Accounting Manager

About Nominal

Nominal is building the software infrastructure powering the world's most advanced hardware systems - from spacecraft and autonomous vehicles to next-generation industrial machines. Our platform ingests high-rate telemetry, validates complex autonomy software in real time, and enables engineers to iterate faster without sacrificing safety or precision. We're a small, fast-moving team of engineers and operators who own problems end-to-end, work across disciplines, and thrive on challenges at the intersection of hardware and software.

As a dual-use platform, we serve top-tier commercial and defense customers, including the U.S. Navy, United States Air Force, Shield AI, and Anduril. We're backed by Sequoia, General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, and Lightspeed Ventures. Our team draws experience from Space

X, Palantir, Anduril, Applied Intuition, and other leading companies - united by a common mission: enabling hardware engineers to push the boundaries of advanced technology with speed, safety, and precision.

We're seeking an Accountant to lead accounting, reporting, and operational finance functions for a rapidly growing dual-use technology company. This role owns financial statements, month- and year-end close, revenue recognition, cost allocation, and operational accounting, while ensuring compliance with US GAAP and ASC 606. You'll establish scalable internal controls, optimize financial processes, manage cash and treasury functions, maintain system integrity, and support external audits-enabling executive leadership with accurate, timely insights to drive strategic decisions.

About the role

* Prepare financial statements:
Prepare timely and accurate financial statements to document the performance of the business, develop shared understanding of our financial situation, and to inform executive decision-making. Document footnotes, disclosures, and supporting schedules to supplement financial reporting.

* Perform month-end and year-end close:
Own and drive coordination of month end close process, including detailed analysis and reconciliation of all general ledger accounts, while ensuring compliance with US GAAP, local accounting requirements, and internal policies. Optimize to a fast and efficient close that can withstand business growth pressures.

* Manage chart of accounts:
Ensure the chart of accounts is properly aligned to the nature of Nominal's business, is comprehensive in nature, and informative in structure.

* Allocate costs:
Develop managerial accounting processes to provide visibility into relevant cost centers. Implement and maintain charge codes to allocate costs to various teams, projects, customer accounts, and more, allowing the team to assess ROI.

* Oversee operational accounting:
Manage Nominal's operational accounting functions, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, and travel & expense. Manage the full accounts receivable and payable cycles, from invoicing to cash application. Maintain accurate customer master data and billing information.

* Assign revenue recognition:
Ensure accurate and timely recognition of revenue in accordance with ASC 606 and company-defined policies. Review customer contracts and sales agreements to determine appropriate treatment. Maintain and communicate gross margin performance.

* Establish internal controls and policies:
Institute and document internal accounting policies and procedures to ensure consistency, compliance, and scalability. Implement lightweight, but effective, internal controls across key processes, including procure-to-pay and quote-to-cash.

* Manage cash / treasury:
Oversee day-to-day cash operations and support treasury functions, including cash forecasting, optimizing cash flow, ensuring adequate liquidity, and executing internal controls over disbursements and bank transactions.

* Own financial systems and data integrity:
Ensure the accuracy and completeness of financial data across systems. Work cross-functionally to improve integrations between accounting, billing, CRM, and expense management platforms.

* Coordinate external audits:
Support the external audit process, and ensure alignment with GAAP standards. Ensure internal controls and policies are in compliance with SOX.

We're looking for someone with

* CPA certification:
Certified Public Accountant with 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including time at a public accounting firm and/or high-growth startup. Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, finance, or a related field.

* Technical excellence:
You have deep knowledge of US GAAP, with hands-on experience in financial reporting, audits, and accounting systems implementation. Familiarity with international accounting standards is a plus.

* Ownership mentality:
You are excited by the challenge of owning the end-to-end accounting function. You combine holistic vision with attention to detail to both understand the big picture and execute on the specifics.

* Systems builder:
You thrive when building and…