Project Controller

Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Project Controller to join our team.

Position Description:

As an extension of Oklo's finance team, the project controller will oversee all projects accounting functions for Oklo, including for first-time construction initiatives and various government grant agreements. This will include performing monitoring of project progress, investigate variances, and ensure billings are accurately reflected. You will play a key role in tracking project performance and then communicating appropriate GAAP/ASC accounting treatment for accurate and timely financial reporting. You will be crucial in providing project managers and external parties with timely reports of budget vs actual performance, actuals vs prior period actualsas well as project forecasts. This role will serve as a liaison between finance and engineering groups and play a key role in building a framework related to the scaling of Oklo's procurement processes.

The successful candidate will have a strong analytical and critical thinking skillset and be well-versed in spreadsheet modeling. The ability to stay organized and have an attentiveness to detail while also considering the broader picture of project objectives and business goals will be key attributes of the ideal candidate.

Specific responsibilities may include:

• Tracking budget and actual spend across relevant PO'sand project areas, including for various Advanced Research Project Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) government grants
• Working closely with engineering team leads to understand project parameters and develop a framework to accurately cost and report on project deliverables and milestones
• Utilizing activity based costing or cost accounting methodologies to drive comprehensive view of project spend
• Must understand cost versus capitalization accounting rules in order to appropriately capture all capitalizable costs, particularly for fixed and capital project assets
• Ensuring documentation is properly organized and maintained to support timely and accurate financial reporting
• Performing capital cost estimations to determine total project size and scope
• Preparing reports in a timely fashion to support Oklo's monthly and quarterly close cycles
• participate in reconciliations of billings and cash disbursements
• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks such as Sarbanes-Oxley and Defense Contract Audit Agency reporting standards to ensure a robust control environment exists in project areas
• Engaging with business leaders to proactively advise and guide on risks and controls for new projects, programs,or initiatives.
• Providing recommendations to cross-functional groups on vendor management best practices
• Communicating thoughtfully and clearly to project managers and developing routine project review and approval processes
• Implementation of time-tracking procedures across the engineering department as necessary
• Updating contracts according to vendor or customer requirements and reporting associated budget amendments to relevant stakeholders
  
  

Competencies:

We are looking for someone that is:

• Analytical—the individual synthesizes complex or diverse information
• Process and public company oriented
• 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, highly 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 writer in a modern, active voice. 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 other related field
• Minimum eight years of accounting experience in a public company setting
• Experience with full cycle accounting
• Advanced proficiency in managing general ledgers, journal entries, and account reconciliations
• Exceptional ability to prepare project budgets and financial forecasts
• Big 4 experience and CPA are strongly preferred
• Strong working knowledge of Excel and NetSuite ERP
  
  

Bonus Qualifications:

• MBA, Master of Accountancy, finance, or other relevant field of study
• Has startup experience and building project controllership workstreams from scratch
• Preferred remote location: U.S. Mountain, Central, orPacific time zone
  
  

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: $128,000-$154,000

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 Inc. (NYSE: OKLO) is a fast fission clean power technology and nuclear fuel recycling company developing fast fission power plants to provide clean, reliable, and affordable energy at scale. Oklo received a site use permit from the U.S. Department of Energy, was awarded fuel material from Idaho National Laboratory, submitted the first advanced fission custom combined license application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and is developing advanced fuel recycling technologies in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. National Laboratories.