Staff Accountant

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

Half the job is closing the books; the other half is explaining what they mean, and Eaton needs both from its Staff Accountant. This finance role at Eaton turns 7 years into $146,000 - $222,000 and turns $146,000 - $222,000 into a stake in what comes next.

Key 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

What You'll Bring

• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics


• The kind of empathy that makes hard feedback land softly


• The instinct to ask \"what would change your mind?\" before debating


• Roughly 9+ years operating in a similar Staff Accountant position


• A keen eye for quality and consistency in your output

Eaton doesn't chase headlines; it just keeps building the values-led finance backbone that Chula Vista, CA runs on. Autonomy here comes with a partner: ask for help the moment you're stuck on Oracle NetSuite.

Here you earn $146,000 - $222,000 while a dedicated mentor helps you grow from lead into ownership, all wrapped in benefits worth keeping.

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