Senior Accountant

NextGenEnergyJobs; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cash compensation $95,000 - $130,000

Equity in the company

Relocation assistance

Job summary

NextGenEnergyJobs in Portland, Oregon, is seeking a Senior Accountant to oversee day-to-day accounting operations. Responsibilities include managing vendor onboarding, payments, and ensuring accuracy in financial reporting. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of accounting experience, a strong grasp of U.S. GAAP, and proficiency with NetSuite.

Additionally, this full-time role offers a competitive salary between $95,000 - $130,000 along with equity in the company and a comprehensive benefits package. If you're a proactive and detail-oriented individual, we encourage you to apply.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in accounting or finance operations.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP.
• Experience with month-end close processes.
• Ability to analyze and improve accounting workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own and support core accounting operations focused on accounts payable.
• Manage vendor onboarding and payment processing.
• Ensure accurate coding of financial data.
• Support month-end close and financial reporting.

Skills

Accounting fundamentals

Vendor onboarding

Invoice processing

Communication skills

Technology-forward mindset

Spreadsheet proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Tools

NetSuite

ERP systems

Job description

This is an on-site position. Our offices, lab, and shop are located in Portland, Oregon .

Key Responsibilities

• Panthalassa continues to expand and strengthen our internal finance and accounting capabilities as the company scales from R&D toward manufacturing and deployment. We are looking for a hands-on accounting operator to own the accuracy, reliability, and responsiveness of our day-to-day accounting workflows.
• As a Senior Accountant you will be responsible for making sure vendors are onboarded correctly, invoices are entered and routed cleanly, payments move through the right process, and transactions are coded accurately in NetSuite. You will work across finance, engineering, manufacturing, procurement, vendors, and external accounting partners to understand the business context behind spend and translate that context into consistent accounting treatment. We are looking for someone who is technology-forward and excited to use AI and modern productivity tools to make accounting processes faster, cleaner, more auditable, and more scalable without sacrificing accuracy or judgment. .
• This is a high-ownership operating role that goes beyond AP processing, well suited for someone who likes clean data, clear processes, accurate books, and practical problem solving.
• Own and support core accounting operations, with a primary focus on accounts payable and procure-to-pay workflows.
• Manage vendor onboarding, vendor records, invoice intake, bill entry, approval routing, payment preparation, and payment follow-up.
• Help maintain clean, accurate financial data in NetSuite, including transaction coding, vendor records, reporting inputs, and process documentation.
• Ensure invoices, bills, expenses, and payments are coded accurately by department, project, vendor, spend category, and other relevant dimensions.
• Assist with spend tagging and reporting to improve visibility for budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning.
• Work with internal teams to understand the context behind purchases and translate that context into repeatable accounting and coding rules.
• Support timely and accurate month-end close, including reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, prepaid expenses, account analysis, and supporting schedules.
• Identify repetitive, manual, or error-prone accounting workflows and propose practical ways to improve them using automation, AI tools, better spreadsheet design, workflow software, or ERP configuration.
• Help build and document scalable accounting processes as Panthalassa brings more work in-house.
• Support payment operations, including vendor questions, missing payments, invoice discrepancies, payment timing, and related issue resolution.
• Identify errors, gaps, and inconsistencies in existing processes, then help implement practical fixes.
• Support audit, tax, compliance, and other finance requests as needed.
• Partner with finance and leadership, accounting leadership, and external accounting partners on technical accounting questions, controls, close tasks, and reporting needs.
• Maintain a high bar for accuracy, confidentiality, responsiveness, and ownership.

Requirements

• 5+ years of accounting, accounting operations, accounts payable, general ledger, or related finance operations experience.
• Strong accounting fundamentals and familiarity with U.S. GAAP.
• Experience with accounts payable, vendor onboarding, payment processing, invoice coding, and month-end close support.
• Ability to book journal entries and understand when to escalate more complex accounting questions.
• Technology-forward, with strong judgment for using AI, automation, and modern tools to improve accounting workflows while preserving accuracy and controls.
• Strong communication skills with both internal stakeholders and external vendors.
• Ability to understand business context and turn it into clear, repeatable accounting treatment.
• Comfort working in spreadsheets and with financial data; you do not need to be a hardcore quant, but you should have strong number sense.
• Experience with NetSuite or another ERP system.
• A hands-on, ownership-oriented mindset and willingness to do the work directly.
• Comfort operating in a fast-moving, lean environment where systems and processes are still being built.
• NetSuite experience strongly preferred.
• CPA or CPA-track background is a plus, but not required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field preferred.
• Experience in a startup, manufacturing, hardware, energy, infrastructure, or project-based environment.
• Experience improving or documenting accounting processes.
• Experience supporting audit, tax, compliance, or technical accounting requests.
• Experience with procure-to-pay workflows, payment systems, expense management tools, or ERP implementations.
• The above qualifications are desired, not required. We encourage you to apply if you are a strong candidate with only some of the desired skills and experience listed.
• If hired for this full-time role, you will receive:
• Cash compensation of $95,000 - $130,000
• Equity in the company. We’re all owners and if we’re successful, this equity should be far and away the most valuable component of your compensation.
• A benefits package that helps you take care of yourself and your family, including:
• Relocation assistance to facilitate your move to Portland (if needed).