Director of Accounting / Corporate Controller

Responsibilities

Accounting Operations & Financial Close

- Partner with the Corporate Controller to lead and oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close activities; ensuring timely and accurate financial statements.

- Perform detailed review of accounting operations, reconciliations, journal entries, reserves, and flux analysis.

- Strengthen accounting processes, policies, procedures, and documentation.

- Identify opportunities to improve close efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.

- Provide hands-on support and review for complex accounting operations.

- Establish clear ownership, backup coverage, and accountability across the accounting organization.

SOX / Internal Controls

- Lead the development, documentation, implementation, and continuous improvement of the Company’s internal control environment.

- Support SOX 404 compliance, including risk assessment, process documentation, control matrices, testing, remediation, and deficiency evaluation.

- Identify control gaps and develop practical remediation plans.

- Strengthen review controls, segregation of duties, accounting policies, and supporting documentation.

- Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders on SOX activities and remediation of material weaknesses or significant deficiencies.

- Help establish a sustainable SOX framework that can be maintained efficiently by the internal organization.

Technical / Revenue & Commercial / Deal Accounting & Transaction Support

- Ensure compliance with GAAP and applicable regulatory requirements.

- Research and interpret U.S. GAAP, SEC guidance, and other applicable accounting requirements.

- Prepare and/or review technical accounting analyses and accounting memoranda.

- Support accounting evaluation of new, complex, or non-routine transactions.

- Partner with Sales/Revenue, Legal, Finance, Operations, and other functions to evaluate accounting implications of customer and commercial arrangements.

- Evaluate accounting implications and provide accounting guidance related to revenue recognition, leases, equity, debt, investments, and other significant transactions.

- Establish a consistent and timely process for accounting review of significant or non-standard transactions.

- Develop repeatable frameworks and documentation to improve transaction review and decision-making.

- Coordinate with external technical accounting advisors when specialized expertise is required.

SEC Reporting & External Audit

- Support preparation and review of Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and other SEC filings.

- Coordinate with the SEC reporting function on financial statements, disclosures, supporting schedules, and disclosure checklists.

- Partner with senior management, Legal, external auditors, and advisors throughout the reporting process.

- Lead or support external audit planning, requests, technical accounting discussions, and issue resolution.

- Ensure accounting conclusions are appropriately documented and supported.

Systems, Process Improvement & Transformation

- Identify opportunities to automate, streamline, and strengthen accounting processes.

- Partner with Finance, IT, and other stakeholders on ERP and accounting-system initiatives.

- Improve accounting data integrity, reporting processes, and operational efficiency.

- Help build scalable accounting infrastructure appropriate for a public-company environment.

Team Leadership & Organizational Development

- Provide leadership, coaching, and technical guidance to accounting team members.

- Establish clear responsibilities, deliverables, deadlines, and backup ownership.

- Promote strong communication and collaboration across Controllership and with cross-functional stakeholders.

- Help develop a high-performing, accountable, and scalable accounting organization.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field.

- Active CPA license is strongly preferred.

- 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including significant public-company or public-accounting experience.

- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and financial reporting requirements.

- Demonstrated experience with accounting operations and end-to-end financial close.

- Experience with SEC reporting and external audits.

- Strong technical accounting and research capabilities.

- Hands-on experience with SOX 404 / internal controls and control remediation.

- Experience evaluating complex or non-routine business transactions.

- Strong understanding of revenue recognition, including ASC 606.

- Excellent analytical, organizational, project-management, and problem-solving skills.

- Ability to work independently, prioritize competing deadlines, and operate effectively in a fast-paced environment.

- Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with senior management and cross-functional business partners.

Preferred Qualifications

- Big Four public accounting experience.

- Public-company experience in technology, manufacturing, hardware, software, SaaS, or life sciences.

- Experience remediating material weaknesses or significant deficiencies.

- Experience with ASC 842, equity compensation, debt, business combinations, or other complex accounting areas.

- Experience with ERP implementations or accounting-system transformations.

- Experience with SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Workiva, DFIN or similar accounting/reporting platforms.

- Experience managing and developing accounting professionals.

- Demonstrated ability to combine technical accounting expertise with hands-on operational execution.

What Success Looks Like

What Success Looks Like

First 90 Days

- Develop a comprehensive understanding of Velo3D’s accounting organization, processes, systems, controls, and reporting requirements.

- Establish clear ownership and backup coverage for critical accounting processes.

- Assess close, reconciliation, technical accounting, SOX, SEC reporting, equity, and audit processes and identify key risks and improvement opportunities.

- Establish strong working relationships with Controllership, FP&A, Legal, Sales, Operations, external auditors, and external advisors.

- Begin driving remediation of identified control and process gaps.

First 6 Months

- Strengthen the monthly and quarterly close process.

- Improve documentation and accountability across key accounting processes.

- Establish a sustainable and well-documented SOX/ICFR framework.

- Drive progress on material weakness remediation.

- Provide reliable technical accounting and transaction support to the business.

- Improve coordination between accounting operations, SEC reporting, Legal, external auditors, and external advisors.

- Reduce key-person dependency through documented processes and effective backup coverage.

First 12 Months

- Establish a stronger, scalable public-company controllership organization.

- Improve close efficiency, accounting process quality, and control effectiveness.

- Successfully support quarterly and annual SEC reporting and external audit requirements.

- Achieve meaningful progress toward remediation of material weaknesses and strengthening of the overall control environment.

- Establish a sustainable operating model that appropriately balances internal capabilities with external advisory support.

- Serve as a trusted senior accounting partner and effective right hand to the Corporate Controller.