Head of Finance and Accounting

Bedrock Ocean Exploration • Richmond, CA

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About The Position

We are the explorers. We are the builders. We are the Wayfinders.
Bedrock is mapping the unseen world beneath our oceans and building the systems to do it at scale. We’re hiring a Head of Finance & Accounting to join our leadership team and build the financial foundation of the company. This is a hands-on builder role for someone who thrives in startup environments and understands the rigor of manufacturing, inventory, and real-world operations.
You will be a team of one internally, leading an outsourced accounting team while owning everything from operating model to close. You’ll work side-by-side with the CEO and leadership team to turn complexity into clarity and clarity into decisions.
This role is both strategic and deeply executional and is designed to grow into VP and possibly CFO as we scale.

Requirements

• 7-12+ years across FP&A and accounting/controllership
• Experience in a startup or high-growth environment
• Experience in a manufacturing, hardware, or inventory-heavy business
• You’ve owned:
• A financial model tied to real operations
• Budgeting and forecasting that drove decisions
• The monthly close and financial reporting
• You have strong working knowledge of:
• Inventory and cost accounting (COGS, standard costing, BOMs, variance analysis)
• Job costing or project-based accounting
• CapEx and fixed assets
• You’ve either:
• Managed an outsourced accounting team, or
• Have a clear, thoughtful approach to how you would manage one effectively
• Comfortable being a team of one with high ownership
• Able to move between details and strategy seamlessly
• A builder who creates structure and improves systems over time
• A collaborative partner who enjoys working across functions
• Willing and able to teach financial concepts clearly to non-finance teams
• Detail-oriented- you care about getting it right
• You use tools and AI to increase speed, accuracy, and leverage

Nice To Haves

• You want to help build a company, not just report on it
• You value being in-person, in the room, solving problems together
• You take pride in craft, clarity, and accuracy
• You have some connection to the ocean: Professional, academic, or personal
• You’re excited to be around people who dive, sail, build, and explore offshore

Responsibilities

• Build and own the company’s financial operating model:
• Revenue tied to contracts, deployments, and pricing
• Cost structure across engineering, manufacturing, and field ops
• Cash flow and runway visibility
• Lead the annual budgeting process across the leadership team:
• Translate functional plans into financial outcomes
• Push on assumptions and drive alignment
• Ensure the budget reflects how the business actually operates
• Run monthly forecasting and scenario analysis:
• Headcount, production pacing, capital allocation
• Provide clear recommendations—not just outputs
• Deliver budget vs. actuals with insight:
• What changed, why it matters, and what we should do next
• Own the monthly close end-to-end:
• Review entries across accruals, inventory, COGS, payroll, and revenue
• Ensure reconciliations and supporting schedules are complete
• Continuously improve speed and accuracy of close
• Produce financial reporting for leadership and board:
• P&L, balance sheet, cash flow
• KPI dashboards and performance insights
• Maintain audit-ready financials:
• Clean documentation, organized work papers
• Support investor diligence and external audits
• Own inventory and cost accounting across the build lifecycle:
• Raw materials to WIP to finished systems
• Standard costing and BOM accuracy
• Analyze production and cost variances:
• Identify drivers and partner with operations to resolve them
• Own job costing and unit economics:
• Tie deployments and builds to margin and profitability
• Manage CapEx accounting:
• Track project-level spend vs. budget
• Capitalize assets and maintain fixed asset register
• Own and evolve the finance tech stack:
• Improve current systems (QBO + tools)
• Evaluate and implement next-stage infrastructure
• Build scalable processes and controls:
• Purchasing, approvals, three-way matching
• Inventory tracking and cost discipline
• Ensure clean data flow from operations to accounting to reporting
• Serve as a core member of the leadership team:
• Bring a financial lens to company decisions
• Help set priorities, evaluate tradeoffs, and allocate resources
• Act as a trusted advisor to the CEO:
• Provide clear, grounded financial perspective
• Support board materials, investor updates, and strategic planning
• Lead the outsourced accounting team:
• Set expectations, review work, and improve output quality
• Build a system that runs smoothly without constant intervention
• Be a partner to the broader team:
• Help non-finance leaders understand budgets, spend, and tradeoffs
• Teach where needed from budgeting to AP processes to financial basics

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees