Accounting Manager

Job Description

Job Description

About Fuse

We’re a small, high-velocity crew building pulsed-power fusion systems—shipping hardware, firing shots, and iterating fast. Our mission : accelerate the world’s transition to fusion energy, with a proven MagLIF-driven path and real programs that serve government and commercial customers along the way.

About the Role

We are searching for Fuse’s first in-house accounting hire—the nucleus that turns fast engineering into clean books and crisp reporting. Reporting to the Head of Finance, you’ll build the foundations (COA, policies, close cadence), wrangle multi-entity consolidation, and make sure every shot, brick, and BOM shows up in the right place on the financial statements.

What You’ll Do

Own the close : GL integrity, reconciliations, month / quarter close, and full financial statements.

Architect the COA : Design and maintain a chart of accounts that maps to hardware, programs, sites, and cost centers.

Consolidate cleanly : Roll multi-entity operations into one set of financials; manage eliminations and interco.

Run payables / receivables : Bills, invoices, vendor payments, collections; keep cash tight and visible.

Banking & controls : Execute transactions within approval chains; safeguard day-to-day cash management.

Vendors & auditors : Direct and review external accounting firms in the U.S. and Canada; standardize inputs and outputs.

Procure-to-post : Partner with BizOps / FP&A to set up POs / BOMs for R&D, manufacturing, and facilities; track receipt, capitalization, and expense.

Reporting & handoffs : Deliver internal / external packs; feed FP&A with timely, accurate actuals and drivers.

Compliance : Execute statutory, fiduciary, and regulatory filings across federal / state / provincial / local bodies.

Learn the rigs : Build enough hardware fluency to translate spend into the right accounting treatment.

About You

OCD-level detail—the person we’d trust with our life savings.

Controller instincts, startup tempo : close fast without cutting corners; improve the close every cycle.

Polished communicator : clear memos, crisp walkthroughs; calm in board-adjacent settings.

Systems-savvy : ERP foundations, strong spreadsheets; online banking workflows.

Cross-functional translator : comfortable with engineers, procurement, vendors.

IR / FP&A friendly : package numbers for leaders / investors and anticipate follow-ups.

Credentials / experience : Bachelor’s in Accounting / Finance (CPA a plus); 2–4+ years progressive accounting ; breadth across GL / COA / financial statements with exposure to procurement, fixed assets, AP / AR; manufacturing / cost experience a plus; QuickBooks Online familiarity is helpful

Bonus Points

Startup time in defense, energy, or advanced hardware.

Built policies from scratch (cap policy, expense, vendor onboarding, close checklists).

Curiosity for pulsed power / fusion and learning fast.