Financial Reporting Manager

Oklo•Santa Clara, CA

7d•$130,000 - $155,000•Remote

About The Position

Oklo is building a world-class accounting and finance organization to support the commercialization of nuclear energy in the U.S. The Financial Reporting Manager will play a key role in gathering key support from the close processes for Oklo and its subsidiaries and ensuring compliance with accounting standards and regulations and with an emphasis on reporting. This role will be responsible for ownership of the preparation and execution of SEC reporting workstreams to support Oklo’s public company reporting requirements, in addition to any governmental reporting workstreams, such as for DOE, NRC, or ARPA-E reporting. This role will be responsible for preparation of key close and reporting workbooks across multiple areas of the monthly accounting close process, then aggregate those close areas with the broader team for each reporting cycle to create support for Oklo’s quarterly SEC filings. This includes preparation of a financial reporting workbook, coordination of financial statement tie out procedures, and drafting of select financial statement disclosures. The role will also be required to prepare compliance related items such as quarterly related party transaction reviews, intangible asset and goodwill impairment memos, going concern memos, SEC and GAAP checklists, and other related workstreams. This role will also be responsible for internal control preparation activities associated with the financial reporting cycle. In addition, you will work with our third-party accounting advisory resources on complex/high-judgement areas to drive appropriate accounting treatment across new and evolving transactions. You may also be asked to prepare and be involved in certain reporting and data preparation activities led by the FP&A team and supporting monthly and quarterly budget-vs-actuals reporting deliverables. The successful candidate will be responsible for monitoring the end-to-end reporting process, understanding internal and external stakeholders’ involvement in the process, and maintaining accurate process control and accounting policy documents. You will serve as a primary point of contact for the external audit team on a quarterly basis to support audit documentation requests for your area of responsibility. Your ability to manage the financial reporting processes effectively and assist the team on delivery of key accounting close and SEC reporting milestones will be a critical success factor. These tasks will require a high level of interaction cross functionally, as well as across third party advisory and legal groups and external and internal audit teams.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, information systems, or related field
Five to seven years of financial reporting experience at a public company
Proven technical astuteness across ASC literature and ability to quickly discern presentation and disclosure requirements of new topics
Familiar with the Workiva and NetSuite platforms
Proven project management experience
Experience working in nuclear or another highly regulated industry with familiarity with governmental grant reporting and accounting standards

Nice To Haves

Big 4 audit experience is preferred
Master’s degree in accountancy preferred
Experience at a fast growth startup, IPO or de-SPAC experience
Experience working with the Department of Energy
Preferred remote location: U.S. Central or adjacent time zones.

Responsibilities

Own the quarterly reporting process by leveraging FloQast and Workiva tools to gather and draft reports based on established reporting checklists. The successful candidate will recommend and implement improvements to existing reporting processes.
Pulling required reports from the finance suite of tools and systems, such as Workday, NetSuite, Ramp, Navan, and FloQast and work within the external auditor’s suite of tools.
Maintain the financial reporting calendar and hold regular check-in meetings relevant stakeholders for effective project management of the close
Provide reporting support for new and upcoming accounting issues, such as revenue recognition, inventory management, advanced lease accounting etc.
Develop and maintain reporting policies and procedures to ensure compliance with US GAAP, including creating procedures to validate the accuracy, reliability, and completeness of data utilized in Oklo’s reporting deliverables.
Work to drive automation in the reporting process to both accelerate and streamline reporting
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 reporting 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.