Director of Accounting, Cyngn
$160-175k
Salary for SF Bay Area candidates + Stock Options
Office located in Menlo Park, CA
Industrial autonomous vehicle technology
Job no longer available
Industrial autonomous vehicle technology
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$160-175k
Salary for SF Bay Area candidates + Stock Options
Office located in Menlo Park, CA
21-100 employees
Company mission
To address significant challenges facing industrial organizations today, such as labor shortages and costly safety incidents.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
- CPA preferred
- Public accounting preferred
- 8 to 12 years of progressive accounting experience including previous experience as a controller
- 3+ years of SEC reporting experience
- Combination of private industry and public accounting experience is preferred
- Advanced technical accounting knowledge coupled with exceptional planning and organizational skills
- Prior experience in the design, documentation, and implementation of SOX-compliant policies and procedures
- Preferred experience with the following systems: Shareworks, Quickbooks, bill.com, Vena
- Advanced user of MS Office Suite, including MS Excel and Word
What the job involves
- Cyngn, Inc., an autonomous vehicle technology company based in Menlo Park, CA, is actively recruiting for a Public Company Director of Accounting and Controller.
- This position will be responsible for the monthly close activities as well as the preparation and filing of all external financial reporting documents and related SEC filings and accounting for all equity-based transactions.
- The ideal candidate is someone who loves challenging opportunities and thrives with strict deadlines on a consistent basis
- Own general accounting processes, including, but not limited to: month, quarter and year end activities, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and maintenance of the general ledger’s chart of accounts
- Own monthly financial statement preparation and review, budget and variance analysis
- Own tax and other external compliance activities
- Coordinate and participate in the preparation of quarterly report filings (Form 10-Qs), annual reports (Form 10- K) and current reports (Form 8-K)
- Manage recordkeeping and reporting of all equity-based transactions
- Regularly collaborate with both internal (team members across the organization) and external parties (outside counsel, external auditors, tax and other professional service providers) towards:
- The collection of input information including the preparation of support files and documentation required for the above referenced reports
- The coordination and review of report draft versions
- Determine appropriate required disclosures (including the completion of relevant disclosure checklists and reporting questionnaires)
- Monitor the development and applicability of emerging accounting and reporting guidelines being issued by the SEC, FASB (US GAAP), PCAOB, and other applicable regulatory agencies
- Coordinate the introduction, documentation, and implementation of accounting and finance policies
- Coordinate and participate in the implementation of internal controls and SOX compliance guidelines
- Manage finance team
- Perform ad hoc analysis and projects as requested
Our take
From the switch from manual driving to automatic in the 40s, and now the rise of autonomous vehicles (AVs) in the past 5-10 years, cars have come a long way. While much of the attention has focused on consumer-facing self-driving cars, it's often overlooked how many industrial vehicles are now capable of operating, at least in part, without direct driver control.
Cyngn is a well-established company providing autonomous vehicles solutions for these environments. Its DriveMod product is designed to integrate with existing workflows, allowing businesses to introduce automation without major infrastructure changes. Rather than focusing purely on capability, the company emphasizes practical deployment, aiming to deliver systems that can reliably handle real-world industrial tasks.
Cyngn has raised significant funding since its founding in 2009, reflecting both the strength of its technology and continued investor confidence. Alongside partnerships with companies like US Continental and Jtec Industries, the business is still actively securing new capital, with a recent $8.65M raise aimed at supporting further development and scaling its autonomous solutions,. With DriveMod already deployed across vehicles like tuggers and forklifts, Cyngn is positioning itself to capitalize on growing demand from industrial and logistics operators looking to address labor shortages and improve safety through automation.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
22% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Mar 2015
$85m
SERIES C
Dec 2013
$23m
SERIES B
Total funding: $115m
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Lior Tal
(CEO)Lior joined Cyngn in 2016 as COO, moving into the role of CEO that same year. Previously, he spent over 5 years at Facebook as a Director of Growth & Partnerships. He also founded Snaptu where he served as the company's VP of Business Development for nearly 4 years.
Natalie Russell
(CFO)Natalie joined Cyngn in 2023 as the Director of Accounting, she then became the Interim CFO in January 2025 and became CFO later that same year. Previously, she was a Technical Accounting Manager at SOAProjects. She also spent over 5 years at EY in various Audit roles.
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