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Senior Manager, Technical Accounting & SEC Reporting

Rocket Lab · Long Beach, CA · On-site

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About Rocket Lab

The end-to-end space company delivering reliable launch services, spacecraft, satellite components. Backed by Bessemer and Khosla.

About the role

Rocket Lab’s Finance team is responsible for all financial transactions for the company, operating as a well-oiled machine to maximize the value of our work. Our Finance team are made up of planners, analysts and accountants, and manage our policies, compliance, and reporting. They’re the ones who keep our financial operations in check, always thinking ahead and taking care to meet all of our financial, business, and government obligations.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
  • 10+ years of accounting experience, including public accounting audit
  • CPA license or active candidate
  • Solid US GAAP foundation and the ability to research a technical question and write up a supportable conclusion
  • SEC registrant experience, either in-house or through public accounting audit of public filers
  • Strong Excel and data-handling discipline, with attention to detail that holds up under review
More about this role

Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity’s reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move fast, build real hardware for meaningful missions, and make the impossible routine. Come shape the future with us.

Rocket Lab’s Finance team is responsible for all financial transactions for the company, operating as a well-oiled machine to maximize the value of our work. Our Finance team are made up of planners, analysts and accountants, and manage our policies, compliance, and reporting. They’re the ones who keep our financial operations in check, always thinking ahead and taking care to meet all of our financial, business, and government obligations. They’re attentive, diligent, and meticulous, and are mission-critical to Rocket Lab.

Based on site at Rocket Lab's global headquarters in Long Beach, CA, the Senior Manager, Technical Accounting & SEC Reporting will be responsible for building the analysis and preparing the filings. You'll research the technical questions our transactions raise and draft the memos that answer them, prepare the computations and footnotes that follow,...

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