Senior Accountant

Title: Senior Accountant

Department: Corporate Operations - Accounting & Finance

Reports to: Senior Accounting Manager Operations

Location: Hybrid

FLSA Status: Exempt 

Compensation: $90,000  - $130,000 (depending on location and experience)

 
Company Overview: 
OneEnergy's mission is to make clean energy the #1 source of electricity for consumers and utilities. We develop solar energy projects across the United States in community solar, distributed generation, and large utility scale project segments. Our diverse project pipeline, multiple locations across the US, and unique multidisciplined team sets us apart. 
 
We are a dynamic and innovative renewable energy industry company dedicated to developing and deploying utility scale solar and community solar facilities. We are committed to excellence, collaboration, and driving positive change in our industry. 
 
Position Objective: 
The Senior Accountant will play a key role in driving OneEnergy’s operational accounting and supporting the company’s growth. We’re looking for a proactive, detail-oriented professional who thrives in a dynamic environment and is energized by working on high-impact business transactions. In this role, you’ll own critical day-to-day accounting activities, help refine and improve existing processes, and collaborate closely with internal partners and cross-functional teams. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on a fast-growing company shaping the future of clean energy. 
  
Responsibilities: 

• Inventory Management: Own and execute inventory accounting related to solar project assets. Work cross functionally with procurement team and O&M team to ensure efficient processes are in place to account for inventory per GAAP and Company policy. Participate in inventory systems development and implementation. Own annual lower of cost of market and obsolescence analysis. 

• Project Accounting: Own and execute project accounting activities including preparation and review of project-related journal entries, reclasses, expense accruals and capitalized labor.  Work cross functionally with Operations, Finance & Accounting to ensure accurate treatment according to policies and application of certain principles such as capital versus expense classification for when an asset is placed in service.  

• Debt Accounting: Work with staff accountant to ensure debt is recorded each period per GAAP. Support debt draws.  

• Equity Accounting: Ensure corporate equity and partnership equity are accounted for per GAAP and partnership documents. 

• Intercompany: Own all intercompany transactions and eliminations ensuring recorded per company policy. Work with Senior Accounting Manager Operations to update intercompany accounting processes. 

• Monthly Close: Key participant in monthly close leading timely and accurate completion of assigned reconciliations, tasks and journal entries per the close calendar. Review staff accountant reconciliations as appropriate for accuracy and compliance, resolving issues promptly. 

• Process Documentation: Lead the creation, management, and continual improvement of documentation for owned accounting processes. 

• Analysis: Own and execute period end budget versus actual and management discussion analysis (MDA) for owned areas of accounting. Execute analytics as requested. 

• Audit: Play a key role in the execution of annual financial statement audits. 

• Perform ad hoc analysis and projects as needed. 

 
Requirements: 

Education & Certifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting. 

• CPA or progress toward certification strongly preferred. 

• Public accounting experience at a Big 4 firm preferred. 

       Technical & Accounting Expertise 

• 4 – 6+ years’ of relevant accounting experience contributing to a high-performing operational accounting team. 

• Experience in solar development or construction industry desired. 

• Understanding of GAAP and management accounting. 

• Experience managing material and supply inventory, including accounting, reporting, and transaction processing. 

• Experience reviewing debt documents, accounting for debt and accrued interest, creating and maintaining debt roll forwards, and reconciling debt. 

• Advanced excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, data analysis). 

• Experience with contributing to financial statement audits. 

• Proficiency in ERP systems, such as Sage Intacct or NetSuite. 

• High proficiency in Office 365 skills, required. 

     Process & Systems Skills 

• Demonstrated ability to document, maintain, and improve accounting processes and controls. 

• Experience driving efficiency, operational automation, and standardization. 

• Apply a systems mindset to own workflow, across the accounting function, and cross-functionally. 

     Collaboration & Communication 

• Ability to communicate financial information clearly to both accounting and non-accounting stakeholders. 

• Experience partnering with procurement, operations, and other teams. 

• Excellent verbal/written communication skills. 

• Fulfills job responsibilities with a customer-focused mindset by providing efficient, timely, and reliable service to internal and external stakeholders. 

• Comfortable operating in a hybrid, remote, and in-person team environment. 

     Work Style 

• Must have a change mindset and the desire to proactively identify opportunities to improve processes and adapt to evolving business needs. 

• Proactive and creative problem-solving skills, with the ability to clearly communicate problems and identify possible resolutions.   

• Proven ability to manage workload independently and prioritize deadlines with competing priorities. 

• High degree of ownership and accountability.