Accounts Payable Staff Accountant

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Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for a Accounts/Payable Staff Accountant to join our team.

The A/P Staff Accountant will play a key role in the day-to-day execution and refinement of core accounting processes to support our overall accounting function. This role will require assisting with day-to-day bookkeeping responsibilities in the Company's spend and expense and ERP tools and will involve focused internal control execution for billing and payment processing functions. The successful candidate will be able to learn Oklo's processes quickly and recommend enhancements and automation to existing accounting processes.

The successful candidate will also be able to effectively communicate both internally with relevant stakeholders such as designated vendor owners as well as externally with Oklo vendors and contractors. The ability to stay organized and establish a strong competency and awareness of Oklo spend and vendor activity to quickly and effectively code transactions to the general ledger on a continual basis will be a critical success factor.

• Driving efficiencies and automation across key accounting cycles such as payroll, procure to pay, and order to cash
• Tracking and reconciliation of various project and vendor costs
• Work with internal and external auditors to provide documentation as part of routine audit testing procedures
• Tracking and booking employee travel and expense reimbursements
• Responsible for reconciling payment due dates with planned payment processing dates to ensure vendors are paid on-time
• Assist with the implementation of new accounting processes and tools as Oklo scales
• Develop credibility for the accounting function by delivering upon the monthly close timeline and helping deliver on key close deliverables
• Conform with and abide by all regulations, policies, work procedures, and instructions
• Conform with all safety rules and use all appropriate safety equipment
• Oversee and process vendor invoices and payments in a timely, accurate manner.
• Manage the vendor onboarding process, ensuring compliance with internal policies, proper documentation and consistent vendor data maintenance.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure a smooth end-to-end procure-to-pay workflow and effective communication between teams.
• Assist with month-end closing activities, including accruals and reconciliations of accounts payable balances.
• Verify accuracy of invoice approvals, account coding, and supporting documentation.

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics or business
• One to three years of general accounting or accounts payable experience

• Big 4 Preferred, CPA is a plus
• Master's degree in accountancy
• Fast growth startup or public company experience
• Preferred remote location: U.S. East Coast

• Analytical—the individual synthesizes complex or diverse information
• Process and public company oriented
• Problem solving—the individual identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyzes information skillfully
• Oral communication—the individual speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations, demonstrates group presentation skills, and conducts productive meetings
• Organization—the individual monitors a wide range of accounting activities and ensures the execution of routine processes
• Quality management—the individual looks for ways to improve and promote quality and demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness
• Judgment—the individual displays willingness to make decisions, exhibits sound and accurate judgment and makes timely decisions
• Planning/organizing—the individual prioritizes and plans work activities, uses time efficiently and develops realistic action plans
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