Senior Manager, Cost Accounting

The Company

Astra's mission is to improve life on Earth from space by creating a healthier and more connected planet. Astra delivered its first commercial payload into Earth orbit in 2021, making it the fastest company in history to reach this milestone, just five years after being founded in 2016. By achieving monthly, weekly, then daily launches, we'll create the infrastructure services our customers need in space to build a healthier and more connected planet. If you're excited by a sense of possibility, the chance to innovate, and make a difference here on Earth, we think you should work here too.

The Senior Manager of Cost Accounting will provide analytical insight into R&D projects, manufacturing and operational expenses, product costing / pricing (unit economics), and product line profitability. The Senior Manager, Cost Accounting will support customer and R&D related project costs and schedule performance.

The Senior Manager of Cost Accounting will work closely with management and key stakeholders to craft and implement inventory and manufacturing cost accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls to lower the cost of access to space while ensuring compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Government Accounting Standards. The key to success in this role is actively driving process improvement and leading projects to streamline while automating workflows.