---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-175305"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RIVN"
cik: "0001874178"
company_name: "Rivian Automotive, Inc. / DE"
filed_at: "2024-07-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T23:24:29.981193+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rivian Chief Accounting Officer Jeffrey Baker resigns; CFO McDonough named interim CAO

## Summary
- Jeffrey Baker resigns as CAO effective July 27, 2024, to pursue another opportunity.
- Resignation not due to any disagreement with company on financial reporting, operations, or policies.
- Board designates CFO Claire McDonough as interim principal accounting officer effective July 27.
- Company will conduct a search for a permanent Chief Accounting Officer.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-175305
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RIVN
- cik: 0001874178
- company_name: Rivian Automotive, Inc. / DE
- filed_at: 2024-07-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874178/000119312524175305/0001193125-24-175305-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874178/000119312524175305/d843177d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-175305
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-175305.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-175305.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeffrey Baker resigned as Chief Accounting Officer at Rivian Automotive, Inc. / DE.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On July 1, 2024, Jeffrey Baker, the Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer) of Rivian Automotive, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of his decision to resign effective July 27, 2024 (the “Effective Date”) to pursue another opportunity.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874178/000119312524175305/0001193125-24-175305-index.htm
- Executive change
  Claire McDonough was appointed as Principal Accounting Officer at Rivian Automotive, Inc. / DE.
  - Action: designated
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: On July 4, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Company designated Claire McDonough, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, as the Company’s principal accounting officer on an interim basis, effective as of the Effective Date, while the Company engages in a search process to fill the Chief Accounting Officer role.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874178/000119312524175305/0001193125-24-175305-index.htm

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