Junior Accountant

Job Summary:

At Centrus Energy, we’re powering the future of clean energy—and we’re looking for a detail-oriented and motivated Junior Accountant to help support the financial operations that keep our business moving forward. Based in our Oak Ridge location, this role is a great opportunity for an early-career accounting professional who enjoys working with numbers, solving problems, and learning in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.

As a Junior Accountant, you’ll gain hands-on experience supporting key accounting processes, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and contributing to the accuracy and integrity of financial reporting. If you’re eager to grow your accounting career while making an impact in the clean energy industry, we’d love to hear from you.

What You Will Do:

You will support day-to-day accounting activities including account reconciliations, journal entries, financial reporting support, and month-end close activities while ensuring compliance with GAAP and company policies. This role partners with multiple departments to assist with audits, analyze financial data, and help improve processes that enhance efficiency and accuracy. You’ll also contribute to internal controls activities and support special projects tied to Centrus Energy’s strategic initiatives.
We’d Love to Hear from People With:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field 
• 0-2 years of progressive accounting experience 
• Basic knowledge of GAAP and financial reporting principles 
• Experience or exposure to general ledger functions, reconciliations, and month-end close processes 
• Proficiency with ERP systems and Microsoft Excel
• Ability to obtain (or already possess) a “Q” clearance
   

A Successful Candidate Brings:

• CPA certification or progress toward certification 
• Experience in a manufacturing, energy, or regulated industry 
• Familiarity with internal controls frameworks
• Currently possesses a “Q” or “L” clearance
   

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

This position will require a pre­-employment background check and a pre-employment drug test.

Centrus Energy and all subsidiaries shall abide by the applicable legal requirements. We prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.

This position requires the successful candidate to obtain and maintain a Q security clearance.  Candidates for positions requiring a security clearance are required to be tested for the absence of any illegal drug as defined in 10 CFR 707.4 prior to an offer of employment being made.  In addition, once employed, employees will become part of a random drug testing program and may also be tested in the event of any incident causing injury or causing damage to property, or if it is determined that there is a reasonable suspicion the employee is under the influence of drugs or alcohol.  This position will require preemployment background check on the part of the Company and in order to receive a Q security clearance, a background investigation by the Federal government.  Subsequent Federal government reinvestigations may be required.

Centrus Energy Corp. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.