Accounting Manager

The Elevator Pitch

Evolv is looking for a skilled Accounting Manager with Big 4 and/or public company experience and their CPA to support our financial operations. The Accounting Manager will be a key member of the accounting teamprimarilyresponsible forSOX compliance, internal control design and execution, SEC reporting support and audit coordination, partnering closely with Accounting, Finance, Legal, IT, andother cross-functional SOX control owners, as well asboth Internal Auditand external auditors.

Evolv’s mission is to help make places safer for people to live, work, learn, and play. We aim to help organizations detect potential threats, mitigate risk, and enhance safety using AI-powered security solutions with robust insights.

Your experience with and focus on accounting best practices and compliance, combined with your team-orientation and commitment to collaboration will be essential in the future success of Evolv and our mission!

In the first 30 days, you will:

• Understand the organizational structure and your responsibilities within Evolv.
• Build relationships within the Accounting team and key internal partners.
• Gain an understanding of Evolv’s accounting policies and procedures, processes, systems (Net Suite, Salesforce, Workiva, Blackline, Zip, Expensify), and internal controls.

Within 3–6months, you will:

• Assume a leadership role in guiding,trainingandassistingall control owners, helping to ensure timely, sufficientcompletion of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls, and work towards remediating existing material weaknessesandsignificant deficiencies.
• Assume a leadership role in development, maintenance and update of control documentation and process narrativesand other SOX-related documentation
• Proactivelyidentifycontrol design and execution gaps, inefficiencies, and failure risks and drivetimelyremediation,includingimprovements to control design as needed
• Partner with Internal Audit on the development and coordination of testing plans, remediation tracking, anddocumentaryevidence management.
• Partner with Internal Audit and external auditors to supportprocesswalkthroughs, testing, and issue resolution.
• Play a key role in the company’s ongoing ERP improvements initiatives, working with the accounting and IT teams to helpmaximize system controls,
• Assume month-end close responsibilitiesas needed, including preparing and reviewing account reconciliations and journal entries.
• Help with Ad Hoc projects.

By the end of the first year, you will:

• Perform all of the above with highproficiencyand effectiveness,driving material weakness and significant deficiency remediation to completion, andensuringcontinuous and ongoing SOX compliance

• Financial Acumen:
  
  The candidate should hold a degree in accounting, with4 to 8yearsexperiencein a Big 4accounting firmand/or public company with significant knowledge, experience andexpertisein SOX, internal controls, US GAAP, and SEC reporting.
  
  Experience with controls over accounting for complex revenue transactions and inventorystronglypreferred.

• Team Engagement:
  
  Collaborate extensively with the team to ensure reports are generated promptly. Since most tasks interact with other functions, open and consistent communication with other team members is vital to achieve collective goals, such as improving our closing times.
  
  Attention to detail andstrong communication skills are essential.
• Innovation:
  The individual is encouraged toidentifyand propose improvements actively. With ample scope for innovation within our processes, the teammemberwill always have a voice within the accounting team.
• Reporting:
  The role demands a sharp focus on reconciliations and reporting. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring reconciliations are accurate and completed punctually.

This role is based out of our HQ in Waltham, Massachusetts. Our team values in-person collaboration 3 days per week, with flexibility in being remote 2 days per week.