Accounting Manager

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.