Controller

Praxt Talent; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing energy company seeking a Controller to own accounting end-to-end, build systems, controls and reporting as it scales from pilot to commercial. You will run the close, establish the COA, policies, and lead a growing team while ensuring audit readiness and tight financial controls.

Lead NetSuite administration and scale it with project activity, manage procurement accounting, and collaborate with auditors, tax preparers, and regulators to support project financing and compliance.

Qualifications

• Progressive accounting experience of a decade or more with at least 2 years as Controller or Assistant Controller at a publicly traded company.
• Active CPA license and SEC filing experience (10-K/10-Q).
• Background in a regulated, capital-project environment (construction, energy, defense, nuclear).
• Hands-on NetSuite depth with configuration, optimization, and scaling.
• Strong knowledge of job costing, budgets, procurement accounting and SOX controls.

Responsibilities

• Own the full close: journal entries, reconciliations, and month-end reporting.
• Define COA, cost-coding structure, and accounting policies.
• Build and lead a growing accounting team.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation and internal controls for a regulated industry.
• Administer and scale NetSuite as project activity grows.
• Manage procurement accounting controls and cost allocations.
• Coordinate with external auditors, tax preparers, and regulators.
• Support project financing, bonding, and insurance through organized financial docs.
• Continuously improve accounting policies and procedures as the company scales.

Skills

CPA license

SOX compliance

Audit readiness

Leadership

Education

Active CPA license

Tools

NetSuite ERP

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 across roughly a decade or more, 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