Accounts Payable Staff Accountant

Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Accounts/Payable Staff Accountant to join our team. 

Position Description

The A/P Staff Accountant will play a key role in the day-to-day execution and refinement of core accounting processes to support our overall accounting function. This role will require assisting with day-to-day bookkeeping responsibilities in the Company’s spend and expense and ERP tools and will involve focused internal control execution for billing and payment processing functions. The successful candidate will be able to learn Oklo’s processes quickly and recommend enhancements and automation to existing accounting processes. The successful candidate will also be able to effectively communicate both internally with relevant stakeholders such as designated vendor owners as well as externally with Oklo vendors and contractors. The ability to stay organized and establish a strong competency and awareness of Oklo spend and vendor activity to quickly and effectively code transactions to the general ledger on a continual basis will be a critical success factor.

Specific responsibilities may include:

• Driving efficiencies and automation across key accounting cycles such as payroll, procure to pay, and order to cash
• Tracking and reconciliation of various project and vendor costs
• Work with internal and external auditors to provide documentation as part of routine audit testing procedures
• Tracking and booking employee travel and expense reimbursements
• Responsible for reconciling payment due dates with planned payment processing dates to ensure vendors are paid on-time
• Assist with the implementation of new accounting processes and tools as Oklo scales
• Develop credibility for the accounting function by delivering upon the monthly close timeline and helping deliver on key close deliverables
• Conform with and abide by all regulations, policies, work procedures, and instructions
• Conform with all safety rules and use all appropriate safety equipment
• Oversee and process vendor invoices and payments in a timely, accurate manner.
• Manage the vendor onboarding process, ensuring compliance with internal policies, proper documentation and consistent vendor data maintenance.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure a smooth end-to-end procure-to-pay workflow and effective communication between teams.
• Assist with month-end closing activities, including accruals and reconciliations of accounts payable balances.
• Verify accuracy of invoice approvals, account coding, and supporting documentation.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics or business
• One to three years of general accounting or accounts payable experience

Bonus Qualifications:

• Big 4 Preferred, CPA is a plus
• Master’s degree in accountancy
• Fast growth startup or public company experience
• Preferred remote location: U.S. East Coast

Competencies

We are looking for A/P Staff Accountant 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
• 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 writer in a modern active voice, so make your cover letter compelling and write it well! 
• Able to communicate technical content and results verbally

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 travel requirements:

Oklo requires remote employees to travel to headquarters (Santa Clara, CA) twice a quarter annually, based on business or team needs, including attendance at team meetings, off-sites, and other company events or gatherings.

About Oklo compensation:

Salary: $60,000-$90,000

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

This position may involve access to information subject to U.S. export control laws. Only applicants who meet the definition of a U.S. person under applicable laws may be eligible.

About Oklo Inc.: Oklo Inc. is developing fast fission power plants to deliver clean, reliable, and affordable energy at scale; establishing a domestic supply chain for critical radioisotopes; and advancing nuclear fuel recycling to convert nuclear waste into clean energy. Oklo was the first to receive a site use permit from the U.S. Department of Energy for a commercial advanced fission plant, was awarded fuel material from Idaho National Laboratory, and submitted the first custom combined license application for an advanced reactor to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Oklo is also developing advanced fuel recycling technologies in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. National Laboratories.

#CHOP: Oklo’s Values
Collaboration: We go further, together. We bring diverse perspectives, listen actively, and build trust through transparency and respect. We work across disciplines, sharing ownership to turn complex challenges into shared successes.
Humility: We are team players who act for the good of the company and for the world. We are focused on our mission, not personal recognition.
Ownership: We take pride in what we do and how we do it. We are proactive in finding solutions and see tasks through  to completion. We are committed to delivering on our promises to provide clean, reliable, and affordable energy.
Pathfinding: We chart new ground where no path exists by approaching challenges with curiosity, courage, and creativity while navigating ambiguity.