Location: Garden Grove, CA 

Commitment: 20 hours per week | Ongoing / Part-Time 

Reports To: Sr. Financial Analyst, Production Finance 

Compensation: $25-30/hr (commensurate with experience)

Role Summary:

We are seeking a graduate or MBA student with a strong accounting foundation to join our Production Finance team on a part-time, ongoing basis.

You will report directly to the Sr. Financial Analyst on the Production Finance team, currently a team of one with plans to grow. This is an early hire into that function, and the work you do will directly shape how Production Finance operates as the team scales.

This role blends accounting operations with financial analysis, sitting at the seam between our ERP system and our books. Your primary focus will be ensuring that production costs, including direct labor, direct materials, freight, and manufacturing overhead, are accurately identified, correctly classified, and flowing into our financial statements the right way. You will partner closely with our Cost Accountant and Accounting team as key cross-functional stakeholders, but your day-to-day direction and priorities come from Production Finance.

Key Responsibilities

Accounting Accuracy and ERP Data Integrity

• Partner with the Cost Accountant and Accounting team as cross-functional stakeholders to identify and resolve discrepancies in NetSuite, including misclassified costs, missing accruals, incorrect account mappings, and data entry errors that are causing the books to not reflect operational reality.
• Review transaction data flowing from operations into NetSuite, including purchase orders, receipts, work orders, and vendor invoices, and flag or correct items that are not being recorded accurately.
• Help establish cleaner data standards across account codes, cost center assignments, item classifications, and transaction coding rules so that new activity flows into the right place from the start.

Journal Entries and Month-End Close

• Prepare and post journal entries in coordination with the Sr. Financial Analyst and in close collaboration with the Cost Accountant, including accruals, reclassifications, inventory adjustments, cost corrections, and period-end entries.
• Support month-end close by completing assigned reconciliations, preparing supporting schedules, and ensuring all assigned accounts are ticked and tied before close.
• Document journal entry logic and maintain organized workpapers so the close process is auditable, repeatable, and not dependent on any one person.

Manufacturing Overhead Identification and Modeling

• Help identify, define, and categorize manufacturing overhead costs across the factory, including indirect labor, indirect materials, utilities, facility costs, equipment depreciation, maintenance, and other overhead spend that is not directly traceable to a unit of production.
• Support the development of overhead rate models by analyzing actual overhead costs, selecting appropriate allocation bases (e.g., machine hours, direct labor hours, units produced), and calculating predetermined or actual overhead rates for use in product costing.
• Build and maintain overhead tracking models that provide clear visibility into overhead spend by category, period, and cost center, and enable comparison of applied versus actual overhead.
• Assist in reviewing and reconciling over- and under-absorbed overhead, and help determine the appropriate accounting treatment at period end.
• Work with the Sr. Financial Analyst to ensure overhead costs are correctly flowing from operational activity into NetSuite and being applied to inventory and COGS in a way that reflects economic reality.

Cost Classification and Mapping

• Support the formalization of Harbinger's cost structure as the company matures from early-stage startup to active manufacturer, including establishing clear definitions for direct material, direct labor, manufacturing overhead, and period costs.
• Review existing transaction history in NetSuite to identify costs that have been miscategorized or inconsistently coded, and work through systematic reclassification with the Accounting team.
• Help build and document a cost mapping framework: a clear reference that defines how different types of spend should flow through the chart of accounts, ensuring consistent treatment going forward.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders in Operations, Procurement, and HR to understand the nature of costs being incurred and ensure they are recorded in a way that is both operationally accurate and GAAP-appropriate.

Cost Accounting and Variance Analysis

• Collaborate with the Cost Accountant to review standard costs, BOM cost structures, and inventory valuation to ensure they reflect actual production activity.
• Analyze cost variances across purchase price, usage, labor efficiency, and overhead, and help trace discrepancies back to their source, whether in operations, in cost classification, or in how data is being entered.
• Support COGS and gross margin reporting, ensuring that production completions, scrap, rework, and material movements are all properly reflected in the financials.

Financial Reporting and Ad Hoc Analysis

• Once accounting data is reliable, assist in building and maintaining production finance reports and dashboards covering labor, materials, freight, and overhead performance.
• Support forecasting and budget-to-actual variance analysis across manufacturing cost lines.
• Take on ad hoc financial analysis and project support as priorities arise across the Production Finance team.

