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TITLE: Senior Accountant LOCATION: Bellevue, WA, USA TerraPower 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, TerraPower 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. TerraPower'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. TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes. Senior Accountant The Senior Accountant will be responsible for overseeing invoice and payment processing, credit card reconciliation and preparing account reconciliations, journal entries and financial reports for month end. The successful candidate will be knowledgeable with direct, indirect and unallowable expenses and will demonstrate extensive knowledge in GAAP, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Microsoft Applications, and user experience in Oracle Cloud and Concur. This is an on-site position based in Bellevue, WA and open to local candidates or those willing to relocate. Responsibilities Oversee accounts payable operations tasks including invoice tracking, recording, coding, approval and payment. Review invoices in Oracle Cloud, ensure proper coding of GL/department/project codes. Work closely with procurement and technical representatives to obtain required approvals. Able to identify unallowable costs according to government rules and/or contractual terms. Applies general knowledge of accounting/government policies and procedures when responding to written and verbal inquiries from stakeholders. Assist Accounting Operations Manager with providing advice, guidance, and instructions to Accounts Payable staff and monitor aged payable throughout a month for timely invoice approval and payments. Review company owned credit cards monthly reconciliation. Assist in the process of issuing manual checks, wire, ACH payments, void checks, positive pay. Manage vendor relations, research and resolve variances or discrepancies in invoices. Manage Accounts Payable related inquiries with active and timely resolution on invoice or payment issues. Support general ledger accounting including account reconciliations and journal entry posting. Track invoices subject to sales or use tax, prepare use tax calculation worksheet, and record use tax accrual on a monthly basis. Monitors the accounts payable aging. Analyze and prepare financial reports including Accounts Payable Aging for month end. Prepare and process 1099 forms and file with the IRS. Maintain policies and procedure documentation for accounts payable accounting activities. Identify process improvement areas within Accounts Payable, draft improvement plans, and ensure approved plans are timely executed. Ability to perform moderately complex accounting tasks/analysis, categorize data for reporting and audit purpose. Support Audits for allowable and unallowable