Senior Assistant Controller – Audit-Ready Close & Controls

Stanford Climate Ventures; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Fervo Energy is seeking an Assistant Controller to lead the general ledger, month-end close, cash reconciliations, and internal controls across multiple entities. This senior role will own the close process, drive process improvements, and collaborate with accounting, finance, and operations to ensure audit-ready documentation.

The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of accounting experience, a CPA (preferred), and strong US GAAP expertise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 3+ years managing accounting teams.
• Experience preparing and reviewing journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, allocations, and close support.
• Strong understanding of US GAAP, internal controls, and audit-ready workpaper standards.
• Experience managing multiple entities, cost centers, intercompany activity, or complex allocation processes.
• Advanced Excel skills and comfort with ERP reports, trial balances, reconciliations, and close analytics.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end month-end close of ad hoc and recurring close activities, including accounts payable, cash posting, bank reconciliations, prepaids, accruals, PP&E accounts, payroll-related accruals, legal accruals, G&A allocations, and other general ledger entries.
• Drive close timing, dependencies, support quality, and reviewer follow-up to ensure timely and efficient closing within agreed upon timelines.
• Partner with, Operations Accounting, Treasury, Tax, and Financial Reporting to ensure entries are complete, accurate, timely, and properly supported.
• Review monthly results with the Controller, including flux analyses, key judgments, and accrual and reserve positions.
• Own balance sheet reconciliation quality for assigned areas, ensuring reconciliations explain ending balances, are complete and include quality support.
• Build, or lead staff in creating, desktop procedures, process narratives, and control documentation embedded in key recurring workpapers.
• Research and apply accounting guidance to establish new processes for new contracts, business structures or other activities.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for external auditors regarding transactional accounting matters and lead SOX readiness and internal control evidence delivery.

Skills

Advanced Excel

US GAAP

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

CPA license (preferred)

Tools

FloQast

Quorum

OpenInvoice

Job description

Fervo Energy is seeking an Assistant Controller to lead the general ledger, month-end close, cash reconciliations, and internal controls across multiple entities. This senior role will own the close process, drive process improvements, and collaborate with accounting, finance, and operations to ensure audit-ready documentation.

The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of accounting experience, a CPA (preferred), and strong US GAAP expertise.