Staff Accounting Manager

Location: San Jose, CA

Lyten is leading an industrial revolution through Lyten 3D Graphene™, a breakthrough supermaterial unlocking a new generation of products — from lithium–sulfur batteries and energy storage systems to concrete admixtures, lightweight composites, and next-generation sensors that are revolutionizing industries. Together, these innovations are making a massive global improvement and driving real-world impact across energy, mobility, construction, and defense.

At Lyten, we believe the most meaningful careers begin with purpose — and with people who want to make a difference. We’re not just developing advanced supermaterials — we’re about to change the world as we know it, reshaping how energy is stored, how products are built, and how progress is made.

We’re entering an exciting growth phase, scaling production across the U.S. and Europe and expanding our team of engineers, scientists, and innovators.

Apply now to join our team and be part of something bigger than yourself — where collaboration, creativity, and purpose come together to build the technologies that will define the next century.

Position Overview

Lyten is seeking a Staff Accounting Manager for a hands-on individual-contributor position with no direct reports. The role requires at least 7 years of progressive accounting experience in the manufacturing industry and demonstrated experience in global, multi-entity consolidation. The successful candidate will independently execute core accounting activities, prepare journal entries and account reconciliations, resolve accounting issues, and support timely and accurate financial reporting across U.S. and international operations. Strong U.S. GAAP knowledge and practical experience in month-end close, intercompany accounting, foreign currency, inventory, and manufacturing-related balance sheet accounts are essential to delivering results and strengthening accounting processes.

Key Responsibilities

General Ledger & Financial Close

• Own assigned close areas end to end and be accountable for timely, accurate, review-ready results.
• Review journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, workpapers, and other work prepared by accounting staff, providing clear feedback and ensuring issues are resolved before close.
• Independently research U.S. GAAP matters, document conclusions, exercise sound accounting judgment, and escalate significant or complex matters appropriately.
• Lead resolution of accounting and reconciliation issues across cash, prepaids, fixed assets/CIP, leases, accruals, intercompany, and other assigned balance-sheet accounts.
• Prepare financial statement fluctuation analyses and clearly explain significant movements, unusual transactions, and accounting adjustments.
• Coordinate effectively with cross-functional and international teams and provide day-to-day accounting

Global Consolidation & Intercompany Accounting

• Prepare global consolidation schedules and entries, including intercompany eliminations, investment and equity eliminations, and other consolidation adjustments.
• Coordinate subsidiary reporting packages and validate trial balance mappings. Prepare and reconcile the adjustments needed to bridge local statutory financial results to corporate U.S. GAAP reporting requirements.
• Reconcile intercompany receivables, payables, loans, interest, expense allocations, and cross-border transactions; work directly with entity finance contacts to resolve differences before consolidation.
• Prepare and validate foreign currency remeasurement, translation, and cumulative translation adjustment schedules, as applicable.
• Support consolidated balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow preparation, including tie-outs to underlying entity records.
• Partner with Tax and Treasury on documentation and accounting for intercompany funding, settlements, and transfer-pricing-related entries.

Manufacturing & Operational Accounting

• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, and cost accounting resources to reconcile raw materials, work in process, finished goods, and inventory movements to the general ledger.
• Support cost accounting resources in inventory valuation, standard cost and manufacturing variance analysis, overhead allocation, and excess and obsolete inventory reserve assessments.
• Support physical inventory and cycle count reconciliations, investigate discrepancies, and document proposed adjustments for approval.
• Prepare manufacturing-related accruals and cutoff analyses, including goods received but not invoiced, inventory in transit, and supplier-related balances.
• Maintain fixed asset and construction-in-progress schedules, including capitalization support, placed-in-service dates, depreciation, transfers, and disposals.

Systems, Controls & Audit Support

• Use NetSuite to prepare accounting entries, extract financial data, reconcile subledgers, and develop reports and saved searches that improve close efficiency and reporting accuracy.
• Support acquisition integration and new subsidiary onboarding as project-based assignments under the direction of accounting leadership. Prepare opening balance reconciliations, chart of accounts mappings, data validations, and purchase accounting schedules for these assignments.
• Drive audit readiness by ensuring supporting schedules, documentation, controls, and responses are complete, accurate, and delivered on time.
• Perform assigned controls over journals, reconciliations, consolidation, and reporting, and document the related accounting procedures. Support SOX-readiness and control-remediation initiatives in collaboration with accounting leadership.
• Identify and lead process, NetSuite, documentation, and internal-control improvements that increase accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of progressive accounting experience in the manufacturing industry, including hands-on general ledger and financial close responsibilities.
• Demonstrated experience preparing global consolidations for multiple legal entities and currencies, including intercompany eliminations and foreign currency accounting.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and the ability to apply accounting principles to operational transactions and financial reporting.
• Practical experience with manufacturing inventory, cost accounting concepts, fixed assets, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Hands-on ERP experience, including tracing transactions from source documentation through the general ledger and financial statements; NetSuite OneWorld experience is preferred.
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookup functions, and reconciliation and analysis of large datasets.
• Ability to independently prepare detailed accounting work, investigate discrepancies, manage competing deadlines, and escalate issues with clear proposed resolutions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate with international finance teams and non-finance partners across time zones.
• Willingness to perform day-to-day accounting work in an individual-contributor role without direct reports.

