Technical Accounting Manager

Thanks for your interest in Oklo!  We are searching for a Technical Accounting Manager to join our team.

Position Description:

The Technical Accounting Manager will play a key role in ensuring compliance with accounting standards and regulations. This role will be responsible for ownership and execution of GAAP accounting analysis and disclosure to support Oklo’s public company reporting requirements. Other responsibilities include review of transactions for appropriate classification, internal control execution, drafting of technical accounting and policy documents, and assisting with preparation of quarterly financial statements including for the 10-Q and 10-K financials. The ability to manage and deliver on key accounting close and SEC reporting milestones will be a critical success factor. These tasks will require a high level of interaction with executive corporate management, third party advisory and legal groups, and external and internal audit teams.

Specific responsibilities may include:

• Provide expertise on complex accounting issues, including revenue recognition (ASC 606) for power purchase agreements (including embedded derivative accounting), lease accounting (ASC 842), equity administration and accounting (ASC 718), and other financial instruments.
• 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 organization.
• Stay current with changes in accounting regulations and standards, including monitoring of ASU’s and other FASB literature; analyze their impact and propose adoption timelines.
• Train staff on technical accounting matters and best practices.
• Work to ensure consistency in equity and tax reporting matters across payroll and equity administration platforms (i.e. Rippling PEO and Fidelity, respectively)
• Liaise with external auditors during audits and provide necessary documentation and explanations regarding technical accounting matters.
• Work closely with various departments, including finance and accounting, operations, procurement, and engineering to ensure comprehensive understanding and implementation of accounting policies.
• Work closely with internal and external audit groups to support the rollout of Oklo’s SOX 404B compliance.
• Support with annual impairment assessments as needed for fixed, intangible, and lease assets.
• Assist with month end close and consolidation procedures focused on more complex areas
• Regularly perform and/or review internal controls in adherence with SOX.
• Ensure consolidations are appropriately integrated into the corporate legal and reporting structure and prepared for monthly reporting requirements.
• Collaborate to ensure compliance with US GAAP reporting and support statutory audits by providing guidance and assistance throughout the process to ensure accuracy and timeliness.
• Assist in the preparation/drafting of monthly and quarterly financial disclosures, including performing an organized and detailed tie out of financial disclosures to supporting documentation
• Work with SOX compliance specialists and external independent audit group to ensure efficient coordination of routine audit testing procedures
• Preparation of quarterly SEC and GAAP disclosure checklists

Competencies:

We are looking for someone that is:

• 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

Critical for Oklo:

• 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

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or related field
• Five to seven years including recent public accounting experience with focus on SEC registrants
• Strong familiarity with ASC literature; proven ability to research technical accounting topics
• Proven project management experience
• Active CPA

Bonus Qualifications:

• Big 4 audit experience is highly preferred
• Master’s degree in accountancy preferred
• Fast growth startup or public company experience
• Preferred remote location: U.S. Mountain or Central time zones

Who you are:

A startup person: You aren't driven by titles or hierarchy, and prefer efficiency to excess process. You don't need or expect to have a lot of guidance but you enjoy working in a fast-paced team. If you prefer the culture and feel of a large organization, that is great, but you likely won’t enjoy working with us! There is plenty of important work and plenty of good opportunities with organizations like that.

Motivated: You are self-motivated. You bring an enthusiasm to the team, and imbue a sense of passion that goes beyond clocking in and clocking out. This isn’t about a fake or arbitrary “pieces of flair” mentality or lack of work-life balance! It is about being a part of the vision and feeling a part of reaching team goals.

A team-player: Oklo genuinely is a team. We aren’t about taking credit for ourselves, and we aren’t about pushing blame to others. We do incredible things because we work as a team.

An excellent communicator: We need a person who is not only technically competent but also a clear and upbeat communicator.

Creative: Being creative means that when things fall outside clear scopes or processes or problems arise without clear solutions, you are able to identify it as well as invent ways to solve a problem or fill a need without micromanagement. The successful person in this job will not only be creative, but also enjoy being creative and solving open-ended problems which may change day-by-day.

Detail-oriented: This focus is a big part of excellence, consistency, and quality. Excellent grammar and spelling matter for both good communication as well as the image of the company that we put forward.

About Oklo compensation:

Salary: $135,000-$155,000

Salary may fall outside of the range provided and will be dependent on applicant experience.

Oklo offers flexible time off, equity, competitive pay, 401k, health insurance, FSA, flexible work hours, and other benefits.

About Oklo Inc.: Oklo is a California-based company developing clean energy plants to provide emission-free, reliable, and affordable energy using advanced fission. Oklo is a fast-growing startup with a history of reliable funding and milestones for more than 5 years.  Oklo’s first product is a microgrid scale powerhouse. The powerhouse can produce clean energy for decades without needing to refuel, and also has the capability to turn nuclear waste into clean energy.

Oklo received a Site Use Permit from the U.S Department of Energy, demonstrated fabrication of its fuel, was awarded fuel from the Idaho National Laboratory, and submitted the first accepted advanced fission license application to the regulator.

Oklo has been featured in Popular Mechanics, Wired, Architectural Digest, Hyperallergic, POWER Magazine, has been the subject of a Harvard Business School case, and was featured in the documentary The New Fire, among many other features.