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About the Role
CHIRP is seeking a detail-oriented Financial Controller to establish and lead its in-house accounting function. This foundational role involves building accounting practices, closing discipline, financial controls, and systems infrastructure to support the company's growth from an early-stage startup to a large organization. The ideal candidate will operate hands-on while building for the future, standardizing best practices, and transforming accounting into a rigorous, extensible financial operation.
Responsibilities
- Own the general ledger, accounts payable and receivable, payroll accounting, reconciliations, and monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, delivering accurate, timely, and consistent financial statements.
- Establish standardized accounting policies, documented procedures, approval workflows, and internal controls that create consistency, accountability, and audit readiness.
- Build and scale accounting systems, ERP infrastructure, integrations, and AI-enabled workflows that reduce manual work, improve data integrity, and support complex financial operations.
- Develop robust accounting practices for inventory, cost of goods sold, fixed assets, procurement, production costs, and program-level expenses in partnership with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Operations.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in accounting, controllership, audit, or financial operations, ideally in a high-growth or hardware/manufacturing environment.
- Strong command of GAAP, financial statements, general ledger management, reconciliations, and month-end close.
- Demonstrated ability to build repeatable accounting processes and scalable controls.
- Experience implementing, configuring, or scaling ERP and accounting systems.
- Understanding of inventory accounting, cost accounting, and manufacturing financial operations.
- High attention to detail, strong organizational discipline, and a bias toward ownership and execution.
- Technically curious and motivated to leverage automation and AI to improve accounting workflows and financial data quality.
- Ability to communicate clearly across Finance, Engineering, Operations, and executive leadership.
- Must be a U.S. citizen.
- Able to work on-site in Torrance, CA or Austin, TX.
- CPA or equivalent accounting qualification is preferred.
- Experience in aerospace, defense, robotics, or another regulated hardware industry is preferred.
- Experience with ERP implementation or scale-up, including NetSuite or manufacturing-focused platforms is preferred.
- Experience building accounting systems and processes for a rapidly scaling organization is preferred.
Skills
- GAAP
- Financial statements
- General ledger management
- Reconciliations
- Month-end close
- ERP systems
- Accounting systems
- Inventory accounting
- Cost accounting
- Manufacturing financial operations
- Automation
- AI
- NetSuite
- Manufacturing ERP platforms
Location
- Torrance, CA
- Austin, TX
Work Type
- On-site
Experience Level
- 8+ years of experience
Education Level
- CPA or equivalent accounting qualification
Salary/Compensations
- $150,000 - $250,000 a year
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits package
About the Company
- CHIRP Robotics is a well-funded seed-stage startup operating in stealth mode.
- The company aims to become a leading U.S. provider of modular intelligence and autonomous systems for a wide range of vehicles and applications.
- It has an impressive portfolio of patents on the hardware side and IP in software and algorithms.
- CHIRP’s CEO, a founding member of SpaceX, brings extensive technical expertise, a strong professional network, and significant business leadership experience.