Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting
About The Position
The Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting will support the Financial Reporting team with preparation, tie-out, analysis, documentation, and audit support. The role requires strong attention to detail, curiosity, accountability, and the ability to learn quickly. This person will help ensure reporting workpapers are complete, accurate, clearly sourced, and easy for reviewers and auditors to follow. The ideal candidate will be comfortable building and improving processes while also executing with precision. Fervo is scaling rapidly, so this role requires strong ownership, crisp communication, a controls mindset, and the ability to partner effectively across Accounting, Finance, Operations, Legal, Tax, Treasury, Commercial, and external advisors.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- 3+ years of Big Four public accounting experience, or 5+ years of combined public accounting or financial reporting experience
- Strong understanding of US GAAP, financial statements, reconciliations, and audit support standards
- Advanced Excel skills and ability to work accurately with large, multi-tab workbooks and reporting schedules
- Strong attention to detail, organization, and ability to manage deadlines in a close/reporting calendar
- Clear written communication and ability to document work so reviewers can follow the logic and source data
- High ownership mindset and willingness to learn complex reporting areas
Nice To Haves
- CPA, CPA candidate, and Big Four public accounting experience preferred
- Experience supporting SEC reporting, standalone financial statements, or public-company audit requests
- Experience with Workiva, FloQast, ERP reporting tools, or financial statement reporting software
- Experience in energy, infrastructure, renewable power, or multi-entity environments
- Interest in technical accounting, SOX readiness, and process improvement
Responsibilities
- Prepare SEC reporting support schedules, footnote support, tie-outs, disclosure checklist support, and Workiva inputs for quarterly and annual reporting
- Support standalone financial statement preparation and audit schedules for current and future entities
- Prepare variance analyses, roll forwards, account support, and reporting packages used by Financial Reporting, Technical Accounting, and the Controller team
- Help maintain reporting calendars, PBC trackers, status updates, and documentation standards for quarterly close and reporting cycles
- Prepare workpapers that clearly document source data, completeness and accuracy checks, preparation steps, formulas, approvals, outputs, and open items
- Support external auditor requests, review comments, and follow-up questions through timely and complete responses
- Perform reasonableness checks, formula reviews, tie-outs, and cross-references to reduce rework and improve reviewer efficiency
- Maintain organized support files and help build repeatable templates for recurring reporting deliverables
- Partner with General Accounting, Technical Accounting, Treasury, Tax, and Operations Accounting to gather reporting inputs and resolve discrepancies
- Support monthly and quarterly close reporting, including preliminary financial statement reviews and reporting package updates
- Help document process narratives and desktop procedures for reporting tasks to support cross-training and continuity
- Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, or standardize recurring reporting workstreams
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
