Finance Manager (First Hire) at AeroVect

AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomy, redefining how airlines and ground service providers operate globally. This is your chance to shape AeroVect’s finance function as the company scales.

You’ll be our first finance hire, owning financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting, while helping the team understand the financial implications of commercial and operating decisions.

You should be equally comfortable closing the books, building forecasts, and automating workflows. You will work with external tax and accounting specialists as needed.

You Will

Own Accounting and Financial Reporting

• Own monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements under US GAAP

• Manage multi-entity consolidation, foreign currency accounting, and intercompany transactions across US, Canadian, and UK entities

• Own revenue recognition

• Oversee AP and AR. Establish practical controls and coordinate tax compliance and audit preparation with external advisers

Lead Budgeting and Financial Planning

• Own the annual budget, rolling forecast, and financial model, working with department leaders to connect hiring, deployment plans, and spending to business priorities

• Maintain short and long-term cash forecasts, including working capital, capital expenditure, and financing needs

• Analyze customer and deployment economics, pricing, and expansion scenarios

Improve Financial Systems and Processes

• Improve the accounting and planning systems, including ERP selection or implementation. Use automation and AI tools to reduce manual work while maintaining reliable review processes

• Support the evaluation of debt and equipment financing solutions

• Prepare financial diligence materials and support fundraising, working with leadership and external advisers

You Have

• 8+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including ownership of the close and financial reporting at a growing company

• A CPA designation or equivalent professional accounting qualification, with strong US GAAP knowledge, including ASC 606 revenue recognition

• Experience operating independently in a small finance team or as the primary accounting owner, with the ability to build processes and personally execute the work

• Demonstrated ownership of budgets, cash forecasts, financial models, and variance analysis. You can translate operating assumptions into financial implications and clear recommendations

• Experience with multi-entity accounting and cross-border operations, including US financial reporting and coordination with external tax advisers

• Strong spreadsheet and financial systems skills, sound judgment, and clear communication

We Prefer

• Experience at a VC-backed company, particularly in robotics, hardware, industrial automation, logistics

• Experience with inventory and hardware, robotics-as-a-service models

• Experience implementing an ERP and using modern finance tools

• Experience supporting equity fundraising, debt facilities, equipment financing, or financial due diligence