Senior Plant Controller – Manufacturing Finance

Relativity Space, Inc.; Mississippi; Presencial; USD 158.000 - 238.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Competitive salary and equity

PTO and sick leave

Parental leave

Learning and development stipend

Descripción de la vacante

Relativity Space, Inc. seeks a senior accounting leader to own site financial results and partner with Plant Manager and leadership at the Mississippi manufacturing site.

You will lead plant accounting, close activities, and costing across production, inventory, and capital projects, while building controls and a capable site accounting team to enable scalable, rate-based manufacturing.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required.
• 10+ years progressive accounting/finance, including manufacturing experience.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, inventory accounting, standard costing, variances, fixed assets, and capital-project accounting.
• Ability to partner with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and leadership to translate activity into financial insights.
• Experience building or strengthening accounting processes, internal controls, and financial reporting in growing manufacturing environments.
• Analytical and hands-on problem-solving with operations exposure.

Responsabilidades

• Serve as senior accounting leader for the manufacturing site, partnering with Plant Manager and site leadership.
• Lead plant accounting and close activities across costs, inventory, fixed assets, capital projects, reconciliations, accruals, and reporting.
• Own manufacturing cost accounting, standard costs, labor, overhead, work in process, and variances analysis.
• Establish strong financial controls and disciplined processes across inventory, production reporting, purchasing, and capital expenditures.
• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, FP&A, and Corporate Accounting to provide financial insights for decisions.
• Lead and develop the site accounting team and support a transition to rate-based manufacturing.

Conocimientos

Plant accounting

GAAP knowledge

Costing

Cross-functional partnering

Manufacturing accounting

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance

Herramientas

Infor LN

SAP

Oracle

Descripción del empleo

At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. OurTerran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launchcapacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock newopportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyondthe known.

Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. Here, you're not just executing tasks; you're solving problems that haven’t been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you’re in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you’ll collaborate across teams, shape decisions, and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together. Nowis a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, andthe culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The mostmeaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.

About the Team:

The Accounting team at Relativity spans tax and compliance, financial operations, general ledger, and business data strategy. While each group brings unique insights, they are united by a shared goal of protecting the financial integrity of Relativity, while also enabling smarter, faster decisions to help the company scale. You’ll collaborate deeply with teams across the business, ask the right questions, and become a trusted partner, not just a processor. With a focus on enabling growth, you’ll bring both structure and creativity to a highly dynamic environment.

About the Role

• Serve as the senior accounting leader for the manufacturing site, owning the accuracy and integrity of site financial results and partnering closely with the Plant Manager and site leadership.
• Lead plant accounting and close activities across manufacturing costs, inventory, fixed assets, capital projects, reconciliations, accruals, and financial reporting.
• Own manufacturing and cost accounting, including standard costs, labor and overhead, work in process, inventory valuation, and analysis of production and manufacturing variances.
• Establish strong financial controls and disciplined processes across inventory, production reporting, purchasing, receiving, fixed assets, capital expenditures, and other plant operations.
• Partner closely with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, FP&A, and Corporate Accounting to translate manufacturing activity into accurate financial insights and improve business decisions.
• Build and strengthen the accounting infrastructure needed to support the transition from development and low-rate production to repeatable, rate-based manufacturing, while leading and developing the site accounting team.

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field with 10+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including significant experience in manufacturing.
• Proven experience in plant controllership, site accounting, or manufacturing accounting leadership within a complex, capital-intensive environment.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, inventory accounting, standard costing, manufacturing variances, fixed assets, and capital-project accounting.
• Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and plant leadership to understand operational drivers and solve complex financial issues.
• Experience building or strengthening accounting processes, internal controls, and financial reporting in a growing or evolving manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to investigate financial results at the operational level and maintain a regular, hands-on presence within manufacturing operations.

Nice to Have

• CPA, CMA, MBA, or other relevant advanced qualification.
• Experience in aerospace, defense, automotive, industrial equipment, heavy machinery, or another highly engineered manufacturing environment.
• Experience supporting a transition from development or low-rate production to repeatable manufacturing, including implementing or improving standard costing and manufacturing master data.
• Experience with complex manufacturing ERPs such as Infor LN, SAP, or Oracle, along with exposure to SOX, government contracting, project accounting, data analytics, or process automation.

Successful candidates must clear a background check administered by the US government to obtain clearance for on-site work at our government partner location in Stennis, Mississippi.

At Relativity Space, we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation practices. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.

Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more!To see some of the benefits & perks we offer, please visit here.

Hiring Range:

$158,000 - $238,000 USD

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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