Preferred Experience Relevant to Lyten

• NetSuite OneWorld experience, particularly multi-subsidiary close, consolidation, intercompany accounting, saved searches, and financial reporting.
• Experience in advanced manufacturing, battery or energy storage, advanced materials, or another capital-intensive technology business.
• Experience supporting European subsidiaries and reconciling local statutory or IFRS-based records to U.S. GAAP reporting packages.
• Acquisition integration experience, including opening balance sheets, purchase price allocation support, and fixed asset fair value adjustment schedules.
• Experience with intercompany loans, cross-border inventory transfers, cost allocations, and transfer-pricing-related accounting.
• Experience supporting external audits, SOX-readiness, accounting process improvements, or public-company reporting readiness.
• Experience in a growing business with evolving systems, multiple manufacturing locations, and a need to build scalable, well-documented processes.
• Public accounting experience is a plus. CPA certification or progress toward CPA certification is also preferred.

Compensations Range:

The expected base salary range for this position is between

$141,100.00 - $211,700.00

The level of pay within the range will depend on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant prior experience and/or education, or particular skills and expertise.

Disclosures:

Pay Transparency Disclosure:

This compensation and benefits information is based on Lyten’s estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future. We generally do not negotiate on salary once we have made an offer. The level of pay within the range will depend on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant prior experience and/or education, or particular skills and expertise. New hires joining the company tend to be paid within the starting base pay range noted above, with opportunities to increase pay over time based on development of additional skills, competencies, and company-specific knowledge.

In addition to base pay this position is eligible for tier based bonus and equity, healthcare, dental, vision, corporate discounts, paid holidays, PTO and sick time, 401K, employee relocation plan (if applicable)

Export/ITAR Compliance Disclosure:

Certain positions within Lyten, Inc. require compliance with export control laws and, as a result, all interviewed candidates will be screened pre-interview to determine their eligibility in light of export restrictions.

This position requires access to technology, software and other information that is subject to governmental access control restrictions, due to export controls. Employment in this position is conditioned on the continued availability of government authorization to authorize release of such items, to the extent required, including without limitation an export license, or other documentation required to establish authorization to receive access to such items. Company may delay commencement of employment, rescind an offer of employment, terminate employment, and/or may modify job responsibilities, compensation, benefits, and/or access to Company facilities and information systems, as Company deems appropriate, in order to ensure compliance with applicable government access control restrictions.

Lyten is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability. EEO Employer/Vet/Disabled.

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Why Work at Lyten

At Lyten, you’ll be part of a team that’s redefining what’s possible in energy, materials, and manufacturing. We’re not just imagining the future — we’re building it today with breakthrough technologies that are changing how products are made and how industries innovate.

Our people are the heart of that mission. From world-class scientists and engineers to creative problem-solvers in operations, manufacturing, and commercialization, every member of the Lyten team plays a role in turning bold ideas into real-world impact. We believe that the best work happens when you’re doing great things in the world — with people you like. Collaboration, curiosity, and a shared sense of purpose drive everything we do.

What You’ll Find at Lyten

• A mission that matters: Contribute directly to solving complex challenges in energy, mobility, and materials innovation.

• Cutting-edge innovation: Work on technologies at the intersection of materials science, energy storage, and advanced manufacturing that strengthen energy security and local supply chains.

• Extraordinary people: Join a team of talented, friendly, and down-to-earth innovators who support, challenge, and inspire one another every day.

• Teamwork and culture: Experience a workplace built on trust, respect, and shared success — where collaboration fuels breakthroughs and everyone’s ideas are heard.

• Global impact: Help scale new materials and energy solutions that reinforce industrial resilience across the U.S. and Europe.

• Career growth: Be part of a fast-moving company entering a commercial growth phase, with opportunities to lead, learn, and make your mark.

• Purpose-driven values: Thrive in an environment that celebrates ingenuity, optimism, and meaningful progress — together.

Lyten offers the opportunity to do the most important work of your career — helping build the technologies that will power the next century of innovation.

Join us, and help transform industries, communities, and the planet with friends who share your drive to make a difference.