Senior Cost Accountant

Relativity Space • Long Beach, CA

2d • $89,000 - $113,000

About The Position

At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known. Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. Here, you're not just executing tasks; you're solving problems that haven’t been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you’re in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you’ll collaborate across teams, shape decisions, and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together. Now is a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us. About the Team: The Accounting team at Relativity spans tax and compliance, financial operations, general ledger, and business data strategy. While each group brings unique insights, they are united by a shared goal of protecting the financial integrity of Relativity, while also enabling smarter, faster decisions to help the company scale. You’ll collaborate deeply with teams across the business, ask the right questions, and become a trusted partner, not just a processor. With a focus on enabling growth, you’ll bring both structure and creativity to a highly dynamic environment. About the Role: Perform monthly reconciliations for inventory on-hand and WIP balance accounts Conduct timely reviews for inventory period expense and production overhead accounts Monitor rocket part costs and enter revaluation transactions upon manager approval Generate general journal entries, as part of regular monthly financial close Complete monthly variance analyses for P&L and balance sheet accounts Engage with team members in the Production Operations, Purchasing, Planning, & Engineering on tactical questions projects Contribute to programs which support costing accuracy and controls Work with multiple teams on the administration of a company cycle count program

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or Finance
• 2+ Years of Cost Accounting experience
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Experience with major ERP software
• Experience with Dashboard reporting
• Knowledge of GAAP
• Experience with Work Order Costing

Nice To Haves

• Experience with SQL, or other reporting languages
• LN Infor experience
• Manufacturing experience
• Experience in supporting a cycle count program
• Familiarity working with Bill of Materials

Responsibilities

• Perform monthly reconciliations for inventory on-hand and WIP balance accounts
• Conduct timely reviews for inventory period expense and production overhead accounts
• Monitor rocket part costs and enter revaluation transactions upon manager approval
• Generate general journal entries, as part of regular monthly financial close
• Complete monthly variance analyses for P&L and balance sheet accounts
• Engage with team members in the Production Operations, Purchasing, Planning, & Engineering on tactical questions projects
• Contribute to programs which support costing accuracy and controls
• Work with multiple teams on the administration of a company cycle count program

Benefits

• Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more!
• To see some of the benefits & perks we offer, please visit here.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees