Manage the full-cycle, high-volume accounts payable process, including invoice processing, three-way matching, GL and cost-center coding, vendor payments, reimbursements, reconciliations, accruals, aging reports, vendor maintenance, and audit support. Resolve invoice discrepancies and vendor inquiries while supporting manufacturing procurement and month-end close. The role uses NetSuite, Ramp, Mercury, Rippling, and Excel in a fast-paced defense hardware startup.

Build and maintain manufacturing standard costs, BOMs, labor rates, overhead allocations, variance analysis, ERP costing modules, inventory valuation, and cost rollups. Support DCAA indirect cost rates, government contract pricing, month-end close, inventory reconciliation, WIP accounting, and manufacturing variance journals. Partner cross-functionally with engineering, operations, and supply chain during production ramp and provide cost insights for pricing and operational decisions.

Serve as the primary finance partner to Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Program Execution. Own CapEx planning, working capital modeling, budgeting/forecasting, cash conversion analysis, and financial reporting to guide production decisions and liquidity management for scaled hardware defense manufacturing.