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We are a Series A company backed by top-tier venture capital investors in aviation and autonomous driving. Our customers include some of the world’s largest airlines and ground handling providers. For more information, visit www.aerovect.com.\nYou’ll be our first finance hire. You will own financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting, and help the team understand the financial implications of commercial and operating decisions.\nThis is an opportunity to shape AeroVect’s finance function as our deployments scale. You should be equally comfortable closing the books, building a forecast and automating workflows. You will work with external tax and accounting specialists as needed.\nYou Will\nOwn Accounting and Financial Reporting\nOwn monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements under US GAAP\n\nManage multi-entity consolidation, foreign currency accounting, and intercompany transactions across our US, Canadian, and UK entities\n\nOwn revenue recognition\n\nOversee AP and AR. Establish practical controls and coordinate tax compliance and audit preparation with external advisers\n\nLead Budgeting and Financial Planning\nOwn the annual budget, rolling forecast, and financial model, working with department leaders to connect hiring, deployment plans, and spending to business priorities\n\nMaintain short and long-term cash forecasts, including working capital, capital expenditure, and financing needs\n\nAnalyze customer and deployment economics, pricing, and expansion scenarios\n\nLead Budgeting and Financial Planning\nImprove the accounting and planning systems, including ERP selection or implementation as needed. Use automation and AI tools to reduce manual work while maintaining reliable review processes\n\nSupport the evaluation of debt and equipment financing solutions\n\nPrepare financial diligence materials and support fundraising, working with leadership and external advisers\n\nYou Have\n8+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including ownership of the close and financial reporting at a growing company\n\nA CPA designation or equivalent professional accounting qualification, with strong US GAAP knowledge, including ASC 606 revenue recognition\n\nExperience operating independently in a small finance team or as the primary accounting owner, with the ability to build processes and personally execute the work\n\nDemonstrated ownership of budgets, cash forecasts, financial models, and variance analysis. You can translate operating assumptions into financial implications and clear recommendations\n\nExperience with multi-entity accounting and cross-border operations, including US financial reporting and coordination with external tax advisers\n\nStrong spreadsheet and financial systems skills, sound judgment, and clear communication\n\nWe Prefer\nExperience at a VC-backed company, particularly in robotics, hardware, industrial automation, logistics\n\nExperience with inventory and hardware, robotics-as-a-service models\n\nExperience implementing an ERP and using modern finance tools\n\nExperience supporting equity fundraising, debt facilities, equipment financing, or financial due diligence","description_format":"text","description_chars":3291,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Canada","iso":"CA","kind":"country"},{"name":"Toronto","iso":null,"kind":"city"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Autonomous Driving","Air Transport"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-23T05:51:12Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":24,"reasons":["conf:0","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-09-23T19:14:10Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":213806,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/aerovect-controller","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/aerovect-controller.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-23T19:14:10Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}