Hyperlight
Senior Accountant
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$85k-$150kDetected 60 days ago
AccountingExcelAuditingERPOnboardingAR/VRCommunicationCollaborationOrganizational SkillsGAAPInternal AuditAccounts PayableNetSuite
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About the role
- It offers a rare combination of extraordinary performance and industrial readiness, enabling system developers across applications to deploy the technology fast and ready.
- We assembled a world class team covering engineering, business, and operations.
- We believe in the power of integrity, innovation, collaboration, and pragmatic solutions.
Responsibilities
- Accounts Payable: Own the full AP cycle: vendor invoice intake, coding, approval routing, three-way matching against POs and receipts, and timely payment runs.
- Maintain accurate vendor master data, including W-9s, banking details, and payment terms; lead 1099 reporting at year-end.
- Partner with operations, lab, and engineering teams to resolve invoice and PO discrepancies quickly.
- Drive process improvements and automation across the AP function (e.g., AP automation tools, expense management integration).
- Accounts Receivable and Billing: Own the customer billing process: generate invoices in line with contracts, milestones, and shipment activity; ensure accuracy and timeliness.
- Manage AR aging and collections; partner with sales and legal on collections escalations and dispute resolution.
- Maintain customer master data and support new customer onboarding from a finance/credit perspective.
- Partner with lab, manufacturing, and IT teams on physical asset tracking, including periodic asset verifications and disposal documentation.
- Track CIP (construction-in-progress) for lab build-outs and manufacturing equipment; transfer to fixed assets upon placement in service.
- Support external audit and tax requests, including PBC schedules, supporting documentation, and audit walk-throughs.
Compensation
- $85k-$150k
Benefits
- All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
Company info
- Founded in 2018 and backed by leading venture capital, we've built a team and a platform focused on real-world mass deployment of TFLN photonics technology.
- We are seeking a detail-oriented, hands-on Senior Accountant to join HyperLight's finance team at our Cambridge, MA headquarters, reporting directly to the Corporate Controller.
- Month-End Close and General Accounting: Prepare and post journal entries related to AP, AR, fixed assets, prepaids, and accruals as part of the monthly close.
- At the core of our work is the TFLN Chiplet™ platform - a modular, integrated architecture designed for scalability, manufacturability, and seamless integration into complex systems.
- We partner with our customers and suppliers from conceptualization, design, and prototyping phases, all the way through mass production to ensure smooth and rapid deployment of TFLN photonic technology.
- We believe our platform is the key, in the golden age of integrated photonics, to empower humanity to the next level.
Equal opportunity
- If you need assistance or an accommodation, please contact us at HR@hyperlightcorp.com.
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