Accountant

K2 Space

$80K — $110K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business
  • 1-2 years of accounting/finance experience
  • Experience with accounting software (e.g., NetSuite, Microsoft D365, Ramp, Bill.com, MaintainX) and Microsoft Excel
  • Understanding of GAAP, financial reporting, and internal controls
  • Hands-on and detail-oriented, willing to handle both transactional tasks and strategic projects
  • Ability to multi-task and prioritize across projects
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills for interaction with internal teams and external contacts

Responsibilities

  • Participate in the month-end close process to ensure accurate, timely reporting
  • Prepare journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations across various processes, ensuring documentation retention
  • Collaborate with the Accounting & Finance team to enhance internal controls and ensure compliance with company policies
  • Execute and maintain high-quality work for accurate financial statements
  • Support various ad-hoc finance and accounting activities as needed
  • Liaise with external auditors and tax preparers for compliance and annual audits

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off
  • Medical/dental/vision coverage
  • Life insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • Equity in the company
  • Supportive work environment that encourages non-traditional career paths
Full Job Description
The Role
You will participate the Company's day-to-day operational accounting, including reviewing and coding credit card transactions, reconciling prepaid expenses and assets, and ensuring all transactions are recorded to the correct general ledger accounts. This role will work closely with team members across the organization to maintain compliance with company policies and financial regulations, and to identify opportunities to improve accounting processes. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, and a proactive self-starter.

Responsibilities
  • Participate in the month-end close process to ensure complete, accurate, and timely reporting and accelerating the month-end close timeline
  • Prepare journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations across procure to pay, fixed assets, leases, and treasury processes and ensure retention of supporting
    documentation
  • Work with the Accounting & Finance team and cross-functionally across the Company on enhancing internal controls throughout business processes and ensure adherence to Company policies, including identifying improvements to existing Company policies
  • Execute and maintain highly-quality work to ensure accuracy and completeness of the Company's financial statements
  • Support various ad-hoc finance and other accounting activities as needed
  • Liaise with external auditors and tax preparers as part of annual financial statement audit and other tax compliance filings, respectively

Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business
  • 1-2 years of accounting/finance experience
  • Experience with accounting software (e.g., NetSuite, Microsoft D365, Ramp, Bill.com, MaintainX) and Microsoft Excel
  • Understanding of GAAP, financial reporting, and internal controls
  • Hands-on and detail-oriented, with willingness to handle transactional tasks as well as strategic projects
  • Ability to multi-task and prioritize across projects and learn quickly
  • Excellent written and oral skills for effective communication with internal teams and external contacts

Nice to Have
  • Prior experience in the aerospace, satellite, manufacturing, telecommunications, or defense industries or high velocity start-up environments
  • Active CPA license or pursuing CPA licensure
  • Experience utilizing AI tools as part of month-end close and day-to-day accounting activities

Compensation and Benefits
  • Base salary range for this role is $80,000 - $110,000 + equity in the company
  • Salary will be based on several factors including, but not limited to: knowledge and skills, education, and experience level
  • Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, paid parental leave, and many other perks


If you don't meet 100% of the preferred skills and experience, we encourage you to still apply! Building a spacecraft unlike any other requires a team unlike any other and non-traditional career twists and turns are encouraged!

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