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El Segundo, California, United States
Onsite
At Arbor Energy & Resources Corporation ("Arbor Energy"), we’re creating technology to power our lives while protecting the planet that sustains them. Our advanced power systems deliver clean, reliable baseload electricity with zero operating emissions—modular, fuel-flexible, and engineered for the realities of today’s energy demand. At the core is a supercritical CO₂ turbine with integrated carbon capture, designed to bring carbon-neutral power online quickly at meaningful scale.
Our team includes aerospace engineers, combustion experts, and systems thinkers with a shared goal: to build technology worthy of the world we want to live in. While many of us began our journeys looking to the stars, we’re applying that expertise here at home to deliver dependable, emission-free baseload power and a future of lasting abundance.
If you share our values and are drawn to rigorous work with lasting impact, we’d love to learn more about you. Come build what the future will run on.
Steward our planet: We build for tomorrow, ensuring every bolt we tighten and every hand we lend leaves our environment stronger than we found it.
Lead with Love: We champion the success of our people, partners, and planet, nurturing excellence through camaraderie and rigor.
Explore the Uncharted: We embrace the unknown with curiosity, using courage and discipline to transform uncertainty into opportunity.
As Assistant Controller at Arbor Energy, you’ll be the first team member reporting to the Controller and the person who answers one question every day: are the books right? You’ll own day-to-day accounting from end to end, including the close, the general ledger, state and federal grant compliance, and the work of our outsourced accounting partner.
Arbor is moving from R&D toward commercial manufacturing and project deployment. You’ll help build the accounting that goes with that move, including a new ERP, manufacturing cost accounting, and multi-year equipment commitments. As the team grows, this role is the path to Controller.
This is an in-person opportunity in our El Segundo, CA headquarters.
Own the close and financial reporting
Own state and federal grant accounting
Manage our outsourced accounting partner
Run AP, vendor commitments, and AR
Account for equipment, leases, and inventory
Run tax, audit readiness, and internal controls
Build the accounting systems
Partner with finance and operations
Base Pay: $165,000 – $190,000 USD/year. The salary is subject to the applicant's skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location.
Arbor Energy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. Solving global energy challenges requires a wide range of perspectives and experiences, and we are committed to building a team that reflects the world we serve.
Our hiring process is designed to be accessible, fair, and focused on the work that matters most for this role. Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the hiring process and employment—please let us know if you need one.
