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Our brands - Rotor Riot, Fat Shark, Rotor Lab and - coming soon - Upgrade Energy - are some of the most respected names in FPV and have helped shape the industry through e-commerce, product development, and a deep connection with the pilot community.\nWe’re expanding into enterprise and defense - bringing our obsessive attention to performance, design, and U.S.-based manufacturing into high-stakes environments like search and rescue and military innovation. With several of our products already approved by the Defense Innovation Unit, we’re solving procurement issues for customers who demand speed, agility, and compliance.\nIf you love working at the intersection of community, content, and cutting-edge technology, you’ll feel right at home here.\nAccounting Manager\nPosition Summary\n\nThe Accounting Manager will be a key member of the Controllership organization and will lead the day-to-day execution of Unusual Machines' accounting operations. Reporting to the Corporate Controller, this role is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the general ledger, managing the monthly and quarterly close, reviewing accounting work, developing the accounting team, and strengthening scalable accounting processes and controls as the Company grows.\nThis is a hands-on leadership role in a rapidly growing public-company manufacturing environment. The Accounting Manager will work closely with Cost Accounting, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Purchasing, HR, IT, and other functions to ensure business activity is accurately reflected in the financial statements.\n\nWhat You'll Do\n\nLead day-to-day accounting operations and manage the monthly, quarterly, and annual close, ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the general ledger and financial reporting.\nReview journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, roll-forwards, and supporting schedules; ensure reconciling items and accounting exceptions are resolved timely.\nOversee accounting for cash, AP, AR, prepaids, fixed assets, leases, payroll-related accounts, intercompany activity, and other assigned accounts.\nReview financial results and balance-sheet activity to identify unusual trends, errors, and emerging accounting issues.\nLead, coach, and develop the accounting team, establishing clear responsibilities, deadlines, review standards, and accountability.\nBuild appropriate cross-training and backup coverage while developing a scalable accounting organization that can support continued growth and acquisitions.\nProvide accounting oversight of inventory and manufacturing processes while partnering with the Cost Accountant on product costing, landed cost, COGS, manufacturing variances, and inventory reserves.\nReview inventory-to-GL reconciliations, E&O analyses, inventory adjustments, cycle counts, and physical inventory results.\nPartner with Operations, Supply Chain, Purchasing, and Engineering to investigate inventory and manufacturing accounting issues and ensure operational activity is appropriately reflected in financial results.\nEstablish and continuously improve accounting policies, close procedures, reconciliations, SOPs, and review controls to maintain an audit-ready accounting environment.\nPartner with the Director of SOX & Internal Controls on financial controls, walkthroughs, remediation, and SOX-readiness activities.\nSupport quarterly and annual financial reporting, including schedules supporting Forms 10-Q and 10-K and other SEC reporting requirements.\nCoordinate accounting team responses to external audit and quarterly-review requests, ensuring accurate and timely PBC deliverables.\nLead continuous improvement of NetSuite and related accounting workflows, including data integrity, reporting, controls, integrations, and automation.\nIdentify manual and recurring processes that can be standardized, automated, or eliminated to improve close speed, accuracy, and scalability.\nDrive accurate accounting at the source through improved transaction coding, documentation, approvals, and system workflows.\nSupport integration of acquired businesses, including accounting-process alignment, chart-of-accounts mapping, reconciliations, close procedures, and systems integration.\nPartner cross-functionally with Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Engineering, HR, and IT to resolve accounting issues at their operational or system source and support other initiatives as the Company grows.\nWhat You Bring\nBachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.\n6-10 years of progressive accounting experience, including meaningful responsibility for month-end close, general ledger accounting, reconciliations, and financial reporting.\n2+ years of supervisory, management, or significant team-lead experience strongly preferred.\nStrong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and financial statement preparation.\nManufacturing, aerospace, defense, electronics, hardware, distribution, or other inventory-intensive industry experience strongly preferred.\nSolid understanding of inventory accounting, COGS, raw materials, WIP, finished goods, inventory reserves, and manufacturing cost flows.\nWorking knowledge of standard costing, BOMs, labor and overhead allocation, landed cost, and manufacturing variances.\nStrong ERP experience; hands-on NetSuite experience strongly preferred.\nExperience managing or materially improving a monthly close process.\nExperience developing accounting policies, procedures, reconciliations, SOPs, and internal controls.\nExperience supporting external audits and working directly with auditors.\nStrong Excel, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills and demonstrated ability to work effectively with both Finance and operational teams.\nComfortable operating in a fast-growing environment where systems, processes, and organizational structures continue to evolve.\nPreferred Qualifications\nCPA or active CPA candidate strongly preferred; CMA also valued.\nPublic accounting and/or public-company accounting experience.\nExperience with SEC reporting, SOX, and quarterly/year-end external audits.\nExperience in a high-growth or acquisitive manufacturing environment.\nExperience implementing or optimizing NetSuite or another manufacturing ERP.\nMulti-entity and acquisition-integration experience.\nWhat Will Make You Successful\n\nYou are a hands-on accounting leader who can operate between the general ledger and the underlying business processes. You understand that an accurate and timely close begins with accurate transactions, strong reconciliations, clear ownership, and disciplined processes.\nYou can get into the details when necessary while building a team that does not depend on you to perform every task. You investigate the root cause of accounting issues rather than repeatedly correcting them through month-end journal entries.\nYou develop people, establish accountability, improve systems and processes, and build a structure where it does not yet exist. 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