Manage day-to-day accounting operations, including journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, fixed assets, payables, receivables, and financial close activities. Prepare financial statement schedules, reporting packages, and analyses under US GAAP. Support audits, tax reporting, budgeting, forecasting, internal controls, accounting-system improvements, and automation. Collaborate cross-functionally, resolve accounting issues, document processes, and guide junior accounting staff.
As an Accounting Manager at Impulse, you will play an important role in maintaining accurate financial records, supporting timely reporting, and strengthening accounting processes as the company grows. This is a hands-on role with meaningful visibility across the organization. You will report to the Senior Accounting Manager and work with cross-functional partners to execute core accounting operations, support the financial close, and help build scalable processes and controls.
Responsibilities
- Manage day-to-day accounting activities, including:
- Journal entries
- General ledger maintenance
- Account reconciliations
- Bank reconciliations
- Accruals and prepaids
- Fixed assets
- Expense reporting
- Accounts payable and accounts receivable support
- Support the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes.
- Prepare and maintain schedules and analyses supporting financial statements, including the P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow statement.
- Reconcile balance sheet accounts and investigate and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner.
- Prepare journal entries and supporting documentation in accordance with US GAAP and company policies.
- Assist with the preparation of financial reporting packages and management analyses.
- Support the Senior Accounting Manager in establishing, documenting, and improving accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls.
- Help ensure accounting records are complete, accurate, and maintained in accordance with applicable requirements.
- Assist with audit, tax, and other external reporting activities by preparing requested schedules and documentation.
- Partner with the Senior Accounting Manager on budgeting, forecasting, cash reporting, and other financial analyses.
- Assist with accounting-system enhancements, process improvements, and automation initiatives.
- Support the implementation and maintenance of accounting systems, tools, and reporting processes.
- Provide guidance and support to junior accounting staff as the team grows.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve accounting questions and support financial reporting needs.
- Take on additional responsibilities and ownership as the accounting organization scales.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 3+ years of progressive accounting experience.
- Strong understanding of US GAAP and full-cycle accounting principles.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience supporting monthly close and financial reporting.
- Demonstrated experience preparing journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
- Proficiency with accounting software such as QuickBooks Online, NetSuite, or similar systems, as well as Microsoft Excel.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to handle confidential financial information with discretion.
Preferred Skills and Experience
- CPA, CPA-eligible, or working toward CPA licensure.
- Experience in public accounting, including Big Four or regional firm experience.
- Prior experience in a startup, aerospace, technology, manufacturing, or other high-growth environment.
- Familiarity with accounting-system implementations, process improvement, and automation.
- Experience supporting audits, tax filings, or other external reporting requirements.
- Experience with budgeting, forecasting, or financial analysis.
- Experience working with ERP systems and integrating accounting data from operational systems.
- Demonstrated ability to document processes and develop effective internal controls.
Additional Information:
Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
Impulse Space’s spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder), an individual granted asylum in the U.S., or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, or other applicable U.S. government agencies. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
About
Impulse Space, the in-space transportation company founded by Tom Mueller, is opening access beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with its fleet of in-space transportation vehicles. The high-energy Helios vehicle unlocks orbits beyond LEO with its powerful Deneb engine, dropping off payloads in MEO, GEO, heliocentric, lunar, and other planetary orbits. The flight-proven Mira vehicle uses a nontoxic, high-impulse chemical propulsion system to offer orbital transport, constellation deployment, and precision reentry services to customers throughout LEO. Led by a team that delivered the most reliable rockets in history, Impulse provides economical and efficient in-space transportation by reliably and rapidly getting customers where they want to go.
Impulse Space El Segundo, California, USA Office
El Segundo, CA, United States, 90245
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