Senior Plant Controllership Leader, Manufacturing Finance

Relativity Space; Kiln (MS); On-site; USD 158,000 - 238,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & equity

PTO & sick leave

Parental leave

Learning and development stipend

Job summary

Relativity Space in Mississippi seeks a senior accounting leader for the manufacturing site at Stennis. You will own the site’s financial results and partner with the Plant Manager and leadership to drive close processes across costs, inventory, fixed assets, and capital projects.

You will collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, FP&A, and Corporate Accounting to translate activity into insights, strengthen controls, and scale manufacturing as we move toward higher-rate production.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

GAAP knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance

CPA/CMA/MBA or similar

Tools

Infor LN

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Relativity Space in Mississippi seeks a senior accounting leader for the manufacturing site at Stennis. You will own the site’s financial results and partner with the Plant Manager and leadership to drive close processes across costs, inventory, fixed assets, and capital projects.

You will collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, FP&A, and Corporate Accounting to translate activity into insights, strengthen controls, and scale manufacturing as we move toward higher-rate production.