Technical Accounting Manager

Summary

Join Oklo, a company developing clean energy plants using advanced fission, as an Accounting Manager. You will play a key role in managing the company's financial records, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, and supporting public company reporting requirements. This position involves overseeing the month-end close process, reviewing and approving journal entries, maintaining the close calendar, providing accounting support for new issues, developing and maintaining accounting policies, training staff, and driving automation in the close process. You will also work closely with external auditors, various departments, and third-party advisory groups. Oklo offers a competitive salary, flexible time off, equity, 401k, health insurance, FSA, flexible work hours, and other benefits.

Requirements

• Analytical—the individual synthesizes complex or diverse information
• Process and public company oriented
• Pro-Active – as Oklo’s business evolves we will want to be thinking about the accounting policy and financial reporting implications well ahead of time
• Problem solving—the individual identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyzes information skillfully
• Oral communication—the individual speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations, demonstrates group presentation skills, and conducts productive meetings
• Organization—the individual monitors a wide range of accounting activities and ensures the execution of routine processes
• Quality management—the individual looks for ways to improve and promote quality and demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness
• Judgment—the individual displays willingness to make decisions, exhibits sound and accurate judgment and makes timely decisions
• Planning/organizing—the individual prioritizes and plans work activities, uses time efficiently and develops realistic action plans
• Passionate about clean energy
• Passionate about making advanced fission a reality
• Willing and able to learn quickly
• Willing to think differently and do things in new ways
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, high iterative startup environment
• Excited to think creatively, critically, and reflectively about the problems they are solving while not leaning only on what has been done before
• Willing to propose novel and creative solutions to technical problems
• An excellent write in a modern active voice, so make your cover letter compelling and write it well!
• Able to communicate technical content and results verbally
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, information systems, or related field
• Active CPA
• Five to seven years of accounting experience at a public company
• Proven project management experience
• Strong systems focus and familiarity with NetSuite

Responsibilities

• Own the month-end close process by leveraging the FloQast close automation tool, ensuring close targets are timely met and appropriate supporting documentation is maintained
• Review and approval of journal entries within NetSuite ERP and oversee the consolidation of Oklo subsidiary Atomic Alchemy into the corporate entity, including review of any intercompany transactions
• Maintain the close calendar and hold regular close meetings with the team for effective project management of the close
• Provide accounting support for new and upcoming accounting issues, such as capitalization and R&D expense recognition and revenue recognition
• Develop and maintain accounting policies and procedures to ensure compliance with US GAAP, including creating procedures to validate the accuracy, reliability, and effectiveness of data utilized within the accounting organization
• Train staff on accounting close best-practices and work to further build out the accounting function
• Work to drive automation in the close process to both speed up and streamline the close process
• Liaise with external auditors during audits and provide necessary documentation and explanations regarding their testing of focus areas
• Work closely with various departments, including finance and accounting, operations, procurement, and engineering to ensure comprehensive accounting for business activities
• Collaborate to ensure compliance with US GAAP reporting and Department of Energy statutory audits as needed by serving as a key stakeholder for the accounting function

Preferred Qualifications

• Big 4 audit experience is highly preferred
• Master’s degree in accountancy preferred
• Experience at a fast growth startup, IPO or de-SPAC experience
• Preferred remote location: U.S. Mountain or Central time zones. Preferred physical location in the bay area, California

Benefits

• Flexible time off
• Equity
• Competitive pay
• 401k
• Health insurance
• FSA
• Flexible work hours