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.

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.

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.

Design, build, test, validate, and commission mechanical systems for high-temperature electrolysis, furnace, and electrochemical processes. Create 3D CAD models and drawings in SolidWorks, select mechanical components, develop and run V-Model-based verification/validation and DOE-driven test plans, and perform hands-on prototype assembly, troubleshooting, and commissioning in lab and pilot environments.

Hands-on Production Engineer working on a 24/7 production floor to operate and monitor equipment, perform in-process checks, collect and analyze production data, troubleshoot mechanical issues, support process improvements and new process implementation, and uphold safety and uptime through collaboration with shift leads and operators.