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Director of Project Financial Management and Controls
Oklo Inc
Lead project-level financial budgeting, forecasting, reporting and controls for Oklo's capital projects.
18d ago
$175,000 - $235,000
Expert & Leadership (13+ years)
Full Time
Santa Clara, CA
Office Full-Time
Company Size
100 Employees
Service Specialisms
Consulting
Engineering Analysis
Project Scoping
Site Evaluation
Design
Construction and Operation
Power Purchase Agreement services
Fuel Recycling
Sector Specialisms
Energy
Industrial
Data centers
Factories
Communities
Defense facilities
Nuclear
Advanced fission technology
Role
What you would be doing
project budgeting
risk management
financial reporting
collaboration
controls & standards
team leadership
- Project Budgeting: Lead development of detailed project budgets using work breakdown structures (WBS) or cost codes, ensuring alignment with cost estimates, scope, resources, and timelines
- Risk & Issue Management: Proactively identify potential risks and issues, and work with the project team to develop mitigation strategies.
- Project Financial Reporting & Analysis: Deliver clear and timely project financial reports, dashboards, and presentations for leadership and project teams to include actual cost variance analysis versus budget
- Collaboration & Alignment: Partner with Project Management Office, Engineering, Product, Procurement & Supply Chain, Regulatory, Finance, and Business Development to align financial controls with business objectives
- Controls & Standards: Establish and implement standardized methodologies, processes, and tools for project financial management and controls that improve efficiency and project execution across all projects and phases (planning, construction, commissioning, operations handover)
- Team Leadership: Recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing project financial management and controls team capable of supporting multiple parallel deployments
- Compliance & Audit Support: Ensure adherence to company policies, financial guidelines, and contractual terms; manage processes for approvals, controls, and audit trails for capital expenditures
- Cost Tracking & Allocations: Implement processes for allocating direct and indirect costs (labor, materials, subcontractors, overhead) to the correct project phases and activities
- Project Forecasting: Provide updated cost-to-complete and estimate-at-completion forecasts as projects evolve, identifying and analyzing variances between budgeted and forecasted costs
- Systems Integration: Integrate project financial planning and reporting systems with project management and ERP systems
What you bring
bachelor's
nuclear
financial acumen
team management
project controls
data analysis
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
- Experience with nuclear or other FOAK energy infrastructure projects
- Able to communicate technical content and results verbally
- Willing and able to learn quickly
- Demonstrated financial acumen with strong understanding of accounting, finance, budgeting and financial analysis
- Proven ability to manage cross-functional teams and external contractors
- Experience analyzing large datasets, identifying trends and providing actionable insights
- Willing to propose novel and creative solutions to technical problems
- Strong knowledge of project controls (cost, schedule, earned value, risk), project management systems (Primavera, MS Project, PMIS platforms), and ERP platforms (Netsuite)
- Familiarity with DOE, NRC, and other regulatory agencies
- Startup or high-growth company experience
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, highly iterative startup environment
- Track record of strong organizational and time management skills to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
- Excellent communication and leadership skills, including executive and Board-level reporting
- Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale EPC or construction projects, including budgets of $100M+
- 10+ years of Project Financial Management and Control experience in large-scale power, energy, industrial, or nuclear sectors
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Security clearance- adherence to company policies, financial guidelines, and contractual terms.
- processes for approvals, controls, and audit trails for capital expenditures.
Company
Overview
- Pioneering the future of nuclear energy with compact and efficient reactor designs.
- Aiming to provide reliable, low-cost power to address the global clean energy challenge.
- Innovative approach prioritizes scalability and sustainability.
- Reshaping energy perception with a team of passionate engineers and scientists.
- Enabling small modular reactors for energy delivery to remote locations and industries.
- Focus on safety and minimal waste to meet rising global energy demand.
- Utilizing a unique fuel design for greater efficiency and sustainability compared to traditional reactors.
- Supported by private investment and government grants advancing clean energy solutions.
- Developing prototypes with commercialization goals for the future.
- A startup person: you aren't driven by titles or hierarchy, and prefer efficiency to excess process.
- Motivated: you are self-motivated and bring an enthusiasm to the team that goes beyond clocking in and clocking out.
- A team-player: Oklo genuinely is a team; we aren't about taking credit for ourselves or pushing blame to others.
- An excellent communicator: technically competent and a clear, upbeat communicator.
- Creative: able to identify and invent solutions when things fall outside clear scopes or processes without micromanagement.
- Detail-oriented: focus on excellence, consistency, quality; even grammar and spelling matter.
15–50 MWe
Aurora Reactors Capacity
Delivers clean, reliable, and affordable energy with a 10-year refuel cycle.
over 90%
Fuel Recycling Efficiency
Advanced fuel recycling extracts over 90% of remaining potential energy from used fuel, lowering fuel costs significantly.
2030s
Fuel Recycling Facility Deployment
Commercial-scale fuel recycling facility deployment planned for the 2030s.
2027
First Aurora Deployment
First Aurora powerhouse deployment at Idaho National Laboratory targeted for 2027.
- Developing fast fission power plants to deliver clean, reliable, affordable energy at scale using Aurora reactors with a 10-year refuel cycle.
- Master Power Agreement to deploy up to 12 GW of Aurora powerhouses for Switch through 2044.
- Secured Letters of Intent covering up to 750 MW and a pipeline of ~2,100 MW of low-carbon power for U.S. data centers.
- Strategic alliance with Liberty Energy combining near-term natural gas solutions with future integration of zero-carbon Aurora reactors.
- No explicit net-zero target date published.
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