VP of Finance - Seasats

About Seasats: We are a nimble, highly technical business that provides defense, scientific, and commercial customers with maritime robotics solutions. Our primary products are autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs) built to carry sensors at sea for months at a time.

The company is located in sunny San Diego and includes talented engineers, builders, tinkerers, and business architects. Internally, our work culture is hard working but fun. Externally, we’ve built a reputation for being professional, knowledgeable, and dedicated to getting the job done. For more info, check out seasats.com.

Role: VP of Finance

Location: San Diego, CA (in-office)

Salary: $155,000-$180,000 / yr + stock options, 401k matching, and other benefits.

Role Overview: Seasats is now offering products and services around the globe. To support this ambitious growth, we’re searching for an experienced finance professional who is excited to develop and own effective financial systems. In this role, you would drive day-to-day impacts on company operations by helping analyze, strategize, and improve our financial management. Additionally, as part of our leadership team, you would provide strategic input on fundraising and other critical company efforts.

About You:

You’re a seasoned strategist but not afraid to roll up your sleeves. You possess both a deep understanding of accounting and finance practices and the ability to adapt to change as Seasats continues to grow. You’re prepared to be a part of our senior management, presenting to our board, joining product roadmap discussions, analyzing supply chain needs, and everything in between. Additionally, you likely have:

• Applicable experience in a senior financial management position.
• Excellent leadership skills, steadfast resolve, and personal integrity.
• Exceptional verbal, written, and visual communication skills.
• An advanced understanding of accounting, regulatory, and tax issues.
• Working knowledge of various funding options.
• Interest in technology products.

Bonus points if you have:

• A master’s degree, CPA, or other certification in business accounting or finance.
• Experience with US government accounting audits.
• International finance experience.
• Experience in investor relations or M&A.
• Executive experience with SaaS business models and their associated revenue recognition.
• Experience with manufacturing, hardware, or technology companies.

Role Details:

In this role, you will take responsibility for all cash management, insurance, budgeting, and financial reporting. As the resident expert on these subjects, you will help drive the company’s financial strategy and inform its hiring and investment plans. Some specific objectives include:

• Develop and report annual operating, capital, and program budgets.
• Maintain day-to-day oversight of accounting, recording, reporting, and internal controls to ensure spending and cash flow mesh appropriately.
• Refine Seasats' financial systems to achieve GAAP compliance.
  
• Work with internal and external teams to complete federal and state tax filings.
• Develop and implement best practices and tools to ensure a well-controlled yet flexible organization that has strong fiscal management, project coordination, and cross-team communications.
• Monitor and maintain compliance with all relevant financial requirements.
• Develop pricing strategies for Seasats’ solutions.
• Develop documentation as required for proposals.

Day-to-day, you may:

• Work with senior managers to develop budget proposals, supply project finance information, and ensure contract compliance and reporting.
• Work with engineering and manufacturing teams to analyze internal operations and identify areas for cost reduction or process enhancement.
• Leverage tracking tools to monitor business performance, generate reports for internal and external stakeholders, and create recommendations as needed.
• Manage finance systems and oversee financial IT systems, ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory entities (e.g. Financial Accounting Standards Board, Internal Revenue Service, state attorneys general).
• Compete in weekly games of HORSE or share your latest pet pictures.
• Drive or support capital structure and fundraising initiatives when appropriate.
• Perform or prepare for financial audits.

Life at Seasats:
Along with your salary, you’ll receive perks including:

• Stock options
• Competitive insurance (including a 99% employer-covered Gold HMO plan or other options)
• 401k matching up to 4% of salary
• Four free lunches per week
• An employee activity fund
• A pet-friendly office
• Unlimited/Flex PTO

We’ll help you ramp up and will regularly take time to discuss what’s working and what’s not. We’re also big on personal freedoms: if you’re on top of your responsibilities and want the afternoon off to surf or spend time with friends and family, go for it! We have flexible hours, accommodating PTO, and a personable, high-achieving work culture. We want someone who’s excited to work hard and have fun in this environment.

Our values are listed below; we’re happy to explain them more during the interview process.

• Get Stuff Done
• Be Kind
• Fight Entropy
• Attack with Overwhelming Force
• Ask More Questions
• Lines, Not Dots

Hiring Notes:

If you decide to apply, you’ll be asked to provide a resume and answer a few screening questions. If we decide to move forward with your application, you can expect no more than 2-3 more rounds of virtual interviews before a final in-person interview. If you have to travel to San Diego, we’ll reimburse pre-approved travel costs.

Please note that we are currently unable to sponsor employment visas, so candidates must be independently authorized to work in the United States.

We appreciate diverse perspectives and life experiences, so we encourage women, minorities, and people of all backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We look forward to reviewing your application!