Jobs at Phoenix Tailings

Owns annual budgeting, recurring forecasting, operating-model maintenance, cash and runway analysis, variance reporting, KPI tracking, and board or investor materials. Partners with department leaders on headcount, spending, and vendor decisions while improving planning processes and reconciling plans with Accounting. The role requires strong financial modeling, executive communication, and business-partnering skills in a high-growth, capital-intensive environment.

Own accounting for capital projects and government-funded programs, including capital expenditure tracking, construction-in-progress schedules, capitalization, fixed assets, grant cost tracking, project reporting, close activities, reconciliations, and audit support. Partner with project managers, engineers, and procurement to ensure accurate cost capture and documentation compliance.

Own monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes; manage daily accounting operations, reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, audits, and tax support. Lead accounting staff, improve and document procedures and controls, partner with operations and procurement, and support ERP automation. The role requires strong technical accounting knowledge, GAAP expertise, manufacturing or high-growth experience, and ownership of month-end close activities.

Leads the scale-up and expansion of rare earth metals manufacturing operations, owning safety, throughput, yield, quality, reliability, cost, and productivity. Builds manufacturing teams and establishes production standards, Lean and Six Sigma systems, planning, maintenance, workforce development, and continuous improvement processes. Drives production readiness, capacity expansion, process industrialization, constraint elimination, and technology transfer from engineering into repeatable, high-throughput commercial operations across current and future facilities.

The Staff Accountant will support monthly close and daily accounting operations by preparing journal entries, accruals, prepaid expense schedules, fixed asset records, account reconciliations, and audit schedules. The role also supports accounts payable and receivable, documents accounting procedures, identifies process gaps, and provides ad hoc reporting and analysis. This early-career position requires strong attention to detail, GAAP knowledge, ERP experience, and Excel proficiency.

The Chief Financial Officer will lead financial strategy, capital allocation, risk management, fundraising, project financing, financial operations, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, controls, audits, and regulatory compliance. The CFO will advise executive leadership, manage investor and financial institution relationships, build scalable systems, and lead a high-performing finance team. The role supports rapid growth across clean technology and mining while ensuring long-term financial stability and shareholder value.

Leads major engineering and capital projects from early development through EPCM execution, construction, commissioning, startup, and operational handoff. Establishes governance, project controls, commercial discipline, risk management, and technical standards while overseeing contractors, suppliers, budgets, schedules, and quality. Builds an internal engineering projects organization and partners with process development, manufacturing, operations, and leadership to deliver safe, reliable, scalable rare earth production facilities.

Build and maintain advanced financial models for operating plans, capital projects, and strategic decisions. Lead forecasts, scenario and sensitivity analysis, variance reporting, unit economics, capital returns, dashboards, and reporting automation. Support board, investor, and lender reporting while partnering with Accounting to maintain consistent ledger-aligned definitions. Translate operating data into clear recommendations for leadership and improve analytical tools and reporting processes.

Own the cost accounting function for metallization and separation operations. Build standard costs, analyze production variances, value inventory, allocate overhead, oversee cycle counts, provide margin analysis, partner with operations and supply chain, manage cost-related close and audit activities, and support sponsored and government-funded programs.

Execute monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities; prepare complex journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, financial statement schedules, audit schedules, and tax support. Improve close and reconciliation processes, partner with operations, procurement, and payroll, and mentor staff accountants. The role requires independent ownership of complex accounting deliverables in a growing manufacturing-focused startup.

Own the accounting function for a high-growth manufacturing company, including financial close, GAAP policies, internal controls, audits, tax compliance, external reporting, cost accounting, and ERP systems. Lead and develop the accounting team, build scalable processes for multi-site production, and partner with FP&A, operations, and supply chain. Ensure accurate accounting for inventory, manufacturing costs, government-funded programs, and grants.

Lead the scale-up and continuous improvement of rare earth metals manufacturing processes and production systems. Own equipment architecture, specifications, commissioning, qualification, validation, ramp-up, and sustaining engineering. Drive root-cause analysis, process optimization, capability assessments, and data-based capacity improvements. Build and develop the manufacturing engineering team, establish technical standards, and guide engineering decisions supporting reliable, safe, scalable production.

Develops and improves manufacturing processes for critical metals production at the Exeter facility. Designs tooling, fixtures, equipment modifications, and practical manufacturing solutions; troubleshoots production-floor issues; identifies root causes; documents repeatable procedures; and supports equipment specification, installation, commissioning, qualification, and improvement. The role is hands-on and focused on increasing throughput, reliability, safety, quality, and scalability.

Own and improve complex manufacturing processes, equipment, and scale-up initiatives for critical metals production. Lead tooling and equipment development, commissioning, qualification, troubleshooting, root-cause investigations, process validation, production data analysis, and design-for-manufacturing decisions. Drive improvements in throughput, yield, reliability, quality, safety, cost, and production readiness while serving as a technical resource in a hands-on manufacturing environment.

Own and improve manufacturing processes for critical metals production. Design tooling, fixtures, equipment modifications, and production solutions; troubleshoot complex manufacturing issues; conduct root-cause analysis; analyze production data; translate new technologies into scalable manufacturing methods; support equipment installation, commissioning, qualification, ramp-up, engineering trials, and process validation.

Operate and optimize commercial rare earth metal production systems, improving throughput, yield, quality, reliability, and safety. Lead root-cause investigations, corrective actions, process scale-up, commissioning, SOP development, operator training, and continuous improvement initiatives. Serve as the technical escalation point for production issues, mentor operators and junior engineers, and collaborate with R&D, materials, and chemical engineering teams in a hands-on production-floor environment.

Operate and support daily production of rare-earth and critical metals at a first-of-kind facility. Responsibilities include monitoring processes, adjusting equipment, troubleshooting mechanical issues, verifying quality, analyzing production data, supporting process scale-up, improving safety and throughput, performing system startups and shutdowns, developing procedures, and collaborating with operators and plant leadership. The role requires hands-on industrial production experience and safe operation of manufacturing equipment.

Own cross-functional Operations programs from scope through completion, building integrated schedules, program controls, operating cadences, reporting, and accountability systems. Lead COO-sponsored initiatives, manage risks and dependencies, coordinate regulatory, government, supply chain, procurement, and manufacturing commitments, and drive executive alignment. Establish scalable program-management infrastructure in an ambiguous, rapidly growing industrial environment while ensuring commitments are completed and operational processes evolve effectively.

Lead hands-on development, optimization, and scale-up of hydrometallurgical processes (leaching, purification, solvent extraction, filtration, crystallization). Translate lab results to pilot/commercial designs, size equipment, troubleshoot process issues, develop pilot test plans and operating procedures, and mentor junior engineers and technicians.

Lead design, testing, and validation of electrical power and instrumentation systems for critical metals processing. Develop architectures, calculations, schematics, wiring, and documentation; build, commission, and troubleshoot equipment; turn early concepts into full engineering projects; create strategic engineering plans; and mentor early-career engineers to accelerate deployment of sustainable processing infrastructure.