Financial Controller

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary

We are a fast-growing defense technology company headquartered in the Tampa Bay area, Florida. Founded by U.S. and U.K. veterans, we bring decades of frontline experience across Special Operations and Intelligence missions, with deep expertise in asymmetric warfare and the real-world employment of unmanned systems.

We are building a new kind of unmanned systems company, multi-domain, multi-platform, and mission-driven. We integrate battle-proven platforms, resilient command-and-control architectures, and operator-led doctrine to deliver capabilities that work in contested environments. Our initial focus is the rapid fielding of advanced Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs) for modern maritime operations.

Role Overview

We are seeking a hands-on Financial Controller to lead U.S. government-contract accounting, manufacturing finance, and day-to-day financial control at our Clearwater facility, reporting to the CFO.

You will own accounting processes and Deltek Costpoint finance operations, working initially with a specialist implementation partner. Your work will provide accurate contract and craft costs, cash visibility, effective controls, and audit-ready reporting to support program delivery and informed decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Own accounting for U.S. government contracts, subcontracts, and funded agreements, maintaining budgets, funding, charge codes, and clear separation of program, project, and corporate costs.
• Manage timekeeping and labor distribution, including approvals, corrections, payroll reconciliation, shared-staff allocations, and supporting audit trails.
• Develop and maintain indirect-cost pools, allocation bases, and rate calculations for CFO approval; reconcile and document all allocations.
• Oversee manufacturing accounting for inventory, work in progress, equipment, and fixed assets; reconcile materials, labor, subcontracts, and overhead to actual craft/build costs and investigate variances.
• Lead monthly close, general-ledger and balance-sheet reconciliations, accruals, accounts payable and receivable, and U.S. GAAP reporting.
• Manage contract billing, milestone support, revenue recognition, receivables, and cash forecasting in coordination with Contracts and program teams.
• Maintain government-contract accounting controls, including direct/indirect cost separation and identification of unallowable costs; confirm award-specific FAR/CAS applicability with Contracts and the CFO.
• Prepare financial reports and audit-ready schedules; support applicable DCAA/DCMA reviews and coordinate findings, corrective actions, and external adviser requests under CFO direction.
• Own Costpoint financial configuration, charge structures, controlled workflows, user training, and documented changes; coordinate permissions and segregation of duties with IT/Security.
• Lead the internal finance workstream for Costpoint implementation, directing partner priorities, validating migration and integrations, testing reconciled outputs, and ensuring a documented operational handover.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent professional accounting qualification and substantial relevant experience.
• Demonstrated hands-on ownership of U.S. government-contract accounting, including timekeeping, labor distribution, indirect costs, contract billing, and project-account reconciliation.
• Hands-on Deltek Costpoint experience in a defense manufacturing environment, including project/cost structures, reporting, and controlled finance workflows.
• Practical experience supporting DCAA/DCMA reviews, preparing audit evidence, responding to questions, and resolving findings.
• Strong manufacturing accounting experience covering inventory, WIP, equipment, actual build costs, and purchasing/production reconciliations.
• Strong U.S. GAAP, monthly close, cash forecasting, and internal-control capabilities, with the ability to train users and work with implementation partners.

Preferred Experience

• Active U.S. CPA license or CMA certification.
• Experience across multiple government contract types and funding arrangements.
• Deltek Costpoint implementation, migration, or finance-system integration experience.
• Experience supporting manufacturing scale-up in a defense environment.

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