Senior Accountant: Scale Finance, Own the Close + Equity

Shield AI; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 88,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Equity

Job summary

Shield AI, a defense-tech innovator, seeks a Senior Accountant to scale our accounting function. You will own balance sheet and P&L areas, shaping how financial data is produced, trusted, and used by leadership to guide decisions.

You’ll manage close processes, strengthen controls, and drive analytics across AR/revenue, accruals, assets, and equity, partnering with AP/AR/Payroll/Procurement/FP&A. This role offers growth in a high-growth environment with bonus and equity when appropriate.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required.
• CPA or CPA eligible preferred.
• 4+ years of progressive accounting experience in public accounting (Big 4 or national firm) and/or high-growth environment; public company experience a plus.
• Proficiency with GLs/subledgers and reconciliation tools (FloQast) and strong Excel/Sheets skills.
• Solid working knowledge of US GAAP and internal controls.
• Clear communicator with ownership mindset and ability to collaborate to deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving mindset.

Responsibilities

• Own close for assigned areas: prepare journals, account reconciliations, and flux analysis; ensure GL-to-subledger integrity.
• Manage key GL cycles: AR/revenue, accruals, fixed assets, deferred revenue, equity with clean rollforwards and documentation.
• Drive cutoffs and analytics: coordinate with AP/AR/Payroll/Procurement/FP&A on accruals and budget-to-actuals; propose adjustments based on data.
• Uplift controls and audit readiness: Identify risks, control gaps, or inefficiencies and drive solutions with minimal direction.
• Improve processes and tools: standardize templates, automate reconciliations, streamline the close calendar.

Skills

Journal entries

Reconciliations

Excel/Sheets

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance

CPA or CPA eligible

Tools

FloQast

Job description

Shield AI, a defense-tech innovator, seeks a Senior Accountant to scale our accounting function. You will own balance sheet and P&L areas, shaping how financial data is produced, trusted, and used by leadership to guide decisions.

You’ll manage close processes, strengthen controls, and drive analytics across AR/revenue, accruals, assets, and equity, partnering with AP/AR/Payroll/Procurement/FP&A. This role offers growth in a high-growth environment with bonus and equity when appropriate.