Senior Accountant

Telemetry Today LLC; Marysville, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits package

Job summary

Gravitics, a leading space infrastructure company, seeks a Senior Accountant to own the month-, quarter-, and year-end close under US GAAP and federal cost accounting rules. You will design and implement processes, controls, and systems to scale our accounting function as we grow.

You'll work across Finance, Operations, and Contracts teams to ensure audit-ready books, SOX readiness, and accurate job costing for spacecraft hardware programs, while advancing ERP capabilities and close automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including ownership of month-end close.
• Strong working knowledge of US GAAP.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, complex formulas) and hands-on ERP experience.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and clear written and verbal communication.
• A builder's mindset: comfortable with ambiguity, high ownership, and a fast-moving startup pace.

Responsibilities

• Own month-, quarter-, and year-end close for assigned GL areas: journal entries, accruals, prepaids, reconciliations, and flux analysis.
• Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations; research and resolve variances.
• Prepare schedules and support for financial statements and related disclosures.
• Manage fixed asset capitalization, depreciation, and the fixed asset register.
• Support job costing, WIP, and inventory accounting for spacecraft hardware programs.
• Calculate and book overhead, fringe, and G&A allocations; support indirect rate development and tracking.
• Support government contract accounting under FAR and CAS, including DCAA readiness and timekeeping compliance.
• Support revenue recognition on long-term contracts (ASC 606) alongside program and contracts teams.
• Research technical accounting questions and write memos documenting conclusions.
• Design, document, and test internal controls over financial reporting.
• Prepare PBC schedules and support audits.
• Help implement ERP, close automation, and expense tools to shorten close cycle.
• Take on ad-hoc analyses and special projects as the company grows.
• Partner with FP&A, Operations, Program Management, Supply Chain, and Legal to keep financial information accurate.

Skills

Advanced Excel

US GAAP

Attention to detail

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

NetSuite

FloQast

ERP experience

Job description

AtGravitics,we'renot exploring space-we're rebuilding it.We'recreating the infrastructure for a thriving space economy, enabling humanity to flourish beyond Earth. Our vision is bold, butwe'renot just dreamers;we'redoers. We design and manufacture large-scale orbital structures that enable commercial operations while meeting the requirements of defense and government missions.
Our systems are built to scale and built to last - bridging commercial innovation with mission-critical performance. If you're ready to lay the foundations for a new era in space, embrace a culture of relentless learning and innovation, and contribute to a future where humanity's reach extends farther, Gravitics is the place for you. Let's build the future together.

About the Role

As our Senior Accountant, you'll own core pieces of the close and help build the processes, controls, and systems our accounting function will run on as we scale. You'll keep our books accurate and audit-ready under both US GAAP and federal cost accounting rules and help lay the groundwork for a SOX-ready control environment. This is a hands-on build role. You'll design processes, not just maintain them.

Responsibilities

• Own month-, quarter-, and year-end close for assigned GL areas: journal entries, accruals, prepaids, reconciliations, and flux analysis
• Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations; research and resolve variances
• Prepare schedules and support for financial statements and related disclosures
• Manage fixed asset capitalization, depreciation, and the fixed asset register for manufacturing and test equipment
• Support job costing, WIP, and inventory accounting for spacecraft hardware programs
• Calculate and book overhead, fringe, and G&A allocations; support indirect rate development and tracking
• Support government contract accounting under FAR and CAS, including DCAA readiness, incurred cost submissions, and timekeeping compliance
• Support revenue recognition on long-term contracts (ASC 606) alongside program and contracts teams
• Research technical accounting questions and write clear memos documenting conclusions
• Design, document, and test internal controls over financial reporting, including process narratives and key control descriptions
• Prepare PBC schedules and support internal, external, and government audits
• Help implement and improve ERP, close automation, and expense tools to shorten the close cycle
• Take on ad-hoc analysis and special projects as the company grows
• Partner with FP&A, Operations, Program Management, Supply Chain, and Legal to keep financial information accurate and useful

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including ownership of month-end close
• Strong working knowledge of US GAAP
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, complex formulas) and hands-on ERP experience
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and clear written and verbal communication
• A builder's mindset: comfortable with ambiguity, high ownership, and a fast-moving startup pace

Bonus Points for

• CPA, or actively pursuing one
• Big 4 or national public accounting audit experience, or accounting experience at a public company
• SOX compliance, ICFR documentation, or public-company readiness experience
• Aerospace, defense, or advanced manufacturing background
• Experience with inventory, WIP, or job costing
• Experience with [ERP, e.g., NetSuite], close automation tools (e.g., FloQast), and T&E platforms (e.g., Navan, Concur)

Compensation and Benefits

Your level and base salary will bedeterminedon a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the considerations of job-related knowledge and skills, education, and direct experience. Salary is just onecomponentof the total employee package, which also includes company equity at an exciting time of company growth, as well ascomprehensive medical, 401(k) retirement plan, a generous PTO policy, employee discounts, and more.

About Compliance

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Gravitics is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ethnicity, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected status.