Controller at Praxt Talent Controller at Praxt Talent in Austin, Texas Posted in 1 day ago.

Type:

full-time

Job Description:

Controller Austin, TX (on-site) The Opportunity We are building the financial backbone of a new kind of energy company in emerging nuclear technologies. Backed by a recent nine-figure funding round, we are moving from pilot to commercial scale, and we need a Controller to own accounting end to end and build the systems, controls, and reporting that carry us through that growth. This is a build role, not a maintain role. You will run the close and, at the same time, put in place the processes a capital-intensive, highly regulated business needs to finance projects, pass rigorous audits, and prepare for what comes next. If you want ownership of an accounting function from the ground up

• and you want your work to help power real infrastructure
• this is that seat. What You Will Own
• The full close: journal entries, reconciliations, and month-end reporting, start to finish
• The chart of accounts, cost-coding structure, and accounting policies
• A growing accounting team
• staff accountants, project accountants, and others you'll hire and develop
• Audit-ready documentation and internal controls, maintained continuously to the standard a heavily regulated industry demands
• NetSuite as our ERP
• administering, optimizing, and scaling it as project activity grows
• Corporate expenses, card-spend controls, and the related reconciliations, keeping spend on-policy and accurately allocated to each project
• Relationships with external auditors, tax preparers, and regulatory bodies
• Procurement accounting controls, which you'll enforce and strengthen
• Clean, well-organized financial documentation to support project financing, bonding, and insurance requests
• Ongoing improvement of accounting policies and procedures, plus other work the role calls for as we scale What You Bring
• Progressive accounting experience across roughly a decade or more, including at least 2 years as a Controller or Assistant Controller at a publicly traded company
• An active CPA license in any state
• Experience with review and filing of 10-K and 10-Q for SEC filings.
• A background in a regulated, capital-project environment
• construction, energy, defense, or nuclear among them
• is a strong plus
• Hands-on NetSuite depth: you've configured, optimized, and scaled it yourself in a previous role
• A solid command of construction or project accounting, including job costing, committed costs, budget management, and procurement accounting
• Working experience with SOX control frameworks
• Technical accounting skills that hold up to PCAOB-level audits
• A track record of standing up accounting processes and controls in a lean or early-stage setting
• Experience leading and growing accounting teams
• Experience with IPO Readiness or early stage companies. Why This Role
• Direct ownership of the accounting function, reporting into senior leadership
• A company with real runway and a clear commercial path
• The chance to build
• systems, team, and controls
• rather than inherit someone else's
• Work that ties directly to bringing new energy infrastructure online
• Compensation includes, base salary, bonus and equity