Assistant Controller

Job Title: Assistant Controller
Department: Finance
Job Level: L6
FLSA: Exempt

Job Summary:

Bear Robotics creates solutions for the future of automated hospitality and is a leading industry manufacturer of AI-driven autonomous robots. We are seeking an Assistant Controller to join our Finance team. As the Assistant Controller at Bear Robotics, you will play a critical role in supporting the accounting, tax, treasury and finance operations of our rapidly expanding robotics startup. You will be responsible for managing financial and tax reporting, ensuring financial compliance with regulations, improving financial controls and partnering with strategic finance to support our growth and success.

The Assistant Controller will have a broad range of responsibilities and will work on a “hands on” basis.

Key Duties/Responsibilities:

• Responsible for month-end close and financial statement preparation
• Prepares complex balance sheet account reconciliations and reviews other account reconciliations prepared by staff or senior accountants
• Assists in the company’s annual financial audit
• Play a key role in improving operational effectiveness and efficiency across the organization
• Provide monthly analysis of operating results and update forecasts
• Ensure compliance with GAAP and other relevant accounting standards
• Support pricing decisions on all products through analysis of actual and projected costs
• Help drive the performance, strategic planning, and growth orientation of the business
• Implement and maintain effective financial controls and processes
• Optimize cash flow management and working capital
• Manage internal and external audits, including coordination with auditors
• Ensure compliance with all applicable tax laws, regulations, and reporting requirements
• Partner with Sales, Operations, and Engineering teams to build useful forecasts and processes for running those aspects of the business
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Actively participate in the hiring process for new finance/accounting hires
• Lead and mentor the finance and accounting team members, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional development

Required Skills/Abilities/Qualifications:

• Experience in a startup or emerging growth company
• Knowledge of standard cost accounting and cross-border consolidation
• Expert in completing month-end close activities for multiple subsidiaries including consolidation and financial reporting package responsibilities
• Ability to work across multiple global time zones in collaboration with overseas team members
• Experienced in three or more of the following tools:
  Net Suite, Avalara, Concur, , Salesforce, Carta, Google Workspace, Slack
• Restless in achieving accuracy and precision; highly organized
• Able to think creatively, highly driven, and self-motivated
• Articulate with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Subscription (SaaS) and manufacturing accounting and ASC 606
• Ability to travel to international locations once or twice per year

Preferred Skills/Abilities/Qualifications:

• Experience in Manufacturing / AI / Tech industry

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field; MBA or CPA preferred
• 7+ years of accounting experience, with 3 years minimum in a supervisory role
• Proven experience in a Senior Finance role, preferably in a startup or high-growth environment
• Strong knowledge of financial principles, practices, and regulations
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in financial software and ERP systems (preferably Netsuite ERP)

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Prolonged periods of sitting/standing at a desk and working on a computer. The employee routinely is required to type, sit, stand, walk, talk, and hear.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

About Bear Robotics:

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