What You Will Gain

• Hands-on experience inside a live NetSuite environment, identifying real data issues, implementing fixes, and building better processes around them.
• Direct application of cost accounting principles in a manufacturing environment, including overhead rate development, inventory valuation, COGS flow, and variance analysis.
• The rare opportunity to help build a cost structure from near-scratch at a real manufacturer, defining how costs are classified, mapped, and reported in a way that will endure as the company scales.
• Full exposure to the month-end close cycle at a growing startup, including journal entries, reconciliations, and cross-functional collaboration with the Accounting team.
• Experience working at the intersection of finance and operations, where the numbers have to make sense both analytically and in the books.

Required Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in or recently completed an MBA or graduate program with strong accounting coursework in cost accounting, managerial accounting, or financial reporting. A CPA candidate or someone with a solid undergraduate accounting background and relevant experience will also be considered.
• Genuine command of accounting and cost accounting principles: debits and credits, accrual accounting, the flow of costs through inventory and COGS, overhead identification and allocation, journal entry preparation and review, and account reconciliation. Prior coursework in cost accounting or managerial accounting is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with ERP systems, ideally NetSuite. Hands-on experience in any ERP (SAP, Oracle, QuickBooks, etc.) is a plus and signals the right kind of systems literacy.
• Proficiency in Google Sheets and/or Excel, including data manipulation, reconciliation workpapers, and basic financial modeling.
• Highly detail-oriented. You are the person who notices the $5K that does not belong and tracks it down.
• Strong communicator who can work across Finance and Accounting teams, translate between operational activity and accounting treatment, and document findings clearly.
• Work authorized in the United States or able to obtain J-1/F-1 visa sponsorship.
• Prior experience in accounting, finance, or ERP-adjacent roles through internships or work experience is preferred.

Job Overview

Harbinger Motors are looking for an experienced Corporate GL Accountant with a strong accounting background in fixed assets and month-end close. This role will be responsible for accounting and reporting for fixed assets, ensuring accurate and timely month-end close of accounting records and cash reconciliations. This role requires advanced analytical skills, extensive experience in accounting practices, a thorough understanding of GAAP, and the ability to influence financial decision-making.

What You’ll Do:

• Record recurring and non-standard journal entries to ensure accurate accounting
• Reconcile certain General Ledger account balances, including cash, other assets and payroll-related accounts.
• Responsible for fixed assets and prepaids.
• Reconcile Fixed Assets accounts.
• Collaborate with Accounts Payable, Operations, Engineering and Logistics departments to ensure accurate recording of data.
• Manage month close-end calendar.
• Prepare and maintain monthly fixed assets roll-forward.
• Analyze and explain monthly variances and fluxes.
• Assist with the financial audits and provide recommendations for procedural improvements to ensure accounting procedures and reporting conform to generally accepted accounting principles.
• Assist with various special projects as required.

Who You Are:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business with an emphasis in Accounting.
• 5+ years of relevant accounting experience.
• CPA/CPA Eligibility preferred, but not required.
• Proven experience in fixed assets, month-end close and account balances reconciliation processes.
• NetSuite experience preferred.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, capable of managing multiple projects with tight deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel and ERP/MRP systems.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Treasury Analyst who will play a key role in cash forecasting, liquidity management, and treasury operations, while also helping design scalable processes and internal controls to support SOX readiness. This role offers direct exposure to leadership and the opportunity to shape how treasury operates at a pre-IPO company.

Key Responsibilities

Cash Forecasting & Liquidity Management

• Build and maintain short- and long-term cash flow forecasts (weekly, monthly, quarterly)
• Monitor daily cash positions and support liquidity planning across the business
• Partner with FP&A and Accounting to improve forecasting accuracy and visibility

Treasury Operations & Process Build

• Help design and implement treasury processes, reporting, and controls from the ground up
• Identify and drive process improvements and automation opportunities
• Support bank account management, cash movements, procurement/travel cards, and treasury systems

Internal Controls & SOX Readiness

• Assist in the design and documentation of internal controls over treasury activities
• Partner with Accounting and Audit to support SOX compliance and audit readiness
• Ensure adherence to policies around cash handling, approvals, and financial controls

Short-Term Investments

• Support management of the company’s short-term investment portfolio
• Assist in evaluating investment options aligned with liquidity and risk objectives

Risk Management

• Help identify and monitor financial risks, including liquidity and counterparty exposure
• Support development of risk mitigation strategies and reporting
• Partner with insurance brokers and internal stakeholders to support procurement, renewal, and management of corporate insurance programs (e.g., property, liability, D&O)
• Assist in evaluating coverage needs and ensuring alignment with company risk profile

