accounting principles, financial reporting, general ledger accounting, financial close, and account reconciliation practices.
- Expertise in GAAP or IFRS, accounting policies, and financial statement preparation.
- Comprehensive knowledge of internal controls, audit requirements, financial documentation, account analysis, and accounting compliance.
- Extensive experience evaluating complex accounting transactions, financial results, balance sheet activity, reporting issues, and appropriate accounting treatment.
- Strategic understanding of accounting operations, financial systems, process automation, control environments, and organizational reporting requirements.
- Sound judgment in evaluating accounting issues, financial reporting implications, internal control risks, audit matters, and competing organizational priorities.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
- Experience with ERP, general ledger, and financial accounting applications such as SAP, Oracle, or equivalent systems.
- Experience with financial close, account reconciliation, and consolidation applications such as FloQast, OneStream, or equivalent systems.
- Experience with financial reporting, business intelligence, automation, and data analysis applications such as Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent systems.
CesiumAstro Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about CesiumAstro and has not been reviewed or approved by CesiumAstro.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, plus FSAs and mental health benefits. Feedback suggests the health package is comprehensive for a growth-stage aerospace firm.
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Retirement Support — Offerings include a 401(k) with company matching and other retirement-plan elements. Feedback suggests core retirement mechanisms are in place alongside standard financial benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO, paid holidays, paid sick days, and bereavement leave are included. Feedback suggests time-off options are broad on paper across multiple leave types.
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What We Do
We build high-throughput, plug-and-play phased array communication payloads for space and airborne platforms. CesiumAstro’s full-stack, multi-mission hardware and software products enable a diverse range of commercial and defense objectives. Full-system engineering design is at the heart of every CesiumAstro product. We deliver high-performance solutions under rapid development timelines.
Why Work With Us
At CesiumAstro, we’re a team. We’re passionate, respectful, and determined colleagues ready to help at a moment’s notice. We’re mentors excited to enable our peers with the knowledge they need to succeed. Together, we’re visionaries committing to building memories that will last a lifetime.
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