Senior Accountant

About the role

Shield AI, a venture-backed defense-tech company, is looking for a Senior Accountant to scale its accounting function as the business grows. The role goes beyond the close: it influences how financial data is produced, trusted and used by leadership, and helps build a best-in-class accounting function.

Key responsibilities

• Own the close for assigned areas: prepare journals, account reconciliations and flux analysis, and ensure GL-to-subledger integrity.
• Manage key general ledger cycles: AR/revenue, accruals, fixed assets, deferred revenue and equity, with clean rollforwards and documentation.
• Drive cutoffs and analytics: coordinate with AP, AR, Payroll, Procurement and FP&A on accruals and budget-to-actuals, and propose adjustments based on data.
• Improve controls and audit readiness: identify risks, control gaps or inefficiencies and drive solutions with minimal direction.
• Improve processes and tools: standardize templates, automate reconciliations and streamline the close calendar.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• CPA or CPA eligible.
• 4+ years of progressive accounting experience in public accounting (Big 4 or national firm) and/or a high-growth operating environment; public company experience is a plus.
• Clear communicator with an ownership mindset, able to collaborate to deadlines, with strong attention to detail and a problem-solving approach.

Required skills

• Proficiency with GLs and subledgers and reconciliation tools such as FloQast.
• Strong Excel/Sheets skills.
• Solid working knowledge of US GAAP and internal controls.