Debt & Banking Support

• Assist with administration of debt facilities, including reporting and covenant tracking
• Support relationships with banking partners and financial institutions
• Support preparation and tracking of covenant reporting, including monitoring compliance with financial covenants and assisting with related deliverables

Qualifications

• 2–5+ years of experience in treasury, corporate finance, banking, or accounting
• Strong interest in treasury and cash management with a desire to grow in the function
• Exposure to cash forecasting, financial modeling, or liquidity analysis
• Understanding of internal controls; exposure to SOX compliance is a plus
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills
• Exposure to Ramp or similar programs a plus
• Strong attention to detail, ownership mindset, and ability to operate in ambiguity
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field

Nice to Have

• Experience in a high-growth or startup environment
• Exposure to treasury operations, banking platforms, or short-term investments
• Familiarity with audit processes or control documentation
• Interest in building processes from scratch

Job Overview

Harbinger Motors is looking for an experienced Cost Accounting Manager with a strong background in cost accounting and inventory management. This role involves developing, implementing, and maintaining cost accounting systems, analyzing manufacturing costs, preparing reports, and providing valuable insights to support business decision-making.. This role requires advanced analytical skills, extensive experience in inventory and cost accounting, and the ability to develop and implement standard cost accounting and effective inventory management systems.

What You’ll Do:

• Design, implement, and maintain the company's cost accounting policies, procedures, and systems.
• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of cost data within the ERP system or other relevant software.
• Continuously evaluate and improve cost accounting processes to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
• Analyze standard costs and actual production costs, identifying variances and providing explanations.
• Prepare regular and ad-hoc cost reports, including cost of goods sold (COGS), gross margin analysis, and variance analysis.
• Develop and analyze product costing information, including material, labor, and overhead costs.
• Track and analyze manufacturing expenses, identifying trends and potential areas for cost reduction.
• Oversee the costing of inventory, including raw materials, work-in-progress, and finished goods.
• Participate in physical inventory counts and cycle count programs to ensure inventory accuracy.
• Own the inventory lines on the balance sheet, ensuring accuracy and completeness of raw materials, WIP, and finished goods balances.
•  Perform monthly work-in-progress (WIP) reconciliation, investigating and resolving variances to maintain sub-ledger to general ledger integrity.
• Manage inventory reserves, including E&O (excess and obsolete) and lower of cost or net realizable value (LCNRV) analyses.
• Collaborate with Accounts Payable, Production, Operations, Engineering and Logistics departments to ensure accurate recording of inventory data
• Assist with the financial audits and provide recommendations for procedural improvements to ensure accounting procedures and reporting conform to generally accepted accounting principles.

Who You Are:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business with an emphasis in Accounting.
• 5+ years of relevant accounting experience.
• Proven experience in establishing and maintaining inventory reconciliation processes.
• Experience in a manufacturing company; hands-on exposure to standard costing in a production environment.
•  Start-up or high-growth company experience, with comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-changing environments.
•  Self-starter and builder mindset – willing to “roll up their sleeves” and work below their level when needed to get the job done.
• Demonstrated experience building, developing, and retaining a strong team of high performers
• NetSuite experience preferred.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, capable of managing multiple projects with tight deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel and ERP/MRP systems.

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Internal Audit Manager to build and lead Harbinger’s internal audit function. This role will be instrumental in strengthening internal controls, improving operational efficiency, and supporting audit readiness as the company scales.

This individual will partner cross-functionally across Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, IT, and Engineering to assess risk, implement scalable processes, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, including readiness for SOX.

What You’ll Do

Internal Controls & SOX Readiness

• Lead the design, implementation, and ongoing evaluation of internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR)
• Prepare the organization for SOX compliance, including documentation, testing, and remediation
• Partner with external auditors to support audit execution and minimize disruptions

Audit Execution

• Develop and execute a risk-based internal audit plan across financial, operational, and compliance areas
• Conduct audits across key functions (e.g., manufacturing, inventory, procurement, revenue, IT systems)
• Identify control gaps, inefficiencies, and process improvement opportunities

Risk Management & Advisory

• Establish enterprise risk assessment processes and maintain a dynamic risk register
• Provide recommendations to leadership on mitigating operational and financial risks
• Act as a strategic advisor to business leaders on controls, scalability, and best practices

Process Improvement

• Drive standardization and documentation of key business processes
• Recommend and implement automation and system improvements to enhance control environments
• Promote a culture of accountability and continuous improvement

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Accounting, Finance, Legal, IT, and Operations teams
• Support special projects, including system implementations and new product/process launches
• Help prepare the organization for IPO readiness from a controls and compliance perspective

