# Lead Accountant, M&A Accounting

**Company**: Anduril
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $112,000-$149,000 USD
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are looking for an exceptional Lead Accountant, M&A Accounting to help Anduril support its hyper-growth and scale our global integration efforts.

The ideal candidate will be highly execution-oriented, comfortable moving at an incredibly fast pace, and skilled at supporting complex financial integrations.

### Responsibilities

- Actively support and partner with a dedicated team of M&A accountants in centralizing and executing all M&A-related accounting activities.

- Lead and assist with pre-close Accounting and Tax due diligence for target acquisitions.

- Lead Day One post-acquisition readiness preparation, including accounting onboarding and integration planning of people, processes, policies, and technology recommendations for the acquired accounting team.

- Travel on Day One post-acquisition to assist in delivering comprehensive overviews of Anduril's people, processes, and systems to newly acquired accounting teams.

- Lead and support preparation of closing balance sheets and supporting documentation.

- Prepare and draft final closing statements and supporting schedules.

- Execute, support, and lead the opening balance sheet crosswalk process.

- Support the hands-on integration of acquired accounting processes and activities.

- Facilitate onboarding of new accounting team members to Anduril’s Oracle Fusion and broader boundary system ecosystem.

- Provide hands-on operational and supervisory support, including temporarily filling in for departed team members from acquired accounting teams as needed.

- Coordinate and collaborate closely with key cross-functional teams including Corporate Development, Legal, PMI, CorpTech, Tax, Technical Accounting, and General Accounting.

### Required Qualifications

- 5-7 years of progressive experience in accounting roles (Lead/Manager level) or consulting roles (Senior/Supervisor/Manager level).

- Highly developed IQ and EQ, with the communication skills necessary to navigate complex personnel integrations and cross-functional partnerships.

- Demonstrated experience supporting M&A accounting, financial due diligence, or business integrations.

- Strong technical background with hands-on experience supporting the integration of acquired business processes into ERP ecosystems.

- Proven ability to manage competing priorities and adapt to change in a high-growth, fast-paced organization.

- Highly collaborative and hands-on professional who is eager to dive into the details to drive execution.

- Familiarity with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) (or similar equivalent in other jurisdictions) is preferred.

- CPA (active or inactive) and/or MBA is preferred.

- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.

### Benefits

Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) to support health, recovery, and overall well-being.

## Skills

### Required
- M&A accounting
- financial due diligence
- business integrations
- ERP ecosystems
- International Financial Reporting Standards

### Nice to have
- CPA
- MBA
- IFRS

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