Senior Staff Accountant: Growth, Autonomy & Mentorship

Energy Innovation Corp; Chula Vista (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton is seeking a Staff Accountant in Chula Vista, CA to manage critical financial processes and explain what numbers mean to stakeholders. The role includes overseeing grant reporting and reconciliation across currencies, with a focus on improving the accounts payable cycle and forecasting costs as the company scales locally.

The position offers mentorship and hands-on growth, with a path from lead to ownership as you contribute to a values-driven finance backbone in the Chula Vista office.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of staff accounting experience.
• Ability to defend recommendations in front of skeptics.
• Empathy in giving feedback and ensuring constructive dialogue.
• Strong focus on output quality and consistency.

Responsibilities

• Steer the internship grant reporting that keeps funders confident.
• Keep the internship commission calc transparent enough to survive a dispute.
• Oversee accounts reconciliation across multiple entities and currencies.
• Trim days off the AP cycle without straining a single vendor.
• Forecast headcount cost as Eaton scales through Chula Vista, CA.
• Reconcile foreign-exchange gains as Chula Vista, CA operations settle abroad.

Skills

Staff accounting

Empathy in feedback

Question framing

Quality focus

Tools

Oracle NetSuite

Job description

Eaton is seeking a Staff Accountant in Chula Vista, CA to manage critical financial processes and explain what numbers mean to stakeholders. The role includes overseeing grant reporting and reconciliation across currencies, with a focus on improving the accounts payable cycle and forecasting costs as the company scales locally.

The position offers mentorship and hands-on growth, with a path from lead to ownership as you contribute to a values-driven finance backbone in the Chula Vista office.