Chief Accounting Officer

Chief Accounting Officer

Terra Power is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure, and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, Terra Power originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world.

They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. Terra Power's mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company's activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.

Terra Power is seeking an accomplished Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) to lead the company's accounting, financial reporting, controllership, internal controls functions. CAO will be responsible for establishing and maintaining a world class accounting organization capable of supporting a rapidly growing, highly regulated, and capital-intensive business.

As Terra Power advances commercialization of its advanced nuclear technologies, the CAO will provide strategic leadership over financial reporting, accounting operations, and finance transformation initiatives. This role will ensure the integrity of the company's financial information while building scalable infrastructure to support future growth, complex project execution, government-funded programs, and Finance uplift initiatives.

The ideal candidate brings deep technical accounting expertise, extensive SEC reporting experience, a strong internal controls background, and a proven track record leading accounting organizations within large, complex public companies or organizations preparing for public market requirements.

Executive Accounting Leadership

• Lead all global accounting functions, including general ledger, consolidations, project accounting, fixed assets, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll accounting, and financial reporting.
• Serve as the company's principal accounting executive and trusted advisor to the CFO, extended executive leadership team, and Board on accounting, reporting, and financial control matters.
• Build and develop a high-performing accounting organization capable of supporting significant organizational growth and operational complexity.
• Establish strategic priorities, operating metrics, and organizational goals for the accounting function. Financial Reporting & SEC Compliance
• Oversee the preparation, review, and accuracy of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
• Lead all external financial reporting activities, including preparation and review of Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, proxy statements, earnings support schedules, and other SEC filings.
• Direct the preparation of Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A), footnote disclosures, and technical accounting position papers.
• Ensure compliance with SEC regulations, FASB guidance, and evolving accounting standards.
• Monitor emerging accounting and regulatory developments and assess organizational impact.
• Serve as the executive sponsor for public company readiness initiatives and ongoing compliance requirements.

Technical Accounting & Corporate Transactions

• Provide executive oversight of all technical accounting matters, including complex revenue recognition, equity compensation, capitalization, debt instruments, lease accounting, business combinations, joint ventures, government funding arrangements, and strategic transactions.
• Lead accounting assessments and due diligence activities related to acquisitions, partnerships, financing activities, and capital projects.
• Prepare and review technical accounting memoranda supporting significant accounting positions and judgments.
• Partner closely with legal, tax, treasury, and external advisors on complex transactions.

Internal Controls & SOX Governance

• Design, implement, and maintain a robust internal control environment supporting accurate financial reporting and operational effectiveness.
• Lead the development, implementation, and ongoing monitoring of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance programs.
• Oversee risk assessments, control design, testing, remediation activities, and management certifications.
• Partner with Internal Audit and external auditors to continuously improve the controls environment.
• Drive a culture of accountability, transparency, compliance, and continuous improvement.

Project Accounting & Government Programs

• Oversee accounting and reporting for large-scale engineering,…