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Shield AI

Senior Manager, Accounting (R5107)

San Diego, California$130K - $200KPosted Yesterday
Full-timeonsite

Job Description

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube

Job Description:

Shield AI is seeking a strategic and operationally strong Senior Manager, Accounting to join our Finance organization. As Shield AI continues to scale globally, this role will serve as a critical leader within the accounting function, driving operational excellence, strengthening controllership processes, and helping mature the company’s financial infrastructure in support of continued growth and future public-company readiness. 

Reporting to the Accounting Director, this role will lead key aspects of the global accounting and close process, oversee complex accounting operations and intercompany activities, and partner cross-functionally to implement scalable systems, controls, and reporting processes. The ideal candidate brings a combination of strong technical accounting expertise, operational leadership, process transformation experience, and the ability to influence across a rapidly evolving organization. 

Job Description:

Shield AI is seeking a strategic and operationally strong Senior Manager, Accounting to join our Finance organization. As Shield AI continues to scale globally, this role will serve as a critical leader within the accounting function, driving operational excellence, strengthening controllership processes, and helping mature the company’s financial infrastructure in support of continued growth and future public-company readiness. 

Reporting to the Accounting Director, this role will lead key aspects of the global accounting and close process, oversee complex accounting operations and intercompany activities, and partner cross-functionally to implement scalable systems, controls, and reporting processes. The ideal candidate brings a combination of strong technical accounting expertise, operational leadership, process transformation experience, and the ability to influence across a rapidly evolving organization. 

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube
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Full-time regular employee offer package:
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity

Temporary employee offer package:
Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.

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Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.