Vice President of Accounting, Hadrian
Building autonomous factories for aerospace components
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Building autonomous factories for aerospace components
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
101-200 employees
Company mission
To build the planet's most efficient factory to accelerate a democratic, abundant, spacefaring future.
Role
Who you are
- 12+ years of progressive accounting leadership, with significant exposure to manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or infrastructure-heavy environments
- Hands-on experience managing external audits and navigating complex audit environments
- Deep expertise in inventory, cost accounting, and supply-chain-driven financial models
- Strong command of ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, or equivalent Tier-1 platform), with experience optimizing finance and manufacturing integrations
- Proven ability to recruit, develop, and retain high-performing accounting teams
- Comfortable working cross-functionally with manufacturing, supply chain, and operations teams
- Active CPA required; Big 4 background strongly preferred
- Builder mentality. Comfortable operating amid ambiguity while maintaining uncompromising standards for accuracy, controls, and documentation
What the job involves
- Reporting directly to the CFO, the VP, Accounting will serve as the principal architect of the company’s financial infrastructure. This leader will guide the organization’s transition from a private, build-stage environment to an institution capable of meeting public-company standards
- This role owns the financial “source of truth,” ensuring that complex physical operations, manufacturing activity, and capital investment are accurately reflected in high-integrity financial reporting
- Oversee the full lifecycle of hardware and manufacturing accounting, including BOMs, WIP, overhead allocation, inventory valuation, and margin analysis
- Institutionalize disciplined flash and month-end close processes
- Establish and maintain company-wide accounting policies, including ASC 606 (revenue recognition) and ASC 718 (equity compensation)
- Design and build a robust internal controls environment
- Manage external audit relationships and ensure compliance with rigorous audit standards
- Build internal capability for quarterly and annual reporting, including MD&A preparation and non-GAAP reconciliation frameworks
- Lead optimization of a Tier-1 ERP environment, ensuring tight integration between manufacturing operations and the general ledger
- Partner on capital equipment financing strategies and oversee R&D tax credit initiatives and multi-state nexus considerations
- Recruit, mentor, and scale a high-caliber accounting organization capable of supporting institutional growth
Our take
Hadrian is an industrial automation company that creates autonomous factories for aerospace components. Founded by a former history student, the inspiration for Hadrian was the notion that throughout history, empires begin to fall when they outsource their core industries to lower-cost countries, resulting in internal stagnation and mass unemployment.
To counter this historic trend, founder Chris Power founded Hadrian, which uses machine learning to automate the processes of component factories. Power honed in on key US industries that were lacking in scalable solutions. Aerospace and defence is one area in which the USA relies on boutique experts who lack the manpower to build at scale. This factory automation solution addresses bottlenecks in manufacturing aerospace components that slow down progress due to owner-operated machine shops.
With investment from early Facebook and Airbnb investors Andreessen Horowitz, Hadrian is setting a precedent for a new era of machine work innovation. Hadrian’s main challenge will be convincing smaller manufacturers in the sector to embrace the precision and time-saving benefits of automation. With two factories now operational, Hadrian is using funding to continue its team and product growth, so as to meet the growing demand for component manufacturing.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jul 2025
$260m
SERIES C
Feb 2024
$93.6m
SERIES B
Total funding: $490.6m
Company benefits
- 100% coverage of platinum medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees 401k
- Relocation stipend if you’re moving from outside of LA
- Flexible vacation policy
Company HQ
Hermosa Beach, CA
Leadership
Chris Power
(CEO & CPO)Previously Managing Partner at ADSC, Contributor and Advisor at Open Lunar Foundation and Head of Growth at Ento.com.
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