What We’re Looking For

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 6–10+ years of experience in internal audit, external audit, or a combination (Big 4 experience strongly preferred)
• Strong knowledge of SOX compliance, internal controls, and audit methodologies
• Experience in a manufacturing, automotive, or hardware environment preferred
• Demonstrated ability to operate in a fast-paced, high-growth or startup environment

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA, CIA, or equivalent certification
• Experience supporting IPO readiness or public company compliance
• Familiarity with ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite, SAP) and data analytics tools
• Experience auditing inventory, cost accounting, and supply chain processes

We are seeking a Technical Accounting Manager, SEC Reporting to help lead our public company readiness and build the foundation for external reporting, technical accounting, and financial transparency. This role will work closely with executive leadership, external auditors, and legal counsel to ensure Harbinger meets the highest standards of financial reporting and compliance.

What You’ll Do

Lead Public Company Readiness

• Support the company’s preparation for a potential IPO and public company reporting requirements
• Assist in drafting Form S-1, including financial statements, MD&A, and disclosures
• Build scalable SEC reporting processes, calendars, and controls
• Partner with legal, investor relations, and external advisors during IPO preparation

Own External Financial Reporting

• Prepare and review SEC filings, including:
• Form 10-K
• Form 10-Q
• 8-K
• Earnings releases and investor materials
• Ensure financial statements comply with U.S. GAAP and SEC disclosure requirements
• Coordinate the preparation of footnotes, technical accounting memos, and disclosure checklists

Partner with Auditors & Advisors

• Serve as a primary contact for external auditors and technical accounting advisors
• Support quarterly reviews and annual audits
• Assist with complex accounting areas and disclosure matters

Technical Accounting & Policy Development

• Research and document technical accounting issues
• Draft accounting memos related to new or complex transactions
• Assist in implementing accounting standards and SEC reporting policies

Strengthen Internal Controls

• Support development of SOX-ready processes and documentation
• Assist with establishing internal controls over financial reporting
• Collaborate with accounting and finance teams to improve reporting workflows

What We’re Looking For

Required Qualifications

• 5–8+ years of experience in accounting or financial reporting
• Big Four public accounting experience strongly preferred
• Experience with SEC reporting and public company filings
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and SEC disclosure requirements
• Experience preparing or reviewing 10-K and 10-Q filings

Highly Preferred

• Experience supporting or participating in an IPO process
• Experience with S-1 preparation
• Experience working with high-growth companies or public company readiness
• Experience with financial reporting systems 

What Makes You Successful in This Role

• Detail-oriented with a strong commitment to accuracy and transparency
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving, startup environment
• Ability to translate complex accounting topics into clear disclosures
• Strong cross-functional communication with legal, finance, and executive leadership
• Ownership mentality and ability to build processes from scratch

Role Summary:

Harbinger Motors is seeking a skilled Senior Financial Analyst to lead budgeting and forecasting for the Bill of Material (BOM), Engineering NRE and Tooling. This position is a unique opportunity to lead strategic initiatives that are critical to achieving company goals for our current product line, while also working hand-in-hand with Engineering on our next generation of products. A successful candidate will be able to create visibility and highlight opportunities from the numbers, build strong relationships with technical leaders, and is self-motivated with a can-do attitude.

Responsibilities:

• Become the BOM subject matter expert; analyzing changes and reporting variances
• Prepare and present financial reports to senior leadership, providing clear and concise summaries of BOM costs and impacts
• Lead strategic BOM initiatives. Partnering closely with Engineering, from DRE’s to the CTO, to understand financial tradeoffs for proposed design changes
• Partner with Engineering leaders with budgeting, forecasting and compiling targets for both BOM and investment for future programs
• Partner with the Technical Program Management team to understand changes in the BOM and analyze engineering change orders (ECO) by being on the Change Review Board (CRB)
• Coordinate with Supply Chain and Engineering to insure data integrity in the BOM is accurate
• Continuously improve BOM management processes and tools to increase accuracy and efficiency
• Ad hoc analysis as necessary to support leadership in the decision making process. Transforming data into actionable insights and recommendations

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business with an emphasis in Finance.
• 5+ years of relevant Finance experience. Preferably in Product Development, but not required
• Intellectually curious: Seek to understand the why behind the numbers
• Detail-oriented: Values precision and accuracy
• Critical thinker: Consider problems and solutions from all angles
• Creative problem-solver: Able to identify obstacles and present viable solutions
• Highly organized: Capable of managing multiple projects with tight deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities
• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel, Google Sheets and ERP systems