Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting

The Senior Accountant Financial Reporting will support the Financial Reporting team with preparation tie-out analysis documentation and audit support. The role requires strong attention to detail curiosity accountability and the ability to learn quickly. This person will help ensure reporting workpapers are complete accurate clearly sourced and easy for reviewers and auditors to follow.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable building and improving processes while also executing with precision. Fervo is scaling rapidly so this role requires strong ownership crisp communication a controls mindset and the ability to partner effectively across Accounting Finance Operations Legal Tax Treasury Commercial and external advisors.

Responsibilities

Financial Reporting Support

• Prepare SEC reporting support schedules footnote support tie-outs disclosure checklist support and Workiva inputs for quarterly and annual reporting
• Support standalone financial statement preparation and audit schedules for current and future entities
• Prepare variance analyses roll forwards account support and reporting packages used by Financial Reporting Technical Accounting and the Controller team
• Help maintain reporting calendars PBC trackers status updates and documentation standards for quarterly close and reporting cycles

Workpaper Quality and Audit Readiness

• Prepare workpapers that clearly document source data completeness and accuracy checks preparation steps formulas approvals outputs and open items
• Support external auditor requests review comments and follow-up questions through timely and complete responses
• Perform reasonableness checks formula reviews tie-outs and cross-references to reduce rework and improve reviewer efficiency
• Maintain organized support files and help build repeatable templates for recurring reporting deliverables

Close Process and Team Support

• Partner with General Accounting Technical Accounting Treasury Tax and Operations Accounting to gather reporting inputs and resolve discrepancies
• Support monthly and quarterly close reporting including preliminary financial statement reviews and reporting package updates
• Help document process narratives and desktop procedures for reporting tasks to support cross-training and continuity
• Identify opportunities to simplify automate or standardize recurring reporting workstreams

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors 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

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA CPA candidate and Big Four public accounting experience preferred
• Experience supporting SEC reporting standalone financial statements or public-company audit requests
• Experience with Workiva FloQast ERP reporting tools or financial statement reporting software
• Experience in energy infrastructure renewable power or multi-entity environments
• Interest in technical accounting SOX readiness and process improvement

Location

Fervo Energy has offices in Houston TX Golden CO Reno NV Oakland CA and Salt Lake City UT. This position will be eligible for some hybrid work flexibility but regular in-office presence at ourHoustonOffice will be required.

Success Profile

• Builds audit-ready workpapers and documentation that a reviewer auditor or backup owner can follow without tribal knowledge
• Owns work end-to-end follows up until reviewer sign-off and escalates blockers early
• Communicates with clear action items deadlines and business context
• Uses technology AI-enabled drafting and automation thoughtfully while validating outputs and underlying data
• Develops repeatable processes and cross-training so the accounting organization can scale sustainably