Manager, Accounting

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

We are looking for an exceptional Accounting Manager to build and lead the intercompany and intracompany accounting function.

Responsibilities

• Intercompany & Intracompany Accounting: Own end-to-end intercompany and intracompany accounting , designing and maintaining the intercompany framework, processing intercompany and intracompany transactions, reconciling balances, and driving timely elimination entries across all entities and business units.
• Passdown & Allocation: Own the methodology and execution of corporate cost passdowns, intracompany allocations, shared-service allocations, and management fee structures, ensuring they are defensible, well-documented, and compliant with government contracting requirements.
• Entity Management: Maintain the legal entity structure in the ERP and ensure new entities are set up with proper charts of accounts, intercompany agreements, and elimination hierarchies.
• Financial Close: Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close for intercompany and intracompany accounts, delivering journal entries, accruals, and flux analysis on the close calendar.
• Reporting & Disclosures: Prepare and review consolidation schedules, intercompany elimination entries, and related footnotes and disclosures for financial reporting.
• Reconciliations: Review balance sheet reconciliations for intercompany and intracompany accounts on a timely basis, and research and resolve variances as needed.
• Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of accountants, setting priorities, reviewing work, and building bench strength as the intercompany portfolio grows.
• Systems & Process Improvement: Help implement new systems or improve efficiencies with current systems to support continued company and team growth , including intercompany billing platforms and consolidation tools.
• SOX Readiness: Help build and maintain SOX-ready process documentation and key controls over intercompany transactions, intracompany allocations, and eliminations in support of public company readiness.
• Audit Support: Serve as the primary owner of external audit requests covering intercompany and intracompany accounts, including PBC schedules, walkthroughs, and technical accounting memos.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner with FP&A, Tax, Treasury, and Legal on transfer pricing, entity rationalization, and intercompany agreements.

Required Qualifications

• Intercompany & Consolidations: Experience managing or overseeing multi-entity intercompany accounting and consolidation processes is required.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field.
• Experience: 6+ years of progressive accounting experience, including direct people management experience.
• Technical Accounting: Working knowledge of consolidation standards , ASC 810 (consolidations) and intercompany elimination frameworks.
• Systems & Rigor: Highly detail-oriented with strong experience in Excel, ERP systems, and US GAAP.
• Prioritization: Proven ability to manage competing priorities in a high-growth organization.
• Execution & Strategic Vision: Able to get your hands dirty to drive organizational change while also maintaining an ability to manage against strategic priorities and reporting.
• Eligibility: Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Education & Certifications: CPA (active or inactive) and/or MBA.
• Industry Background: Prior experience in companies in tech or advanced manufacturing.
• Government Contracting: Familiarity with CAS, FAR, or DFARS cost accounting requirements.
• Accounting Mix: Healthy mix of technical accounting and operational accounting.

Benefits Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive, competitive benefits package.