Founding Finance Leader for Offshore Space Startup

Success Matcher Recruitment; Saint Petersburg (FL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Unknown is seeking its first full-time finance hire to join a small, engineering-driven team building an offshore rocket-launch platform. You will own accounting and finance from day one and grow into senior finance leader as the company scales toward future funding rounds.

You’ll drive AP/AR, month-end close, cash flow, budgeting, board reporting, ERP upgrade, and building a finance function in a high-growth startup.

Qualifications

• CPA license required.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
• Big Four experience (Deloitte, PwC, EY or KPMG).
• 6–12 years of progressive experience as a controller, accounting manager or head of finance.
• Hands-on accounting foundation with close, AP/AR, cash forecasting and reporting.
• Builder's mindset with ability to create process, structure and discipline.

Responsibilities

• Run AP/AR for large, low-volume transactions during the first build.
• Own the month-end close and manage the outsourced bookkeeper.
• Own cash flow management, budgeting and budget-vs-actuals.
• Build the reporting package for leadership and the quarterly board.
• Upgrade the finance stack from QuickBooks Online to a more mature ERP, and integrate it with the vessel-management platform.
• Hire and manage an AP/AR team member within the first one to two quarters.
• Spend 90 days working with operations and engineering, mapping build processes to back-office workflows.

Job description

Unknown is seeking its first full-time finance hire to join a small, engineering-driven team building an offshore rocket-launch platform. You will own accounting and finance from day one and grow into senior finance leader as the company scales toward future funding rounds.

You’ll drive AP/AR, month-end close, cash flow, budgeting, board reporting, ERP upgrade, and building a finance function in a high-growth startup.