Accounting Lead

Atomic Machines•Santa Clara, CA

2d•$150,000 - $175,000•Onsite

About The Position

Atomic Machines is seeking a proactive accounting professional to join its lean finance team. Reporting to the Controller, the Accounting Lead owns the general ledger close and financial reporting while helping modernize the movement of finance data across NetSuite, manufacturing systems, and spend-management tools. The role builds a clean, controlled financial foundation and works over time toward a faster, more automated, AI-assisted close and reporting process. The position partners with the Controller on systems integration and the development of an AI-forward finance function. It includes building data pipelines, dashboards, and automation with appropriate review steps, audit trails, and human oversight. The role can be based in either the Santa Clara or Emeryville office.

Requirements

At least 3 years of accounting experience; manufacturing, hardware, or capital-intensive experience is ideal.
Hands-on comfort with technology beyond Excel, including experience using scripts, APIs, or AI tools to solve data or reporting problems.
Comfort using AI tools to build and maintain solutions, including generating and troubleshooting scripts with AI assistance.
Sound judgment about automation risk and the ability to build appropriate guardrails for AI-assisted work.
Openness to developing technical skills, including basic Python or SQL.
First-principles mindset and willingness to question assumptions and rebuild processes.
Strong GAAP knowledge and working knowledge of leases, debt, equity, revenue recognition, and inventory accounting.
Experience with NetSuite or a similar scaled ERP system.
Strong ownership and communication skills, including the ability to explain accounting logic and technical tradeoffs.
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.

Nice To Haves

Direct, hands-on NetSuite experience beyond general ERP familiarity.
Experience building automation or dashboards with Python, Google Apps Script, or low-code/no-code tools.
Experience using AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot, or agentic workflows in finance.
CPA or CPA-track.
Big 4 experience.

Responsibilities

Own the month-end close calendar and coordinate cutoff across accounts payable, payroll, and operations; build tools to reduce manual follow-up.
Prepare and post journal entries with supporting documentation, identifying appropriate opportunities for templated or AI-assisted drafting with review controls.
Complete balance sheet reconciliations, including bank, prepaid, fixed asset, accrued liability, and deferred item accounts.
Prepare monthly financial statements for Controller review, including flux analysis and variance commentary.
Maintain a clean, audit-ready general ledger and incrementally implement automated checks.
Build and maintain data pipelines connecting NetSuite, manufacturing systems, and spend-management tools to a single source of truth.
Design live, HTML- or dashboard-style reporting using current data.
Assess which tasks are appropriate for automation or AI delegation and establish guardrails such as data-handling practices, review gates, and audit trails.
Partner with the Controller on NetSuite optimization and future system integrations.
Contribute to a central data repository for product cost models.
Support tax and audit preparation by organizing financial data and schedules for external parties.