At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the 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. Now is a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful 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:
Define and execute both the short-term and long-term vision for financial systems, delivering immediate solutions to meet current business needs while ensuring scalability, automation, and alignment with enterprise applications
• Partner with Accounting and Finance teams to anticipate needs, define requirements, and design, develop, and launch solutions
• Foster a strong partnership between the Financial Systems team and the Enterprise Application Systems (EAS) team, working collaboratively to design solutions, ensure seamless implementation, and provide ongoing support to end users
• Configure and maintain our financial systems (ERP modules, expense management, travel platforms, asset tagging tools) to ensure efficiency and scalability
• Partner with Cost Accounting team to set the inventory costing model, ensuring that inventory valuation and enterprise structure configurations are designed to support Finance and Accounting reporting requirements
• Lead the ITGC strategy covering ERP role design, access controls, and segregation of duties (SOD), ensuring SOX compliance and audit readiness • Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), user stories, process flows, and training resources to support system use and compliance
About You:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or a related field
- 6+ years of ERP and financial systems experience, with at least 1 year in a leadership or managerial role
- Strong understanding of GAAP accounting, financial statements, and double-entry accounting principles
- Demonstrated success in leading cross-functional financial system initiatives from concept to execution
- Expertise in financial system governance, access controls, and audit compliance requirements Advanced Excel skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with proven ability to engage and influence executives
Nice to haves but not required:
- Infor LN experience
- Experience in aerospace or manufacturing industries
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.
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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Relativity Space Long Beach, California, USA Office
We have two sites in Long Beach, CA's Space Beach: "The Wormhole," a 1M sq. ft. factory, once Boeing C-17's home. Nearby, "The Portal" supports Aeon R engine production for our Terran R launch vehicle.
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