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Director, Cost Accounting

Hadrian Automation • Los Angeles, CA • 1h ago

Employment Type: FullTime

Workplace Type: OnSite

Department: Business> Finance

Compensation: $220K - $270K

Hadrian - Manufacturing the Future

Hadrian is building autonomous factories that help aerospace and defense companies manufacture rockets, satellites, jets, and ships up to 10x faster and up to 2x cheaper. By combining advanced software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing, we are reinventing how America produces its most critical parts.

We're accelerating our mission with the launch of Factory 3 in Mesa, Arizona, a 290,000-square-foot facility creating 350 new jobs. We are expanding rapidly to support thousands of future hires, launching Hadrian Maritime to expand into naval production, and introducing a Factory-as-a-Service model that delivers complete systems instead of individual parts.

Hadrian is backed by leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Lux Capital, Founders Fund, and Andreessen Horowitz, our fast-growing team is united around reindustrializing American manufacturing for the 21st century and beyond.

The Role:

The Director, Cost Accounting will own the Company's cost accounting function across a multi-site manufacturing environment, acting as the go-to expert on GAAP costing methodologies and government Cost Accounting Standards (CAS). This person will roll up their sleeves to drive the semi-annual cost rate-setting process, tighten up work order variance reporting, and work hand-in-hand with leadership to build a SOX 404(b)-compliant control environment around inventory and costing.

What You'll Do

Take over the Company's cost accounting apparatus.

Drive new processes around variance of work orders to expectations

Maintain and update the Company's rates on a semi-annual basis or on a needed basis. Run the cost setting process across multiple sites with many different stakeholders taking input from Operational Finance and Operations to comply with GAAP and CAS needs

Be the Company's subject matter expert in GAAP approved costing methodologies across a differentiated manufacturing company

Implement additional software packages that enhance the Company's ability to report cost

Partner with Company leadership to drive a control framework around inventory and costing to a SOX 404(b) standard

Have extensive understanding of government CAS requirements as it pertains to government and commercial contracts

Other related duties and special projects as they arise

What We're Looking For

10+ Years of progressive cost or managerial accounting experience

Mixture of experience with high volume and high dollar amount manufacturing

CPA or CMA certification strongly preferred

Extremely well spoken. Able to break down complex and hard to understand concepts to all functions at the Company

Led a Company's cost function historically

Extensive understanding of building Company's and teams

Deep understanding of internal ownership with multiple stakeholders. Balancing needs and wants of all

Continuous ownership and improvement life cycles

Ability to travel lightly, roughly 0-10% depending on the Company's planning cycles

What Will Set You Apart

Extensive SQL or Python knowledge

Experience in building and owning processes continuously

Worked with a Company's Product Management function to improve internally developed software tools for Accounting Uses

Extensive understanding of multiple @types of manufacturing including but not limited to Satellites, CPG, Components, ships, or semiconductor industry best practices

Compensation

For this role, the target salary range is $220,000 - $270,000 (actual range may vary based on experience).

This is the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee's pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Benefits for Full-time Employees

Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees

401k

Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need.

Flexible vacation policy

Equity

ITAR Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here (https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/?id=ddtc\kb\article\page&sys\id=24d528fddbfc930044f9ff621f961987) .

Hadrian Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the Company's policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. The Company does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race inclusive of traits historically associated with race (including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles, such as braids, locks and twists), color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, national origin (including, in California, possession of a drivers license), ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, height or weight, medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, exercise of reproductive rights, any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws, or any combination of the above characteristics. When necessary, the Company also makes reasonable accommodations for disabled candidates and employees, including for candidates or employees who are disabled by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.

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