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AeroVect · Toronto

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Who We Are

AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomy, redefining how airlines and ground service providers around the globe run day-to-day operations. We are a Series A company backed by top-tier venture capital investors in aviation and autonomous driving. Our customers include some of the world’s largest airlines and ground handling providers. For more information, visit www.aerovect.com.

You’ll be our first finance hire. You will own financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting, and help the team understand the financial implications of commercial and operating decisions.

This is an opportunity to shape AeroVect’s finance function as our deployments scale. You should be equally comfortable closing the books, building a forecast and automating workflows. You will work with external tax and accounting specialists as needed.

You Will

Own Accounting and Financial Reporting

• Own monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements under US GAAP

• Manage multi-entity consolidation, foreign currency accounting, and intercompany transactions across our US, Canadian, and UK entities

• Own revenue recognition

• Oversee AP and AR. Establish practical controls and coordinate tax compliance and audit preparation with external advisers

Lead Budgeting and Financial Planning

• Own the annual budget, rolling forecast, and financial model, working with department leaders to connect hiring, deployment plans, and spending to business priorities

• Maintain short and long-term cash forecasts, including working capital, capital expenditure, and financing needs

• Analyze customer and deployment economics, pricing, and expansion scenarios

Lead Budgeting and Financial Planning

• Improve the accounting and planning systems, including ERP selection or implementation as needed. Use automation and AI tools to reduce manual work while maintaining reliable review processes

• Support the evaluation of debt and equipment financing solutions

• Prepare financial diligence materials and support fundraising, working with leadership and external advisers

You Have

• 8+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including ownership of the close and financial reporting at a growing company

• A CPA designation or equivalent professional accounting qualification, with strong US GAAP knowledge, including ASC 606 revenue recognition

• Experience operating independently in a small finance team or as the primary accounting owner, with the ability to build processes and personally execute the work

• Demonstrated ownership of budgets, cash forecasts, financial models, and variance analysis. You can translate operating assumptions into financial implications and clear recommendations

• Experience with multi-entity accounting and cross-border operations, including US financial reporting and coordination with external tax advisers

• Strong spreadsheet and financial systems skills, sound judgment, and clear communication

We Prefer

• Experience at a VC-backed company, particularly in robotics, hardware, industrial automation, logistics

• Experience with inventory and hardware, robotics-as-a-service models

• Experience implementing an ERP and using modern finance tools

• Experience supporting equity fundraising, debt facilities, equipment financing, or financial due diligence

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