About Boom Supersonic

Boom Supersonic is the Denver-based startup bringing supersonic flight back to the skies with Overture. As the world’s fastest airliner, Overture is designed and committed to industry-leading standards of speed, safety and sustainability. Flights twice as fast as today’s commercial airplanes, means we can go twice as far—bringing more people, places, and cultures into our lives.

Boom is the first commercial airplane manufacturer to commit to a carbon-neutral flight test program and to build sustainability into its entire aircraft program. Founded in 2014, Boom has assembled a team of over 140 full-time employees who have made contributions to over 220 air and spacecraft programs.

Are you passionate about building the future of transportation? Help us make aviation history.

Role Overview: 

We are looking for a Controller to join our growing team. The Controller will play a key role in developing the strategic roadmap to mature our accounting organization, including designing our internal accounting controls, ensuring tax compliance, and planning the evolution of our accounting organization.

Your primary responsibilities will be: design rigorous accounting policies and internal controls to support a growing business while managing within a budget; optimize our tax planning and ensure strong tax compliance; develop the strategic roadmap for maturing Boom’s accounting organization over time; complete monthly financial close and prepare supporting financial reports; engage constructively with independent auditors in completing annual audits.

You will research and develop Boom’s accounting policies and leverage best practices in the industry. You will help Boom with tax planning as it expands its activities into multiple states. It will be your job to develop a long-term view of how Boom’s accounting organization scales and matures. Your strong financial controls and accounting processes will play a key role in allowing Boom to raise future investment. 

Do you love solving complex accounting problems in a startup environment? Do you have experience navigating multi-state tax planning? Do you like designing and building accounting processes? Do you want to be part of a team restoring supersonic commercial flight? If so, you might be an ideal fit for this role. 

You should have excellent technical accounting and tax planning skills. You should be mathematically inclined, while having the candor and tact to help a startup take the next step in financial maturity. You must be willing to roll up your sleeves and dive into the details to design new accounting policies and develop Boom’s accounting organization. 

Working in a startup environment means taking on unexpected responsibilities and attempting tasks that no one in the company knows how to do. The successful candidate has a resourceful, can-do approach to these demands and enjoys the continuous learning curve of a startup. 

The Controller will report directly to the CFO and will be a member of Boom’s growing Finance team.

Key Competencies:

• Proven ability to provide accurate and timely financial reporting on a consistent basis
• Roll-up-sleeves mindset, and leader to motivate and develop a lean accounting team
• Work collaboratively with business partners to improve reporting and controls
• Partner with CFO on implementation of key initiatives, including ERP integration
• Effectively project manage annual independent audit process
• Maintain oversight over proper processing and reporting of all business transactions
• Comply with all statutory filing requirements, tax reporting and payment requirements
• Broad business acumen, excellent communication skills, and ability to think strategically 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, or similar analytical discipline
• 7+ years of experience with an increasing level of responsibility
• CPA with public company accounting experience
• Experience developing US GAAP compliant accounting policies and procedures
• Accounting software and ERP experience across multiple platforms
• Prior experience in a manufacturing, aerospace, or startup business is a plus 

To conform to U.S. Government aerospace technology export regulations (ITAR and EAR), applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about ITAR here (https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/?id=ddtc_public_portal_itar_landing)

Boom is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.

Want to build a faster future? Come join Boom.