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Salary: USD 176,000 - 204,000 / annual
The Nuclear Company is a Series A AI-enabled startup pioneering fleet-scale nuclear reactor deployment through a design-once, build-many model. The company operates with an AI-first mindset, expecting all employees to leverage technology and the Nuclear Operating System (NOS) to improve quality, speed, and impact.
The Director of Accounting, Nuclear serves as the controllership lead across The Nuclear Company's Nuclear businesses, including deployment projects and Services operations. Reporting directly to the Chief Accounting Officer, this role owns the integrity of financial results, month-end close, corporate consolidation handoffs, accounting policy, and internal controls across operating entities, projects, joint ventures, special-purpose vehicles, and acquired businesses.
Key responsibilities include:
• Close and Financial Reporting: Own accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of Nuclear financial results, project reporting, month-end close, and corporate consolidation reporting. Align close calendars, accounting policies, and consolidation handoffs with the Corporate Controller.
• Technical Accounting and Policy: Ensure consistent U.S. GAAP application across service contracts, development and capital projects, joint ventures, SPVs, and acquired businesses. Lead accounting for revenue recognition (ASC 606), project and development costs (ASC 720, 340), construction in progress and capitalization (ASC 360), consolidation (ASC 810), power purchase agreements (ASC 606/842), and intercompany transactions.
• Project and Entity Accounting: Establish reliable accounting and reporting for deployment projects, new entities, partnerships, and Services businesses. Maintain clear ownership of accounting policy, controls, and reporting while partnering with Finance, FP&A, and Operations.
• Purchase Accounting and Integration: Lead accounting diligence for acquisitions, purchase accounting including opening balance sheets, intangible asset identification and valuation, and post-acquisition adjustments. Integrate acquired businesses into TNC's policies, close processes, control environment, and reporting structure.
• Systems, Processes, and Controls: Integrate new and acquired businesses into TNC's ERP and finance systems (NetSuite and common chart of accounts). Standardize processes, retire legacy tools, strengthen internal controls, and ensure financial data meets audit and investor-reporting requirements.
• Financial Reporting Readiness: Support SOX and internal control over financial reporting implementation by building public-company-level discipline, documentation, controls, and timelines across Nuclear businesses.
• Team and Capability Development: Build and develop the Nuclear accounting function as the business grows. Provide leadership and technical direction while remaining hands-on in close, reporting, technical accounting, integration, and process development.
This is a hybrid position based in either Columbia, South Carolina, or Washington, D.C., with an expectation of working in the office 3 days per week. Candidates must live within commuting distance of one of these locations or be willing to relocate.
REQUIREMENTS:
• 10+ years of progressive accounting and controllership experience, including a senior accounting leadership role (Controller, Assistant Controller, or divisional controllership lead)
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field
• Strong technical accounting foundation under U.S. GAAP across project-based services businesses and capital-intensive development or construction activities
• Experience in complex, multi-entity environments involving joint ventures, special-purpose vehicles, projects, or acquired businesses
• Demonstrated ownership of month-end close, financial reporting, and consolidation into a corporate parent
• Experience leading acquisition and purchase accounting activities and integrating acquired businesses onto common systems, policies, processes, and controls
• Experience establishing or improving scalable close processes, internal controls, and audit-ready financial reporting capabilities in a growing organization
• Ability to lead and develop accounting teams while remaining hands-on and partnering effectively across Finance, FP&A, Legal, Operations, Project Management, and Corporate Development
NICE TO HAVE:
• CPA and public accounting experience, ideally with a Big Four firm
• Experience implementing SOX and internal control over financial reporting requirements or preparing an organization for public-company reporting
• Experience within nuclear energy, utilities, construction, infrastructure, industrial services, or another highly regulated sector
• Hands-on experience with ERP implementation, integrations of third-party applications into ERPs; NetSuite experience preferred
