Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting (remote)

Fervo; Houston (TX); Ibrido; USD 110.000 - 140.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Fervo Energy seeks a Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting to support the Financial Reporting team with preparation, tie-out, analysis, and audit support. You will help ensure reporting workpapers are complete, clearly sourced, and reviewer-friendly, while building scalable processes.

The role requires ownership, crisp communication, and the ability to partner across Accounting, Finance, Operations, Legal, Tax, Treasury, and external advisors.

Competenze

• 3+ years of Big Four public accounting experience, or 5+ years of combined public accounting or financial reporting experience
• Strong understanding of US GAAP, financial statements, reconciliations, and audit support standards
• Advanced Excel skills and ability to work accurately with large, multi-tab workbooks and reporting schedules
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and ability to manage deadlines in a close/reporting calendar
• Clear written communication and ability to document work so reviewers can follow the logic and source data
• High ownership mindset and willingness to learn complex reporting areas

Mansioni

• Prepare SEC reporting support schedules, footnote support, tie-outs, disclosure checklist support, and Workiva inputs for quarterly and annual reporting
• Support standalone financial statement preparation and audit schedules for current and future entities
• Prepare variance analyses, roll forwards, account support, and reporting packages used by Financial Reporting, Technical Accounting, and the Controller team
• Help maintain reporting calendars, PBC trackers, status updates, and documentation standards for quarterly close and reporting cycles
• Prepare workpapers that clearly document source data, completeness and accuracy checks, preparation steps, formulas, approvals, outputs, and open items
• Support external auditor requests, review comments, and follow-up questions through timely and complete responses
• Perform reasonableness checks, formula reviews, tie-outs, and cross-references to reduce rework and improve reviewer efficiency
• Maintain organized support files and help build repeatable templates for recurring reporting deliverables
• Partner with General Accounting, Technical Accounting, Treasury, Tax, and Operations Accounting to gather reporting inputs and resolve discrepancies
• Support monthly and quarterly close reporting, including preliminary financial statement reviews and reporting package updates
• Help document process narratives and desktop procedures for reporting tasks to support cross-training and continuity
• Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, or standardize recurring reporting workstreams

Conoscenze

Big Four experience

US GAAP knowledge

Advanced Excel

Attention to detail

Clear communication

Deadline management

Documentation

Ownership mindset

Formazione

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

CPA or CPA candidate (preferred)

Strumenti

Workiva

FloQast

ERP reporting tools

Descrizione del lavoro

Description

The Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting will support the Financial Reporting team with preparation, tie-out, analysis, documentation, and audit support. The role requires strong attention to detail, curiosity, accountability, and the ability to learn quickly. This person will help ensure reporting workpapers are complete, accurate, clearly sourced, and easy for reviewers and auditors to follow.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable building and improving processes while also executing with precision. Fervo is scaling rapidly, so this role requires strong ownership, crisp communication, a controls mindset, and the ability to partner effectively across Accounting, Finance, Operations, Legal, Tax, Treasury, Commercial, and external advisors.

Requirements

Responsibilities

Financial Reporting Support

• Prepare SEC reporting support schedules, footnote support, tie-outs, disclosure checklist support, and Workiva inputs for quarterly and annual reporting
• Support standalone financial statement preparation and audit schedules for current and future entities
• Prepare variance analyses, roll forwards, account support, and reporting packages used by Financial Reporting, Technical Accounting, and the Controller team
• Help maintain reporting calendars, PBC trackers, status updates, and documentation standards for quarterly close and reporting cycles

Workpaper Quality and Audit Readiness

• Prepare workpapers that clearly document source data, completeness and accuracy checks, preparation steps, formulas, approvals, outputs, and open items
• Support external auditor requests, review comments, and follow-up questions through timely and complete responses
• Perform reasonableness checks, formula reviews, tie-outs, and cross-references to reduce rework and improve reviewer efficiency
• Maintain organized support files and help build repeatable templates for recurring reporting deliverables

Close, Process and Team Support

• Partner with General Accounting, Technical Accounting, Treasury, Tax, and Operations Accounting to gather reporting inputs and resolve discrepancies
• Support monthly and quarterly close reporting, including preliminary financial statement reviews and reporting package updates
• Help document process narratives and desktop procedures for reporting tasks to support cross-training and continuity
• Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, or standardize recurring reporting workstreams

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 3+ years of Big Four public accounting experience, or 5+ years of combined public accounting or financial reporting experience
• Strong understanding of US GAAP, financial statements, reconciliations, and audit support standards
• Advanced Excel skills and ability to work accurately with large, multi-tab workbooks and reporting schedules
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and ability to manage deadlines in a close/reporting calendar
• Clear written communication and ability to document work so reviewers can follow the logic and source data
• High ownership mindset and willingness to learn complex reporting areas

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA, CPA candidate, and Big Four public accounting experience preferred
• Experience supporting SEC reporting, standalone financial statements, or public-company audit requests
• Experience with Workiva, FloQast, ERP reporting tools, or financial statement reporting software
• Experience in energy, infrastructure, renewable power, or multi-entity environments
• Interest in technical accounting, SOX readiness, and process improvement

Location

Fervo Energy has offices in Houston, TX, Golden, CO, Reno, NV, Oakland, CA, and Salt Lake City, UT. This position will be eligible for some hybrid work flexibility, but regular in-office presence at ourHoustonOffice will be required.

Success Profile

• Builds audit-ready workpapers and documentation that a reviewer, auditor, or backup owner can follow without tribal knowledge
• Owns work end-to-end, follows up until reviewer sign-off, and escalates blockers early
• Communicates with clear action items, deadlines, and business context
• Uses technology, AI-enabled drafting, and automation thoughtfully while validating outputs and underlying data
• Develops repeatable processes and cross-training so the accounting organization can scale sustainably