Head of Finance

Kalogon, an early stage startup based in Melbourne, seeks a Head of Finance to help us as we grow our business by helping our Executive Team understand how the business is performing, paying our sales teams and staff in a timely manner, and ensuring that accounting operations run smoothly. You will play a pivotal role in our business, ensuring the smooth processing of invoices and payments for our portfolio. This position provides a real time view of a rapidly growing company, internal operations, with lots of opportunity for cross-functional collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare financial reports, invoices, and expense reconciliations
• Assist in the preparation of accurate and timely budgets and financial forecasts for internal meetings and board reports
• Create monthly reports for sales team and independent sales reps that accurately reflect total sales and commensurate commissions
• Support various business leaders with project-related financial tasks and reporting
• Manage expense approval process both for personal expenses and departmental spends
• Manage vendor inquiries and concerns, facilitating communication with accountants as needed
• Process payroll
• Assist in bookkeeping duties including accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll processing
• Process and reconcile transactions, including invoice billings and reimbursements
• Work with key team members on build of material and cost of goods sold reporting
• Manage outside accounting firm for expense classification
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of financial transactions

Qualifications

• Proven experience in finance, planning, operations, and accounting roles
• Proficiency in accounting software such as QuickBooks or similar platforms
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
• Self-starter who can multitask, prioritize tasks effectively, and solve problems
• Proficiency in Google Suite (Gmail, Google Docs, Google Sheets) and Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Knowledge of basic office equipment and procedures
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Bonus Experience

• Developing financial materials for fundraising
• Scrappy startups and entreprenerial spirit
• Building and leading a small finance team to support a growing startup
• Familiarity with cost-based accounting

Reports to: VP Business Development & Strategy
Work with: Executive Leadership team, CEO, EA to CEO, and outsourced partners

About the company and our products

Kalogon is an early stage startup based in Melbourne, FL that has won CES and SXSW awards for our smart seating solution for wheelchair users, and who is rapidly developing solutions for anyone who sits for long periods of time.

Kalogon’s first product is a smart cushion, Orbiter, that relieves pain and fatigue experienced by individuals who use wheelchairs. Orbiter leverages our patent-pending core technologies: an air management system, a dynamic motion AI, and custom molding. These technologies help to improve blood flow while seated, ultimately promoting good tissue health, lessening fatigue, and increasing comfort.

For our first customers, wheelchair users, we are focused on alleviating pressure injuries. Our technology has strong capabilities that apply to other industries where people are seated for long periods of time including the defense industry, aviation, automotive, and even consumer applications such as gaming.

Kalogon has two products for wheelchair users, Orbiter and Booster. We have trials running with the US Air Force for B52 pilots, a commercial aviation proof of concept, and an automotive test currently in flight.

Our team is a blend of experienced tech industry veterans, passionate engineers, and people focused on ways to help folks stay seated and stay healthy.