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Salary: USD 133,500 - 178,000 / annual
Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems. The Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting will lead core corporate accounting operations at the company's Long Beach headquarters, reporting to the Finance leadership team.
Key responsibilities include owning and streamlining the month-end close process across procure-to-pay, fixed assets, equity, leases, and treasury functions. You'll drive audit readiness for SEC filings, managing quarterly reviews and annual external audits to ensure clean execution and seamless alignment with regulatory deadlines. You'll partner on high-impact projects including ERP enhancements, automation initiatives, and internal reporting upgrades to scale the accounting infrastructure as the company grows rapidly.
You'll manage and develop a growing corporate accounting team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, open communication, and technical excellence. You'll serve as a critical business partner across Finance, Legal, and Tax functions to support Rocket Lab's operational scaling.
Required qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; 10+ years of progressive, hands-on accounting experience with demonstrated team leadership and process improvement; deep proficiency in US GAAP; CPA license or equivalent. Nice-to-have qualifications include public accounting background combined with aerospace or manufacturing industry experience, enterprise-level ERP systems experience (Infor, SAP, NetSuite), and a collaborative, proactive problem-solving approach.
The role is based onsite at Long Beach headquarters. Compensation includes competitive base pay ($133,500–$178,000 USD for CA), company stock as part of total compensation, industry-leading ESPP with 15% discount, comprehensive medical/dental/vision coverage, paid time off, 401(k) with match, paid parental leave, subsidized EV charging, onsite fitness, and employee discounts.
