The role
What you'll do
- Lead and contribute to the development of financial system enhancements, integration and automation projects throughout the Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC), leveraging the Accounting Team ‘Tech Stack.’
- Manage and coordinate Finance system implementations, enhancements, and integrations, collaborating with third-party implementation partners to ensure successful project execution.
- Ensure Finance systems are appropriately integrated with the overall business system architecture, enabling comprehensive insights and timely transparency.
- Support data migration activities related to new acquisitions and new Finance system implementations.
- Define processes, maintain documentation, oversee deployment, and ensure ongoing system health maintenance.
- Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for new system customizations and process changes, ensuring alignment with business needs and accurate execution.
- Develop and deliver end-user training on new Finance systems, features, and policies, including creating documentation, instruction manuals, and conducting training sessions.
- Provide day-to-day system troubleshooting, logging and resolving issues through JIRA (internal ticketing system), ensuring minimal disruptions to Finance and Accounting operations.
- Support monthly and quarterly IT general controls and processes, ensuring timely reviews, proper documentation, sign-off, and audit compliance.
- Ensure finance systems are configured to support SOX compliance and audit requirements.
- Collaborate with internal and external auditors on controls testing and evidence gathering.
- Lead the design and deployment of automation-enabled solutions, with an initial focus on Accounting, Financial Reporting, and Tax to streamline close, controls, and reporting workflows.
- Partner with FP&A and Treasury to develop AI-enabled financial analytics and modernize financial data workflows and reporting and, with a focus on backward-looking performance reporting including actuals data integration, variance analysis, and management reporting.
- Identify and scale cross-functional automation opportunities across adjacent teams such as Procurement and Operations to improve data flow, efficiency, and decision support.
- Minimum Qualifications:
The bar
What you'll bring
- Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Computer Science, Business (Accounting, Finance), or related field
- Three to five years of relevant experience in finance systems management, systems integrations, or business systems analysis (preferably within Accounting/Finance teams)
- Strong knowledge and familiarity of ERP systems (NetSuite highly preferred) and other finance and operations systems (Coupa, Workday)
- Experience in leading systems integrations and implementations
- Experience in developing and implementing robust process improvements and automation/AI initiatives
- Bonus Qualifications:
- NetSuite or other ERP Administrator Certification
- Strong understanding of accounting operations, financial reporting, and SOX compliance
- Experience at a fast growth startup, IPO or de-SPAC experience
- Preferred remote location: U.S. Mountain or Central time zones. Preferred physical location in the bay area, California
- Competencies
- We are looking for someone that is:
- Analytical—the individual synthesizes complex or diverse information
- Process and public company oriented
- Pro-Active – as Oklo’s business evolves we will want to be thinking about the accounting policy and financial reporting implications well ahead of time
- Problem solving—the individual identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyzes information skillfully
- Oral communication—the individual speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations, demonstrates group presentation skills, and conducts productive meetings
- Organization—the individual monitors a wide range of accounting activities and ensures the execution of routine processes
- Quality management—the individual looks for ways to improve and promote quality and demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness
- Judgment—the individual displays willingness to make decisions, exhibits sound and accurate judgment and makes timely decisions
- Planning/organizing—the individual prioritizes and plans work activities, uses time efficiently and develops realistic action plans
- Critical for Oklo:
- Passionate about clean energy
- Passionate about making advanced fission a reality
- Willing and able to learn quickly
Additional notes
Other
Thanks for your interest in Oklo! We are searching for an experienced Process and Systems Manager to join our team.
Position Description
Oklo is building a world-class accounting and finance organization to support the commercialization of nuclear energy in the U.S. The Process and Systems Manager role will drive operational excellence across the Finance & Accounting Technology landscape, while optimizing integrations with systems of cross-functional stakeholders from Operations, Procurement, and Legal.
This role will be instrumental in managing and optimizing the Finance systems environment, with an initial focus on administration and continuous improvement of the Company’s ERP (NetSuite) and Accounts Payable platform (currently Ramp, with a planned transition to a Procure-to-Pay solution). The role will support day-to-day system operations while leading key integrations, enhancements, and automation initiatives. This individual will partner closely with Accounting, Finance & Treasury, cross-functional stakeholders, and third-party vendors, and collaborate with internal and external auditors to ensure systems meet operational needs, support critical close activities, enable scalability, and comply with regulatory requirements, including Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX).
This is a hands-on role for someone who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where you will build something from scratch, solving complex problems, and serve as the go-to Finance systems expert. Success in this role goes beyond maintaining systems; it is about enabling the Finance and Accounting team to scale with confidence, be integrated with business operations, and building a strong foundation for the future. Over time, this role is expected to help advance the use of automation and practical AI capabilities, focusing on areas where they meaningfully improve efficiency, data quality, and insight. The ideal candidate proactively identifies system and process gaps, balances efficiency with control requirements, and brings a practical, solutions-oriented approach.
Specific responsibilities may include:
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