Controller

Praxt Talent; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Praxt Talent is seeking a Controller to own accounting end-to-end for a capital-intensive energy venture in Austin. You will run the close and simultaneously implement scalable processes, controls, and reporting for audits, financing, and project work.

This build role demands NetSuite mastery, team-building, and strong IFRS-equivalent experience with SOX/PCAOB readiness. Expect ownership from ground up and substantial impact on growth.

Qualifications

• Progressive accounting experience with 2+ years as Controller or Assistant Controller in a public company.
• Active CPA license in any state.
• Experience reviewing and filing 10-K and 10-Q for SEC filings.
• Background in regulated, capital-project environments (construction, energy, defense, nuclear) is a plus.
• Hands-on NetSuite depth and prior configuration/optimization.
• Strong project accounting knowledge including job costing and procurement.
• Experience with SOX controls and PCAOB-level audits.
• Proven track record building accounting processes and controls in lean/early-stage settings.
• Experience leading and growing accounting teams.
• IPO readiness or exposure to early-stage companies.

Responsibilities

• Own the full close including journal entries, reconciliations, and month-end reporting.
• Define and refine chart of accounts, cost-coding structure, and accounting policies.
• Lead and grow the accounting team (staff accountants, project accountants, etc.).
• Maintain audit-ready documentation and strong internal controls for a regulated business.
• Administer, optimize, and scale NetSuite as the project activity grows.
• Manage corporate expenses, card-spend controls, and allocations to projects.
• Liaise with external auditors, tax preparers, and regulatory bodies.
• Enforce procurement accounting controls and strengthen processes.
• Ensure clean financial documentation to support project financing and insurance requests.
• Continuously improve accounting policies and procedures as the business scales.

Skills

CPA license

Public company exp

SOX controls

Regulated environment

NetSuite depth

Project accounting

Team leadership

IPO readiness

PCAOB audits

Capital-project accounting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

We are building the financial backbone of a new kind of energy company in emerging nuclear technologies. Backed by a recent nine-figure funding round, we are moving from pilot to commercial scale, and we need a Controller to own accounting end to end and build the systems, controls, and reporting that carry us through that growth.

This is a build role, not a maintain role. You will run the close and, at the same time, put in place the processes a capital-intensive, highly regulated business needs to finance projects, pass rigorous audits, and prepare for what comes next. If you want ownership of an accounting function from the ground up — and you want your work to help power real infrastructure — this is that seat.

What You Will Own

• The full close: journal entries, reconciliations, and month-end reporting, start to finish
• The chart of accounts, cost-coding structure, and accounting policies
• A growing accounting team — staff accountants, project accountants, and others you'll hire and develop
• Audit-ready documentation and internal controls, maintained continuously to the standard a heavily regulated industry demands
• NetSuite as our ERP — administering, optimizing, and scaling it as project activity grows
• Corporate expenses, card-spend controls, and the related reconciliations, keeping spend on-policy and accurately allocated to each project
• Relationships with external auditors, tax preparers, and regulatory bodies
• Procurement accounting controls, which you'll enforce and strengthen
• Clean, well-organized financial documentation to support project financing, bonding, and insurance requests
• Ongoing improvement of accounting policies and procedures, plus other work the role calls for as we scale

What You Bring

• Progressive accounting experience, including at least 2 years as a Controller or Assistant Controller at a publicly traded company
• An active CPA license in any state
• Experience with review and filing of 10-K and 10-Q for SEC filings.
• A background in a regulated, capital-project environment — construction, energy, defense, or nuclear among them — is a strong plus
• Hands-on NetSuite depth: you've configured, optimized, and scaled it yourself in a previous role
• A solid command of construction or project accounting, including job costing, committed costs, budget management, and procurement accounting
• Working experience with SOX control frameworks
• Technical accounting skills that hold up to PCAOB-level audits
• A track record of standing up accounting processes and controls in a lean or early-stage setting
• Experience leading and growing accounting teams
• Experience with IPO Readiness or early stage companies.

Why This Role

• Direct ownership of the accounting function, reporting into senior leadership
• A company with real runway and a clear commercial path
• The chance to build — systems, team, and controls — rather than inherit someone else's
• Work that ties directly to bringing new energy infrastructure online
• Compensation includes, base salary, bonus and equity