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🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

💵 $170k - $240k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🧾 Accounting Manager

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FORT Robotics

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2018

🏗️ Construction

📦 Logistics

🏭 Manufacturing

💰 $25M Series B on 2022-07

Construction • Logistics • Manufacturing

FORT Robotics is a company specializing in creating secure and safety-rated control platforms for robots and machines across various industries. Their technology focuses on wireless safety solutions, such as Wireless E-Stop and Safe Remote Control, to ensure secure operation of robots and heavy machinery from a safe distance. FORT's products are utilized to enhance safety in sectors like agriculture, construction, manufacturing, and transportation, enabling the development and integration of autonomous systems while maximizing productivity and reducing risks. Their services and products are designed to provide trusted control across networked environments, making robotic deployment safe, secure, and efficient.

📋 Description

• Lead FORT's accounting and external reporting functions through its transition from a privately held robotics company to a public company through a SPAC business combination • Report to the CFO and build a scalable, public-company-ready accounting organization • Lead, mentor, and develop the Head of SEC Reporting and Accounting Manager • Establish accounting policies and practices following U.S. GAAP and SEC requirements • Advise the CFO and leadership team on significant transactions and complex accounting matters • Lead accounting and reporting readiness for the SPAC business combination, including historical financial statements, pro forma information, and transaction analyses • Oversee 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, registration statements, and related disclosures • Oversee accurate, timely monthly, quarterly, and annual close and consolidation • Improve close speed, reconciliation quality, and reporting processes • Own documented, audit-ready technical accounting conclusions for complex areas including de-SPAC accounting, ASC 606 revenue recognition, inventory, standard costing, reserves, capitalized software and R&D, stock-based compensation, business combinations, leases, and impairments • Serve as primary accounting contact for external auditors through PCAOB-standard quarterly reviews and annual audit • Partner with Internal Controls and Internal Audit and lead remediation of accounting findings • Lead purchase accounting and integrate acquired entities into close and reporting • Support financing transactions • Lead upgrades to ERP, close, and reporting systems; use automation and AI to reduce manual work • Prepare accounting materials for the Audit Committee and Board • Collaborate with FP&A, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, Legal, and Tax

🎯 Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive accounting and financial reporting experience, including significant leadership responsibility • Experience at a U.S. public company, or leading a company through an IPO, de-SPAC, or similar public-company transition • Hands-on ownership of SEC filings and public-company external reporting • Deep U.S. GAAP and technical accounting expertise, including revenue recognition and stock-based compensation • Track record leading close, consolidation, and external reporting • Experience leading accounting managers and directors • Proven experience working with external auditors and senior finance leadership • Experience building scalable accounting processes in a high-growth or fast-changing organization • Strong executive communication skills, and the ability to balance strategic leadership with hands-on work • CPA (active) • Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance • SPAC business combination experience, including transaction accounting and post-merger reporting • Big 4 public accounting background combined with corporate accounting leadership • Robotics, industrial automation, manufacturing, or hardware technology experience, including inventory costing and hardware-plus-software revenue • Purchase accounting and integration experience from acquisitions • International entity consolidation and multi-currency reporting • NetSuite or similar ERP implementation experience • Experience supporting Audit Committee and Board-level reporting • Experience in a venture-backed or private equity-backed company

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance • Unlimited PTO • Stock options • 3% 401(k) match • Paid holidays • Parental leave

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