Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant - Medtherm Corporation

📍 Huntsville, Alabama (Onsite)

About Us: Founded in 2019, Raptor Scientific is a fast-growing, engineering-driven company supporting the aerospace and defense industry. We design and deliver highly specialized test and measurement solutions that ensure the safety and performance of critical flight systems.

The Opportunity To conform to U.S. export control regulations, requirements of this position include being eligible to work with export-controlled products and related data without restriction.

Position Overview

MedTherm designs and manufactures precision thermal and sensing solutions for aerospace and defense applications. We are seeking a Staff or Senior Accountant to manage the complete accounting function for our Huntsville site.

As the sole on-site finance professional, you will operate with significant autonomy and have direct accountability for all local financial operations. This role requires a hands-on professional who can manage daily transactional data while providing strategic, data-driven financial insights to site leadership.

Core Performance Behaviors

To be successful at MedTherm, candidates must demonstrate specific foundational behaviors that drive our high-performance culture:

• Bias for Action: Self-directed and proactive. You possess the drive to investigate anomalies and resolve issues independently rather than waiting for direction.
• Act Like an Owner: Real accountability for the site's financial health. You take personal pride and ownership in the accuracy, timeline, and execution of the monthly close process.
• Open & Transparent Communication: Straightforward, candid, and data-driven. You communicate critical financial realities to leadership clearly and concisely, backed by solid analytics.
• Intellectual Curiosity: A strong desire to understand how operational levers and manufacturing shop-floor activities directly drive the financial results, rather than just processing transactional data.
• Driven to Win: A continuous improvement mindset. You are fundamentally dissatisfied with broken, manual, or clunky processes and possess the determination to optimize them.

Core Responsibilities

• Full-Cycle Accounting: Manage end-to-end accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll processing/reconciliation.
• Financial Closing: Lead all month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, including journal entries and account reconciliations.
• Compliance & Audit: Support internal controls compliance, manage audit requests, and ensure strict adherence to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Internal Trade Compliance (ITC) requirements.
• Operations Partnering: Collaborate with the Operations team to analyze cost drivers, variances, and manufacturing performance.
• Process Improvement: Identify and resolve process inefficiencies or outdated workflow steps.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Experience: Staff Level: 2 years of full-cycle accounting experience | Senior Level: 4 years of full-cycle accounting experience.
• Industry Experience: Prior accounting experience within a manufacturing or industrial environment is strongly preferred.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency with ERP systems and a strong understanding of government contract invoicing (e.g., DCAA billing, cost accounting standards, progress/milestone billing).
• Compliance: Must meet applicable ITAR/export control eligibility requirements to support export-controlled programs. Strict adherence to International Trade Compliance (ITC) protocols is mandatory.

Equal Opportunity & Accommodations

Raptor Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

• If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to assist you with any part of the application or hiring process, please let us know by contacting our HR department, and we will work with you to meet your needs.