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HavocAI

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2024

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🔐 Security

🔧 Hardware

💰 Seed Round on 2024-09

Artificial Intelligence • Security • Hardware

HavocAI is a developer of collaborative autonomy for maritime operations, offering a modular software and vehicle stack that enables fleets of autonomous maritime systems to perform contested logistics, sensor fusion and tracking, domain awareness, and escort-and-engage missions. Their product suite includes onboard autonomy (HAVOC OS), scalable communications (HAVOC CLOUD), and a handheld operator interface (HAVOC CONTROL), marketed as a single solution for theater-scaled security and rapid deployment. HavocAI emphasizes real-time, team-led autonomous solutions that run across diverse environments and supports both hardware (autonomous vessels) and software deployment.

📋 Description

• Lead the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. • Own the company’s close process, ensuring timely, accurate, and scalable financial reporting while continuously improving close timelines, process quality, and operational efficiency. • Oversee general ledger activity, account reconciliations, consolidation processes, and overall financial statement integrity. • Develop and deliver high-quality financial reporting packages for executive leadership, the Board stakeholders, and, as applicable, Audit Committee audiences. • Establish reporting standards, review mechanisms, and operating rhythms that support accuracy, accountability, and executive-level decision-making. • Serve as the company’s senior technical accounting leader, owning accounting policies, technical memos, and conclusions across complex areas including revenue recognition under ASC 606, inventory, leases under ASC 842, stock-based compensation, business combinations, and other areas as the company scales. • Monitor, assess, and lead implementation of new accounting pronouncements and evolving reporting requirements. • Advise the CFO and executive leadership on the accounting implications of strategic initiatives, transactions, customer contracts, financing activities, acquisitions, and new business models. • Partner with Legal, FP&A, Operations, Supply Chain, and external advisors to ensure accounting positions are well-documented, supportable, and aligned with company objectives. • Build financial reporting processes, documentation, and governance practices aligned with public-company standards and increasing external scrutiny. • Partner with external auditors, legal counsel, and other advisors on complex reporting, disclosure, and compliance matters. • Contribute to the company’s readiness for enhanced external reporting requirements, including preparation for future liquidity events, large-scale financing, public-company expectations, or other significant corporate milestones. • Support the preparation of materials for Board and Audit Committee engagement, including financial reporting updates, audit matters, control environment updates, and key accounting judgments. • Serve as the primary executive liaison for external auditors, managing the annual audit and any interim or quarterly review processes. • Ensure audit readiness through disciplined documentation, strong accounting processes, timely issue resolution, and a proactive approach to auditor engagement. • Oversee tax compliance in partnership with external providers, including federal, state, local, and international filings as applicable. • Ensure accounting and reporting processes are designed to support compliance with regulatory, contractual, and government contracting requirements where applicable. • Design, implement, and maintain a scalable internal control framework that supports the company’s growth, operational complexity, and reporting obligations. • Partner with Internal Audit or equivalent functions to identify key risks, evaluate control effectiveness, and ensure appropriate mitigation strategies are in place. • Continuously evaluate and strengthen business process controls across accounting, payroll, procurement, inventory, financial reporting, and related workflows. • Drive a culture of compliance, accountability, and strong financial stewardship across the organization. • Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing accounting organization capable of supporting the company through its next stages of growth. • Develop the accounting team structure, hiring roadmap, operating model, and career progression pathways aligned with business needs. • Establish a culture of ownership, accuracy, continuous improvement, and operational excellence. • Balance executive-level leadership with hands-on execution, particularly in areas where processes, systems, or teams are still being built. • Serve as a trusted partner to the CFO and executive team on accounting strategy, organizational design, risk management, and financial infrastructure. • Partner closely with FP&A to support forecasting, budgeting, performance analysis, and executive reporting. • Collaborate with Legal on contracts, compliance matters, equity compensation, corporate governance, and transaction support. • Work with Operations and Supply Chain on inventory accounting, cost accounting, manufacturing processes, and operational reporting. • Support executive leadership with timely financial insights, reporting, and analysis that inform strategic decisions. • Partner with HR on payroll, equity compensation, headcount planning, and related accounting processes. • Act as a senior Finance partner across the organization, translating accounting and control requirements into practical, scalable business processes. • Evaluate, implement, and optimize ERP and financial systems, including NetSuite or equivalent platforms. • Drive automation, data integrity, and scalability across accounting workflows, reporting processes, close activities, reconciliations, and financial operations. • Ensure alignment between financial systems, operational systems, and reporting requirements. • Lead system upgrades, integrations, and process redesign efforts as the company scales. • Establish financial systems infrastructure that supports auditability, operational efficiency, and executive-level visibility.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA required. • 12+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including senior leadership experience within a complex or high-growth environment. • 7+ years of people management experience, including experience building, leading, and scaling accounting teams. • Prior experience operating in a public-company environment or similarly complex, highly regulated reporting environment. • Deep expertise in U.S. GAAP, technical accounting, financial reporting, consolidations, and internal controls. • Proven experience designing, implementing, and scaling internal control frameworks. • Strong experience managing external audits and serving as the senior point of contact for external auditors. • Demonstrated ability to lead in fast-paced, high-growth environments with increasing operational and reporting complexity. • Strong executive presence, sound judgment, and the ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership, Board stakeholders, auditors, and external advisors.

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% Employer paid Health, Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families • Life Insurance (Employer Paid) • Ability to participate in the companies 401k program (Matching) • Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum • Equity Package • Work / Home Office Stipend • Global Entry • 16 Week Paid Parental Leave • Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend