Financial Reporting & Compliance Manager

About Otto Aerospace

Otto Aerospace is developing the world’s first fifth-generation business jet, designed for sustainability through the innovative use of advanced super-laminar aerodynamics and high-precision, net-shaped composites. Flight tests of our technology demonstrator validate a dramatic reduction in fuel burn and allow a sizeable improvement in cabin comfort. Otto Aerospace is designing world-class aircraft from first principles physics and delivering ground-breaking aircraft and economic performance.

About the Role

The Financial Reporting and Compliance Manager will own the monthly statutory reporting package, internal control and SOX policies, and procedures, tax and regulatory compliance, and help mature the company’s processes, to public-company standards in support of a future IPO and SEC reporting. The role is hands-on, reporting to the Controller, and partnering with FP&A, Legal, Investor Relations, to bridge from an R&D environment to scalable, SOX-ready financial operations.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the preparation of quarterly and annual financial statements and footnote disclosures in accordance with US GAAP, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and audit ready support.
• Coordinate the end-to-end reporting calendar for the IPO process (S-1 or equivalent registration statement) and ongoing public filings, partnering with Legal, Investor Relations, and external advisors.
• Own the full reporting process, including segment reporting, EPS calculations, and equity roll forwards, ensuring data integrity between ERP and equity reporting tools (Carta).
• Develop, document, and maintain accounting policies and position papers for complex areas such as revenue recognition, stock-based compensation, leases, R&D program accounting, and debt/equity instruments.
• Design, implement, and maintain the internal control over financial reporting (ICFR) framework, including comprehensive risk and control matrix, process narratives, and key controls aligned with SOX expectations.
• Partner with process owners across Finance, HR, Legal, Operations, Supply Chain and ITDE to identify control gaps, define remediation plans, and monitor ongoing compliance and control execution.
• Coordinate with external auditors and SOX advisors on audit and ICFR testing, including walkthroughs, control testing support, and timely remediation of deficiencies.
• Implement and manage a quarterly disclosure and certification process, including sub-certifications and from functional leaders and support for CEO/CFO certifications post-IPO.
• Support the design and implementation of GRC (governance, risk and compliance) tools to automate reporting and control management.
• Own tax and regulatory compliance and reporting, partners with tax firm and maintains regulatory filings calendar.

Who You Are

Education 

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required; CPA required

Experience

• Strong knowledge of GAAP, SEC reporting requirement, and SOX internal control frameworks (e.g. COSO); experience taking a company through IPO or SPAC is a significant plus
• Demonstrated experience preparing or reviewing 10-K/10-Q filings, footnote disclosures, and technical accounting memos.
• Hands on experience designing and implementing internal controls, including documentation, testing coordination, and remediation.
• Prior exposure to manufacturing, aerospace, or R&D-intensive industries is highly desirable, particularly with program/project accounting and complex equity structures.
• Strong systems aptitude with experience in ERP reporting tools, and preferable with GRC/SOX management platforms.
• Effective project management, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to work cross-functionally and influence without direct authority.

Interpersonal Skills

• We are a service organization, you are customer service centric, meeting customer reporting/analysis needs, and eventually anticipating them.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, as we continue in a rapid growth mode, no two days are typically alike.
• Curious, not shy about asking why, or why not, willing to learn new tools, adaptable.
• Organized and disciplined, prioritize work assignments, and meet deadlines
• Self-Starter: ability to independently identify work that needs to be completed or issues that need to be addressed, elevate as appropriate, and seek solutions
• Active Listening: gain insight and truly understand all project stakeholders.
• Critical Thinking: make prompt, informed and value-based decisions for the project.
• Organization: Focus on agenda, schedules, frameworks, consistent methodologies, and documentation to deliver an exceptional work product
• Problem Solving: Assess issues from different vantage points and formulate the best solution in addressing specific challenges.
• Teamwork and Team Building: Establish a collaborative culture where people with unique personalities and skills happily work together and accountable to shared goal.
• Strong Business Communication: Use the right language, tone and storytelling techniques when communicating, describing, or explaining issues over email, chat, reports, presentations and other forms and channels of communication; adapt communication based on audience
• Self-Motivation: Exude the highest level of commitment and motivation to see it through from start to finish.

Where You’ll Be

Otto Aerospace is currently a remote workplace culture, with plans to secure a permanent headquarters for our corporate office in the next 2-3 years.

**This role is remote at first with travel to our headquarters in Ft Worth, TX, when will be onsite at our new manufacturing site in Jacksonville, FL

Benefits
Otto Aerospace provides a robust benefits package that includes competitive salaries, subsidized medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) opportunities, paid short term disability, voluntary long-term disability and additional term life, with 15 paid days off, 13-14 paid holidays, and paid sick leave. Depending on seniority and role, some roles qualify for potential bonuses and stock options.

Otto Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer
We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in every aspect of our hiring process. All applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability. We believe that a diverse team brings fresh perspectives, innovative ideas, and greater success. The more inclusive we are, the stronger we become. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S.

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