Staff Accountant

Job Description

Staff Accountant | Advanced Space

The Tone:
This is a Staff Accountant role at Advanced Space, located in Westminster, CO (hybrid). Advanced Space is enabling humanity’s return to the Moon and building technologies for Mars and beyond, operating missions like NASA’s CAPSTONE. This role is crucial for supporting the day-to-day accounting operations, ensuring financial processes run smoothly, and providing a strong foundation for an early-career accountant in a company delivering real space missions.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid Westminster, CO
• Pay: $70040–$94760 yearly
• Mission: Support day-to-day accounting operations and help keep financial processes running smoothly for space exploration missions.
• Tech Stack: Excel, accounting software or ERP systems

What You’ll Actually Do
• Accounts Payable: Process vendor invoices accurately and on time, including coding, data entry, approval routing, and preparing payment runs.
• Accounts Receivable: Prepare customer invoices, record and apply incoming payments, maintain accurate records, and assist with follow-up on past-due accounts.
• Expense Management: Review team member expense reports for accuracy, required receipts, and compliance with company policies, and enter approved expenses.
• General Accounting: Prepare and enter journal entries, record financial transactions, and assist with bank reconciliations and month-end close schedules.
• Financial Records: Keep accounting files and documentation organized, assist with audit requests, and help ensure financial information is complete and accessible.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting. An early-career accountant understanding basic accounting principles, including debits and credits, the general ledger, and accruals.
• Experience: 1–3 years of accounting experience. Relevant internships may count toward experience, and government contracting experience is not required.
• Skills: Detail-oriented, organized, comfortable using Excel, able to manage recurring deadlines, and capable of clear, professional communication.
• Bonus: Experience with an accounting internship or entry-level role, using accounting software or ERP systems, processing accounts payable, accounts receivable, or employee expense reports, assisting with bank reconciliations, journal entries, or month-end close activities, working with Excel functions, formulas, or pivot tables, or supporting audit preparation.