Senior Accountant, Operations Accounting

Fervo Energy

Senior Accountant supporting the Operations Controller team with internal financial statements and reporting. Collaborating across departments to maintain compliance with accounting practices in a rapidly scaling company.

Posted 6/5/2026full-timeHouston • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Flux

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support the Operations Controller team with preparation and analysis of internal financial statements
Prepare internal financial statements and dashboards
Lead periodic financial reviews with business unit leaders
Assist Financial Reporting by providing detailed flux explanations
Prepare variance analyses, roll forwards, account support, and reporting packages used by Financial Reporting, Technical Accounting, and the Controller team to support disclosures, investor and regulatory reporting
Assist with carve-out or business unit audited financial statement preparation and analysis
Ensure operations accounting data is prepared in a timely manner within accounting close requirements
Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, or standardize recurring internal reporting workstreams
Assist operations teams with budgeting and forecasting, in conjunction with corporate finance
Collaborate with Technical Accounting to draft accounting policies and memos related to operational matters
Assist with transactional accounting such as M&A, structured finance, tax equity, and other Topical Accounting
Assist with preparation of asset retirement reporting (ARO) accounting
Collaborate with Supply Chain and the Controller organization to build accounting policies and procedures related to inventory accounting
Create and or modify AFEs, develop standardized workflow for AFE creation and adopt policies governing the scope and intended use of AFEs for various cost types
Collaborate with Land and Technical Accounting to ensure proper accounting for leases.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
3+ years of Big Four public accounting experience, or 5+ years of combined public accounting or financial reporting experience
Strong understanding of US GAAP, financial statements, reconciliations, and audit support standards
Advanced Excel skills and ability to work accurately with large, multi-tab workbooks and reporting schedules
Strong attention to detail, organization, and ability to manage deadlines in a close/reporting calendar
Clear written communication and ability to document work so reviewers can follow the logic and source data
High ownership mindset and willingness to learn complex reporting areas
CPA, CPA candidate, and Big Four public accounting experience preferred
Experience in Financial Reporting, FP&A or Operations Accounting in a public company
Experience with OpenInvoice, Wellview, Assent143
Experience in energy, infrastructure, renewable power, or multi-entity environments
Interest in geothermal operations including surface facilities and subsurface dynamics.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Hybrid remote work flexibility
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial statementsvariance analysesbudgetingforecastingUS GAAPreconciliationsaudit supportadvanced Exceltransactional accountingasset retirement reporting

Soft Skills

attention to detailorganizationdeadline managementclear written communicationhigh ownership mindsetwillingness to learn

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in AccountingBachelor's degree in FinanceCPACPA candidate