Staff Accountant, General Accounting

Job Description

Staff Accountant | Fervo Energy

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Fervo Energy. Fervo Energy is dedicated to building the most cost-effective, repeatable geothermal power plants in the world. Achieving this ambitious mission requires disciplined financial operations, strong controls, audit-ready documentation, and scalable processes that are critical to supporting Fervo’s imminent transition into a public-company operating environment. Joining Fervo means operating at the unique intersection of energy infrastructure development, growth-stage execution, and the rigorous demands of public-company readiness, where reliability, accountability, and continuous improvement are truly foundational to every aspect of the business.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time

• Team: Reports to the Assistant Controller, supporting core close and general ledger activities.
• Mission: To support the Assistant Controller in executing the monthly close, preparing journal entries, reconciling balance sheet accounts, and maintaining comprehensive, audit-ready documentation across multiple corporate entities.
• Tech Stack: Excel, FloQast, Quorum, OpenInvoice, enterprise ERP.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Journal Entry Preparation: Prepare a variety of recurring and ad hoc journal entries, including cash posting, prepaids, accruals, property, plant, and equipment (PP&E), payroll-related accruals, and general and administrative (G&A) allocations, ensuring each is supported by complete and accurate documentation.
• Close Management: Diligently complete all assigned close tasks on schedule within the established close calendar, proactively communicating status updates, dependencies, and any potential blockers to the Assistant Controller.
• Information Gathering: Systematically gather necessary supporting documentation and data from various internal teams, including Accounts Payable, Treasury, Operations Accounting, and others, to ensure all entries are complete, accurate, and properly substantiated.
• Account Reconciliation: Prepare thorough monthly balance sheet reconciliations for assigned accounts, which include critical bank reconciliations, and actively research and clear any identified reconciling items on a timely basis to maintain balance integrity.
• Audit & Control Support: Actively prepare audit and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) support requests (PBCs) and meticulously gather control evidence for close, reconciliation, allocation, and accrual processes as directed by management and external auditors.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Possess a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a closely related field. This is an excellent early-career role for an accountant who demonstrates a foundational working knowledge of US GAAP, debits and credits, journal entries, and account reconciliations.
• Experience: 1-3+ years of professional accounting experience is required; internship experience, prior roles in public accounting, or direct general ledger experience are considered valuable assets.
• Skills: Proficient Excel skills, including the ability to utilize lookups and pivot tables effectively, and the capacity to work accurately with multi-tab workbooks and reporting schedules. Requires strong attention to detail, excellent organization skills, the ability to meet strict deadlines within a close calendar, clear written communication for documenting work, a high ownership mindset, and a demonstrated willingness to learn new areas of accounting rapidly.
• Bonus: CPA candidate status or CPA eligibility is preferred. Internship or early-career experience within public accounting or at a public company, experience with financial close management tools like FloQast, Quorum, OpenInvoice, or an enterprise ERP system. Prior experience in the energy, infrastructure, renewable power, or multi-entity environments, and a genuine interest in geothermal energy and Fervo’s mission are highly advantageous.